Navy Times Staff report
Posted : Tuesday Apr 8, 2008 9:05:32 EDT
The family of a Navy SEAL who was killed in Iraq when he dove on a grenade to save his shipmates will accept his Medal of Honor at the White House today.
Master-at-Arms 2nd Class (SEAL) Michael Monsoor was with a four-man sniper team on a rooftop in Ramadi when he smothered the grenade that took his life Sept. 29, 2006. He will be the first member of the Navy to receive the Medal of Honor for actions in Iraq and the second since the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan began.
A Navy Web site dedicated to Monsoor offers a schedule of events honoring the SEAL.
Navy web site http://www.navy.mil/moh/monsoor/index.html
