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Ohio National Guard Soldier honored for courage under fire

A crowd of several hundred Soldiers, friends, Family members and dignitaries, stand and applaud as Sgt. 1st Class Mark A. Wanner of Company B, 2nd Battalion, 19th Special Forces Group is awarded the Silver Star Medal during a Feb. 6 award ceremony at the Ohio Statehouse. Wanner is the first Ohio National Guardmember to be awarded the Silver Star Medal since the Korean War. (Ohio National Guard photo by Spc. Sam Beavers)

A crowd of several hundred Soldiers, friends, Family members and dignitaries, stand and applaud as Sgt. 1st Class Mark A. Wanner of Company B, 2nd Battalion, 19th Special Forces Group is awarded the Silver Star Medal during a Feb. 6 award ceremony at the Ohio Statehouse. Wanner is the first Ohio National Guardmember to be awarded the Silver Star Medal since the Korean War. (Ohio National Guard photo by Spc. Sam Beavers)

Ohio National Guard Soldier honored for courage under fire

Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland awards the Silver Star Medal to Sgt. 1st Class Mark A. Wanner of Company B, 2nd Battalion, 19th Special Forces Group, during a Silver Star Medal award ceremony Feb. 6 at the Ohio Statehouse. Wanner is the first Ohio National Guardmember to be awarded the Silver Star since the Korean War. (Ohio National Guard photo by Spc. Sam Beavers)

Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland awards the Silver Star Medal to Sgt. 1st Class Mark A. Wanner of Company B, 2nd Battalion, 19th Special Forces Group, during a Silver Star Medal award ceremony Feb. 6 at the Ohio Statehouse. Wanner is the first Ohio National Guardmember to be awarded the Silver Star since the Korean War. (Ohio National Guard photo by Spc. Sam Beavers)

Ohio National Guard Soldier honored for courage under fire

Sgt. 1st Class Mark A. Wanner of Company B, 2nd Battalion, 19th Special Forces Group tells the story of the day he saved the life of Sgt. 1st Class Sean Clifton during an operation in Eastern Afghanistan to a captive audience during a Silver Star Medal award ceremony Feb. 6 at the Ohio Statehouse. Wanner is the first Ohio National Guardmember to be awarded the Silver Star since the Korean War. (Ohio National Guard photo by Spc. Ryan Cleary)

Sgt. 1st Class Mark A. Wanner of Company B, 2nd Battalion, 19th Special Forces Group tells the story of the day he saved the life of Sgt. 1st Class Sean Clifton during an operation in Eastern Afghanistan to a captive audience during a Silver Star Medal award ceremony Feb. 6 at the Ohio Statehouse. Wanner is the first Ohio National Guardmember to be awarded the Silver Star since the Korean War. (Ohio National Guard photo by Spc. Ryan Cleary)

Ohio National Guard Soldier honored for courage under fire

Sgts. 1st Class Mark A. Wanner and Sean Clifton (from left) of Company B, 2nd Battalion, 19th Special Forces Group, sit alongside Ohio Governor Ted Strickland and Maj. Gen. Gregory L. Wayt, Ohio adjutant general, during Wanner’s Silver Star Medal award ceremony Feb. 6 at the Ohio Statehouse. Wanner received the medal for heroic actions that saved Clifton’s life during an operation in Eastern Afghanistan May 31, 2009. (Ohio National Guard photo by Spc. Ryan Cleary)

Sgts. 1st Class Mark A. Wanner and Sean Clifton (from left) of Company B, 2nd Battalion, 19th Special Forces Group, sit alongside Ohio Governor Ted Strickland and Maj. Gen. Gregory L. Wayt, Ohio adjutant general, during Wanner’s Silver Star Medal award ceremony Feb. 6 at the Ohio Statehouse. Wanner received the medal for heroic actions that saved Clifton’s life during an operation in Eastern Afghanistan May 31, 2009. (Ohio National Guard photo by Spc. Ryan Cleary)

Ohio National Guard Soldier honored for courage under fire

A crowd of several hundred Soldiers, friends, Family members and dignitaries, stand and applaud as Sgt. 1st Class Mark A. Wanner of Company B, 2nd Battalion, 19th Special Forces Group is awarded the Silver Star Medal during a Feb. 6 award ceremony at the Ohio Statehouse. Wanner is the first Ohio National Guardmember to be awarded the Silver Star Medal since the Korean War. (Ohio National Guard photo by Spc. Sam Beavers)

A crowd of several hundred Soldiers, friends, Family members and dignitaries, stand and applaud as Sgt. 1st Class Mark A. Wanner of Company B, 2nd Battalion, 19th Special Forces Group is awarded the Silver Star Medal during a Feb. 6 award ceremony at the Ohio Statehouse. Wanner is the first Ohio National Guardmember to be awarded the Silver Star Medal since the Korean War. (Ohio National Guard photo by Spc. Sam Beavers)

Ohio National Guard Soldier honored for courage under fire

A crowd of several hundred Soldiers, friends, Family members and dignitaries, stand and applaud as Sgt. 1st Class Mark A. Wanner of Company B, 2nd Battalion, 19th Special Forces Group is awarded the Silver Star Medal during a Feb. 6 award ceremony at the Ohio Statehouse. Wanner is the first Ohio National Guardmember to be awarded the Silver Star Medal since the Korean War. (Ohio National Guard photo by Spc. Sam Beavers)

A crowd of several hundred Soldiers, friends, Family members and dignitaries, stand and applaud as Sgt. 1st Class Mark A. Wanner of Company B, 2nd Battalion, 19th Special Forces Group is awarded the Silver Star Medal during a Feb. 6 award ceremony at the Ohio Statehouse. Wanner is the first Ohio National Guardmember to be awarded the Silver Star Medal since the Korean War. (Ohio National Guard photo by Spc. Sam Beavers)

Ohio National Guard Soldier honored for courage under fire

Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland awards the Silver Star Medal to Sgt. 1st Class Mark A. Wanner of Company B, 2nd Battalion, 19th Special Forces Group, during a Silver Star Medal award ceremony Feb. 6 at the Ohio Statehouse. Wanner is the first Ohio National Guardmember to be awarded the Silver Star since the Korean War. (Ohio National Guard photo by Spc. Ryan Cleary)

Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland awards the Silver Star Medal to Sgt. 1st Class Mark A. Wanner of Company B, 2nd Battalion, 19th Special Forces Group, during a Silver Star Medal award ceremony Feb. 6 at the Ohio Statehouse. Wanner is the first Ohio National Guardmember to be awarded the Silver Star since the Korean War. (Ohio National Guard photo by Spc. Ryan Cleary)
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