[U.S. President Barack Obama awards posthumously the Medal of Honor to Staff Sergeant Robert J. Miller and speaks on his courageous actions in the Kunar Province of Afghanistan in January 2008].

President Obama pays tribute to the soldiers of the Special Forces and describes the character and actions of Medal of Honor recipient U.S. Army Staff Sergeant Robert J. Miller during a ceremony at the White House. Sergeant Miller receives the award posthumously for his heroic actions in Afghanistan...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Obama, Barack (Speaker)
Carver, Douglas L. (Speaker)
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : Whitehouse.gov, [2010]
Subjects:
Miller, Robert J., > 1983-2008.
Medal of Honor > Biography.
Courage > Afghanistan > Kunar (Province)
Award presentations (Television programs)
Internet videos.
Genre:
Biography.
Award presentations (Television programs)
Internet videos.
Online Access:
Listen to sound recording - All users (Michigan State University Libraries)
Physical Description:1 electronic audio file (19 min., 57 sec.) : digital, WAV, MP3 files.
Format: Audio Software
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Summary:
President Obama pays tribute to the soldiers of the Special Forces and describes the character and actions of Medal of Honor recipient U.S. Army Staff Sergeant Robert J. Miller during a ceremony at the White House. Sergeant Miller receives the award posthumously for his heroic actions in Afghanistan in January 2008. An unidentified speaker reads the official Congressional citation as the President presents the medal to Sergeant Miller’s family. U.S. Army Major General Chaplain Douglas L. Carver delivers the invocation and the benediction.
Note:Title supplied.
Electronic resource.
Call Number:Voice 16214
Playing Time:00:19:57
System Details:Mode of Access: World Wide Web.
Event Details:
Recorded in White House East Room, Oct. 6, 2010.