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Trump awards medal soldier for heroic action in AfghanistanBy DEB RIECHMANN, Associated PressWASHINGTON — A former Army medic who received the nation's highest military honor Monday for braving heavy gunfire to save lives in Afghanistan was rejected by the military the first time he tried to enlist."I can't believe they rejected you. Boy that was a bad mistake. But they made up for it, right," President Donald Trump told former Staff Sgt. Ronald Shurer II at a formal White House ceremony where 250 people gathered to laud Shurer for his heroic actions in 2008 in a remote part of Afghanistan.Shurer, a native of Fairbanks, Alaska, was a senior medical sergeant in the special forces on April 6, 2008 when his team encountered machine gun and sniper fire and rocket-propelled grenades from militants.Read more at: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/trump-awards-medal-soldier-for-heroic-action-in-afghanistan/ar-BBNOtUF
