On November 16, 2010, Staff Sergeant Sal Giunta of the 173rd Airborne became the first living Medal of Honor recipient since the Vietnam War. His actions occured in Afghanistan’s Korengal valley during the deployment chronicled in the movie ‘Restrepo‘. This fourteen-minute video tells his story.
The Sal Giunta Story from SebastianJunger/TimHetherington on Vimeo.