Duane E. Dewey was a U.S. Marine Corps veteran of the Korean War who was awarded the Medal of Honor.Dewey enlisted in the Marine Corps in 1951.
A year later, he earned his Medal of Honor, the highest decoration for valor, while serving near Panmunjom as the leader of a machine gun squad.
Dewey was being treated for injuries sustained when a grenade exploded near his foot, when another grenade landed next to him.
He threw himself on the grenade to protect the members of his squad. Dewey was severely injured but survived the large shrapnel wounds inflicted by the grenade as well as a bullet to his stomach.
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