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  • Shannon Celiz, daughter of Army Sgt. First Class Christopher Celiz, holds the Medal of Honor after accepting the posthumous recognition for her father for his actions in Afghanistan on July 12, 2018, as his widow Katherine Celiz, left, and President Joe Biden look on during an event in the East Room of the White House, Thursday, Dec. 16, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
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    Biden presents 3 soldiers with top military award for valor
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    President Joe Biden has presented the Medal of Honor, the nation's highest military award for valor in combat, to three soldiers who fought in Afghanistan and Iraq. Two were recognized posthumously. Master Sgt. Earl Plumlee is a Special Forces soldier who fought off Taliban insurgents after an attack in Afghanistan in 2013. Sgt. 1st Class Christopher Celiz was an Army Ranger who died after stepping between Taliban fighters in Afghanistan and a U.S. helicopter evacuating wounded in 2018. Sgt. 1st Class Alwyn Cashe died as a result of burns he suffered while rescuing fellow soldiers from a burning vehicle in Iraq in 2005