Former Green Beret Ron Shurer receives the Medal of Honor

Posted on May 15, 2020 3:07 PM EDT

Former Army Staff Sgt. Ronald J. Shurer II received the Medal of Honor from President Donald J. Trump at an Oct. 1, 2018, White House ceremony for actions he took while serving as a medic in Afghanistan on April 6, 2018.

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