Marine Corporal Jonathan Yale and Lance Corporal Jordan Haerter died saving the lives of 150 US Marines and Iraqi soldiers at the Joint Security Station Nasser in Ramadi, Iraq.
On April 22, 2008, shortly after taking their guard post, a truck packed with explosives turned down the alley toward them, speeding through a serpentine of concrete barriers. They immediately recognized the truck as a VBIED, stood in its path and began shooting. As the Iraqis around them fled, they leaned in, unloading their weapons. The truck stopped just short of the two Marines and detonated, killing them both instantly. According to Gen. John Kelly, 24 brick masonry houses were damaged or destroyed. For