"Captain Will Swenson was a leader on that September morning. But like all great leaders, he was also a servant -- to the men he commanded, to the more than a dozen Afghans and Americans whose lives he saved, to the families of those who gave their last full measure of devotion on that faraway field."
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Military leaders from the United StatesMedal of Honor recipientsUnited States Army peoplePeople from Washington (state)
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Barack Obama, remarks at Swenson's Medal of Honor presentation ceremony on 15 October 2013
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