{"id":72065,"date":"2017-05-14T11:17:17","date_gmt":"2017-05-14T15:17:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=72065"},"modified":"2017-05-14T11:17:17","modified_gmt":"2017-05-14T15:17:17","slug":"gunnery-sgt-thomas-sullivan-and-staff-sgt-david-wyatt-awarded-posthumous-medals-for-chattanooga","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=72065","title":{"rendered":"Gunnery Sgt. Thomas Sullivan and Staff Sgt. David Wyatt awarded posthumous medals for Chattanooga"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Marines.mil <\/a>reports that Gunnery Sgt. Thomas Sullivan and Staff Sgt. David Wyatt were posthumously awarded the Navy and Marine Corps Medal for their actions on July 16, 2015 in Chattanooga, Tennessee when a jihadist went on a shooting rampage.<\/p>\n

According to eye witness statements and 911 transcripts during the event, Sullivan and Wyatt took charge in the evacuation of unit personnel and contacting authorities. They also returned to the scene of the incident when personnel were unaccounted for, risking their lives in the process.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is a day to celebrate the heroic, exemplary, and selfless service of two great Marines, who were by all counts great human beings, devoted Marines, and wanting nothing more than to take care of their Marines,\u201d said Maj. Gen. Burke W. Whitman, commanding general of 4th MARDIV, who attended the ceremony along with Sgt. Maj. Michael A. Miller, sergeant major of 4th MARDIV.<\/p>\n

During the ceremony, Cotton presented the medal to Jerry and Betty Sullivan, parents of GySgt Sullivan; and to Lorri Wyatt, wife of SSgt Wyatt.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a great honor and we\u2019re humbled by it, it\u2019s something you don\u2019t want to receive but it\u2019s good to have him recognized for the actions he took that day,\u201d said Jerry Sullivan.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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