{"id":77043,"date":"2018-01-09T09:00:01","date_gmt":"2018-01-09T14:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=77043"},"modified":"2018-01-09T08:25:48","modified_gmt":"2018-01-09T13:25:48","slug":"marine-1st-lt-aaron-cranford-saving-the-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=77043","title":{"rendered":"Marine 1st Lt. Aaron Cranford saving the world"},"content":{"rendered":"

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According to Stars & Stripes<\/a>, Marine 1st Lieutenant Aaron Cranford, of Headquarters and Service Company, 3rd Reconnaissance Battalion in Okinawa was awarded the Navy and Marine Corps Medal for his rescue of three divers on April 23, 2017 while the group was diving near Mermaid Grotto in Manzo-Mo, Okinawa.<\/p>\n

\u201cI owe him my life man,\u201d [Justin] Kinjo said after Maj. Gen. Craig Timberlake, 3rd Marine Division commander, pinned the medal on Cranford\u2019s chest. \u201cIf it wasn\u2019t for him, all of us would be dead. My kids wouldn\u2019t have been able to enjoy Christmas as a family.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Cranford said he was honored by the award but shrugged off the praise. He credits the emergency rescue diver course he took at Texas A&M with preparing him to make the rescue and God for placing him in the right place at the right time.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s just a gut reaction,\u201d he said. \u201cYou know what to do and you go do it. I didn\u2019t really ever take into consideration whether it was a threat to myself or not \u2026 receiving the award really comes down to honoring those who trained me and are still investing in the lives of others.\u201d<\/p>\n

Kinjo sees it differently. Both he and his sons see Cranford as a hero, and they plan to return to Camp Schwab to thank him again.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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