article_snippet: Meyer was awarded the Medal of Honor in 2011 after repeatedly charging into a kill zone during a 2009 ambush in Kunar Province, Afghanistan in search of four of Meyer the Marines.
article_snippet: Meyer was able to rescue 36 troops and kill eight Taliban attackers despite being shot in the arms.
article_snippet: Tragically Meyer was not able to save Meyer four fellow Marines and friends who Meyer went in search of, but went back and carried each of his four fellow Marines and friends who he went in search bodies to safety.
article_snippet: Meyer was awarded the Medal of Honor bny Barack Obama in 2011 after repeatedly charging into a kill zone during a 2009 ambush in Kunar Province, Afghanistan in search of four of Meyer missing comrades .
highlights_snippet: Pair won the Medal of Honor in 2011 - the first Marine to do so .