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    Minnesota Marine awarded Bronze Star for leading Marines in combat

    MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP PENDLETON, CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES

    05.16.2013

    Photo by Sgt. Michael Cifuentes  

    1st Marine Division

    Colonel Roger B. Turner, the commanding officer of 5th Marine Regiment, congratulates Capt. Benjamin M. Middendorf, the former commanding officer of Golf Company, 2nd Battalion, 5th Marines, after awarding him the Bronze Star Medal with Combat “V” for valor during a ceremony at the 5th Marines Memorial Garden here, May 16, 2013. According to the award citation, Middendorf, a native of Rochester, Minn., led Golf Company into an operation that thwarted an insurgent infiltration attempt in the Musa Qal’ah District Center in Helmand province, Afghanistan, in April 2012. A Marine forward observer was severely wounded during the four-hour firefight that developed during the operation. Despite being directly engaged by heavy machine gun fire, Middendorf continued to direct his Marines to neutralize the enemy and safely executed the medical evacuation of the wounded Marine. A month later, Middendorf led his company on a relentless 14-day operation that pushed out enemy forces from Musa Qal’ah district through constant firefights. Through his leadership, his Marines were directly responsible for neutralizing 160 enemy fighters, destroying 40 enemy bunkers, seizing multiple weapons caches and helping Afghan security forces seize and destroy more than $143,000 worth of narcotics during the 14-day operation.

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    Date Taken: 05.16.2013
    Date Posted: 05.16.2013 23:41
    Photo ID: 933775
    VIRIN: 130516-M-XZ164-022
    Resolution: 5184x3456
    Size: 11.51 MB
    Location: MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP PENDLETON, CALIFORNIA, US
    Hometown: ROCHESTER, MINNESOTA, US

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