The family of Marine Cpl. Albert Gettings receives a standing ovation after receiving the Silver Star Medal from Marine Corps Gen. Joseph F. Dunford Jr., Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, at the 100th Anniversary Mess Night of the 2nd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, at the National Marine Corps Museum in Quantica, Va., July 7, 2017. Marine Cpl. Albert Gettings died of wounds sustained due to enemy small-arms fire while conducting combat operations in Fallujah, Iraq in 2006. (Dept. of Defense

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