Oregon Army National Guard Spc. Jonathan M. Sweeney, with Company D, 2nd Battalion, 162nd Infantry Regiment, 41st Infantry Brigade Combat Team receives the Valley Forge Cross for Heroism from the National Guard Association of the United States (NGAUS) President, Maj. Gen. (ret.) Deborah A. Ashenhurst, Sept. 12 in Baltimore, Maryland. Sweeney was recognized for this efforts in thwarting a child kidnapping and subduing the suspect until law enforcement officials arrived on the scene in downtown Portland, Oregon, last winter. (Photo by Capt. Leslie Reed, Oregon Military Department Public Affairs)

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