Maj. Gen. David G. Bellon, commander of Marine Forces South, escorts Marine Corps veteran Lance Cpl. Benjamin Gonzalez, into the ceremony room at the Navy Operation Support Center in El Paso, Texas, Nov. 14, 2017. Lance Cpl. Gonzalez received an award upgrade from Silver Star Medal to the Navy Cross for his conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity in action against the enemy in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom II on June 18, 2004, while serving as an automatic rifleman with Company F, 2nd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division. ( Marine Corps photo by Pfc. Samantha Schwoch/Rele

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Maj. Gen. David G. Bellon, commander of Marine Forces South, escorts Marine Corps veteran Lance Cpl. Benjamin Gonzalez, into the ceremony room at the Navy Operation Support Center in El Paso, Texas, Nov. 14, 2017. Lance Cpl. Gonzalez received an award upgrade from Silver Star Medal to the Navy Cross for his conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity in action against the enemy in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom II on June 18, 2004, while serving as an automatic rifleman with Company F, 2nd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division. ( Marine Corps photo by Pfc. Samantha Schwoch/Released)

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