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ODU Cadets Awarded Purple Hearts for Bravery in Foiling ISIS Gunman Attack

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Pentagon leaders have awarded eight Meritorious Service Medals and two Purple Hearts to Old Dominion University ROTC cadets for their role in stopping a March 12 gunman identified as an ISIS supporter who took lives on campus. The cadets' actions are considered heroic and deserving of the highest military honors. The awards recognize the bravery and selflessness displayed by the students during the incident, which resulted in multiple fatalities. The Pentagon's top civilian and enlisted leaders presented the medals to the cadets in a ceremony.

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