American Valor Quarterly Issue 1 - Winter 2007 | Page 33

The way he was laying on the ground, I could tell that Cpl.
Dunham had placed his body over the grenade. But it wasn’t
until later on, when Maj. Gibson and I were looking around,
that we saw the shredded pieces of fiberglass from the
Kevlar of Cpl. Dunham’s helmet. That’s when I put it all
together, and knew exactly what he had done.
Maj. Gibson: The next day, Sgt. Sanders told me of a
conversation that Cpl. Dunham had with some of the other
Marines in the platoon, including the platoon commander,
Lt. Robinson, and SSgt. Ferguson. In their conversation,
Cpl. Dunham spoke of how it might be possible to use a
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