Capt. Carlos Mendoza and Staff Sgt. Morgan Reed received the medals Nov. 9.
The announcement marks the largest batch of awards to date for the airmen who participated in Operation Allies Refuge.
“We’re Marines till we die,” a Silver Star recipient says in the video. “And we require a two-week notice for that.”
For many Afghan evacuees, the stresses of refugee life continue to exacerbate the traumas of combat two years after their arrival.
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