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The Silver Star, the third highest military honor for valor, was pinned beneath Richard A. Ghent Jr.’s collar yesterday in Manchester, N.H.
By Tracy Jan
Globe Staff / October 15, 2006

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MANCHESTER, N.H. -- Beneath a giant American flag hanging from the rafters of the New Hampshire State Armory, Specialist Richard A. Ghent Jr. yesterday became the first New Hampshire Army National Guardsman to earn the Silver Star since the start of wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. (Full article: 481 words)

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