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Col. Jay R. Vargas, a Congressional Medal of Honor recipient, waves at the camera after speaking to service members about the importance of finding help for those suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder May 12, 2015, at the Chaplain Joseph W. Estabrook Chapel aboard Marine Corps Base Hawaii. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Harley Thomas/Released) - Col. Jay R. Vargas, a Congressional Medal of Honor recipient, waves at the camera after speaking to service members about the importance of finding help for those suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder May 12, 2015, at the Chaplain Joseph W. Estabrook Chapel aboard Marine Corps Base Hawaii. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Harley Thomas/Released)

Medal of Honor recipient implores: Let it out

On May 1, 1968, while suffering from shrapnel wounds incurred while relocating his unit under heavy artillery fire the previous day, Capt. Jay R. Vargas, the commanding officer of Golf Company, 2nd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, 9th Amphibious Brigade, combined his company with two others and led his men in an attack on the fortified village of Dai Do in the Republic of Vietnam.

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A Marine mourns the loss of Lance Cpl. Levy Rivera during a memorial service at the Chaplain Joseph W. Estabrook Chapel, July 11, 2013. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Janelle Y. Chapman) - A Marine mourns the loss of Lance Cpl. Levy Rivera during a memorial service at the Chaplain Joseph W. Estabrook Chapel, July 11, 2013. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Janelle Y. Chapman)

MAG-24 mourns the loss of a Marine

MAG-24 remembers Lance Cpl. Levy Rivera in a memorial ceremony at the Chaplain Joseph W. Estabrook Chapel.

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