The Gift of ValorBy: Michael M. Phillips The true story of US Marine Corporal Jason Dunham's brave act that saved fellow Marines and earned him the Congressional Medal of Honor. Corporal Dunham was on patrol near the Syrian border, on April 14, 2004, when a black clad Iraqi leaped out of a car and grabbed him around his neck. Fighting hand to hand in the dirt, Dunham saw his attacker drop a grenade and made the instantaneous decision to place his own helmet over the