Interview: CMOH Recipient SSG(R) Sal Giunta, 173rd Abn

Medal of Honor recipient Salvatore Giunta returns to the Museum & Library for a discussion about the Army’s Soldier For Life program. Presented in partnership with the U.S. Army Office of Public Affairs, Midwest.

SALVATORE ”SAL" AUGUSTINE GIUNTA was born in Clinton, Iowa on January 21, 1985. He enlisted in the U.S. Army in November 2003 when he attended Infantry training and the Basic Airborne Course at Fort Benning, Georgia, before being assigned to the 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team in Vicenza, Italy in May of 2004. He retired from the Army in June of 2011 and is the author of the book: Living with Honor: A Memoir by America's First Living Medal of Honor Recipient Since the Vietnam War, published in 2012.

Giunta is interviewed by Pritzker Military Museum & Library President and CEO, Kenneth Clarke.

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