<p>The Silver Star Medal is the United State's third highest military combat decoration for valor.</p>
August 14, 2014
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August 14, 2014 9 p.m.
'To stand was to die'
Atwell awarded Silver Star nearly 47 years after heroic actions
POST FALLS -Despite soldiers being killed around him, a wounded Michael Atwell charged with his machine gun and saved American lives doing so.