<p>Retired U.S. Army Colonel Ronald Leonard, right, and retired U.S. Army Major Larry Moore, center, congratulate Silver Star Medal recipient Michael Atwell at Atwell's Silver Star Medal ceremony Wednesday at the American Legion Post 143 in Post Falls.</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.