Keywords: US Navy 071023-N-5319A-027 Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) Adm. Gary Roughead presents the folded Medal of Honor Flag to Daniel and Maureen Murphy, the parents of Navy SEAL Lt. Michael Murphy, during the special ceremony in hon.jpg en WASHINGTON Oct 23 2007 - Chief of Naval Operations CNO Adm Gary Roughead presents the folded Medal of Honor Flag to Daniel and Maureen Murphy the parents of Navy SEAL Lt Michael Murphy during the special ceremony in honor of their son held at the United States Navy Memorial Lt Murphy was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor on Oct 22 in a ceremony held at the White House Lt Murphy was killed during a reconnaissance mission near Asadabad Afghanistan while exposing himself to enemy fire in order to call in support after his four-man team came under attack by enemy forces June 28th 2005 Murphy is the first service member to receive the honor for actions during Operation Enduring Freedom and the first Navy recipient of the medal since Vietnam U S Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Brien Aho RELEASED 2007-10-23 071023-N-5319A-027 Navy http //www navy mil/view_image asp id 52132 U S Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Brien Aho PD-USGov-Military-Navy United States Navy Memorial Gary Roughead in 2007 |