12 Marines receive medals for heroism for evacuating US Embassy in war-torn Sudan

Pentagon officials said the operation was risky due to the unpredictable nature of the fighting, but it took less than an hour for the Marines to get all embassy personnel out without a shot fired and there were no serious injuries.

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