known to be in control. under intense enemy fire, meyer managed to find and recover the bodies of four fallen servicemen and whelped save the lives of 36 american and afghan troops. at the age of 2 23 dakota meyere became the first living marine to receive the medal of honor. >> welcome back to "modern warriors, a veterans day special" on the knox news channel. what it's like to be not another level of veteran. i think you're probably the clearest example of that in that you were -- one moment you're a corporal in a valley, the next moment you're stand in the white house and barack obama is putting a medal of honor around your neck. >> yeah. >> you're young. >> i was 23 whenever i