http://wunc.org en http://wunc.org/post/camp-lejeune-marine-clears-ieds-evacuate-wounded-teammate <p>A Camp Lejeune Marine receives the Silver Star Tuesday for his actions of valor in Afghanistan.&nbsp;</p><p>Staff Sgt. Daniel Ridgeway will the get the award during a ceremony on the base.&nbsp; Ridgeway says he and his men were walking in line toward a stockpile of enemy weapons, which they had been ordered to clear out, when a blast knocked him over.<br><br>"My teammate ended up stepping on an IED," Ridgeway says.</p> Tue, 30 Apr 2013 10:30:00 +0000 Will Michaels 14489 at http://wunc.org Camp Lejeune Marine Clears IEDs To Evacuate A Wounded Teammate http://wunc.org/post/saluting-montford-point-marines <p>The U.S. Marine Corps remained segregated until 1948. The first group to break the color barrier was a group of African-American men who trained at Camp Lejeune in Jacksonville, NC. They became known as the <a href="http://www.montfordpointmarines.com/" target="_blank">Montford Point Marines</a>. Earlier this summer, the Montford Point Marines were awarded the Congressional Gold Medal in Washington, DC. FM Hooper was among the men who were honored at the ceremony. Thu, 12 Jul 2012 14:23:00 +0000 Frank Stasio and Stella Strohmeier 4281 at http://wunc.org http://wunc.org/post/us-senate-panel-hears-about-camp-lejeune-water <p>A U.S. Senate committee has heard testimony about the Marine Corps' attempt to delete information from a government report on contaminated drinking water at Camp Lejeune.<br> Wed, 14 Mar 2012 13:15:00 +0000 Isaac-Davy Aronson 3042 at http://wunc.org