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bobdina
10-13-2009, 12:37 AM
The Medal of Military Valour is awarded for an act of valour or devotion to duty in the presence of the enemy.


Warrant Officer Joseph Yves Léon Gonneville, MMV, CD
Valcartier and St-Tite, Quebec
Medal of Military Valour

On October 23, 2007, during a complex combat operation in the district of Zharey, Warrant Officer Gonneville evacuated two wounded soldiers while under intense fire, and helped to successfully repel a determined enemy as a member of the Operational Mentor and Liaison team in Afghanistan.