President Obama on Oct. 15 awarded the Medal of Honor to William D. Swenson, a former Army captain, for his conspicuous gallantry in Afghanistan in 2009. Swenson earned the MOH for his courageous actions in thwarting the enemy and saving the lives of comrades after an ambush by a large, well-armed insurgent force on Sept. 8, 2009, in Kunar province, Afghanistan. He was serving as an embedded trainer and mentor of the Afghan National Security Forces.
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机译：奥巴马总统于10月15日将荣誉勋章授予前陆军上尉威廉·D·斯文森（William D. Swenson），以表彰他在2009年在阿富汗的出色表现。斯文森在挫败敌人和挽救战友生命中的勇敢行动赢得了卫生部的认可。 2009年9月8日，一支庞大，装备精良的叛乱部队在阿富汗库纳尔省进行伏击。他曾担任阿富汗国家安全部队的嵌入式培训师和导师。
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