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Salvatore Giunta given Medal of Honor for trying to save Oregon soldier Joshua Brennan

Published: Tuesday, November 16, 2010, 2:08 PM     Updated: Tuesday, November 16, 2010, 2:35 PM WASHINGTON -- The nation on Tuesday saluted its first living Medal of Honor winner of the Afghanistan and Iraq wars, an Iowa sergeant who retrieved a wounded comrade under gunfire as the Taliban carried the stricken soldier away. For Army Staff Sgt. Salvatore Giunta, the tribute to his heroism was bittersweet, because it was a bloody day in Afghanistan's Korengal Valley and the soldier he brought back later died

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