Marine honored on Okinawa for rescuing distressed local woma

Marine honored on Okinawa for rescuing distressed local woman


By MATTHEW M. BURKE | STARS AND STRIPES Published: April 1, 2021
CAMP FOSTER, Okinawa — An Okinawa-based Marine who rescued a local woman from a dark, busy roadway earlier this year has received a medal for his actions.
Marine Sgt. Jovany Gutierrez, 27, a military police officer and the driver for III Marine Expeditionary Force commander Lt. Gen. H. Stacy Clardy, was awarded the Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal during a ceremony at Camp Courtney on March 12, according to a Marine statement shortly after the ceremony. Clardy presented the award.
Gutierrez, of Albuquerque, N.M., was on his way to work around 5 a.m. Jan. 6 when he spotted a young Japanese woman in his headlights, he recalled during an interview March 24 at Camp Courtney.

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