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Officer John Smith, 2019 Awardee

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Heroism deeply rooted in Kansas family

Heroism deeply rooted

Posted on January 17, 2019 by Carnegie Hero Fund

It took about 109 years to fully recognize, but heroism runs in Deanne M. Kilian’s family. Kilian, now 64, a pediatric nurse practitioner at Munson Army Health Center in Fort …

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Overheard: Impulse 55

overheard 57

Posted on October 22, 2018 by Carnegie Hero Fund

I said, “We gotta go,” grabbed her arm, and we dashed off.  —John Paul Hollyfield, Carnegie Medal awardee #9962, who saved a 6-year-old girl from being crushed by a falling …

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Deanne M. Kilian

Deanne M. Kilian

Posted on June 25, 2018 by Carnegie Hero Fund

Deanne M. Kilian rescued Katie A. Blanchard from assault, Leavenworth, Kansas, September 7, 2016. Blanchard, 26, a clinical nursing supervisor, was doused with a flammable liquid and set afire by …

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