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Senior Chief Naval Special Warfare Operator Edward C. Byers received the Medal of Honor on February 29, 2016, for his actions during the rescue. [53] As Dr. Dilip Joseph was being held hostage by the Taliban, DEVGRU was prepared to stage a raid to rescue the doctor. After the American intelligence personnel gathered and analyzed information.
Edward C. Byers Jr. (born August 4, 1979) is a retired United States Navy SEAL who received the Medal of Honor on February 29, 2016, for the rescue of a civilian in Afghanistan in 2012. Byers retired after 21 years of service on September 19, 2019, at the Washington Navy Yard .
Edward C. Byers Jr. – Medal of Honor recipient; as an assault team member attached to a Joint Task Force in support of Operation Enduring Freedom on 8 December 2012 when he rescued an American hostage (Dr. Dilip Joseph) in the Qarghah’i District of Laghman Province, Afghanistan. [1]
Such operations include the successful rescue of Jessica Buchanan and Poul Hagen Thisted, the attempted rescue of Linda Norgrove, the successful rescue of American doctor Dilip Joseph [63] and in 1991, the successful recovery of Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide and his family during a coup that deposed him. [citation needed]
Major General, later General, Joseph Votel, led the investigation. The British Foreign Secretary, William Hague, announced Norgrove's death. In a written statement, he said that after receiving information on her location it was "decided that, given the danger she was facing, her best chance of safe release was to act on that information."
Adrian Marks was born in Ladoga, Indiana on February 18, 1917. His father Robert William Marks was a lawyer and his mother Zena May Caldwell was a music teacher. Marks was a graduate of Northwestern University and earned a law degree from Indiana University.
Dr. Joseph Dituri appeared on Daily Blast Live in 2023, to explain why he lived underwater for 100 days, and also highlighted him breaking the Guinness world record for days spent under water. Biohack Yourself , a 2024 documentary, includes Dr. Joseph Dituri where he commented on ways to extend human life, such as telomerase reverse ...
Dileep A. Rao (born July 29, 1973) is an American actor who has appeared in feature films and television series. He starred in Sam Raimi's horror film Drag Me to Hell (2009), James Cameron's science fiction film series Avatar (2009–present), and Christopher Nolan's thriller Inception (2010).