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Iowa football to honor Giunta in Saturday tribute, flyover
The University of Iowa invited recent Medal of Honor recipient Staff Sgt. Salvatore Giunta to attend Saturday's Ohio State-Iowa football game, but Giunta cannot attend the game because of a scheduling conflict, according to Iowa associate athletics director Rick Klatt.
Iowa plans to air a video salute to Giunta and all veterans at Kinnick Stadium on Saturday. The salute will contain video from Tuesday's ceremony and likely will air before the game.
Iowa also plans a pre-game military flyover.
Giunta, a 25-year-old Hiawatha native, was awarded the Medal of Honor in a White House ceremony conducted by President Obama on Tuesday. Giunta is the 3,471st person bestowed the honor, which is the highest military declaration awarded by the United States Government.
Staff Sgt. Salvatore Giunta looks to the audience after being awarded the Medal of Honor by President Barack Obama in the East Room at the White House on Tuesday, Nov. 16, 2010, in Washington, D.C. (Liz Martin/SourceMedia Group News)
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