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CAMP COURTNEY, Okinawa, Japan – A U.S. Navy corpsman received the Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal for his heroic actions saving a longtime Camp Rodriguez firefighter after he suffered a cardiac arrest in Pohang, South Korea during Korean Marine Exercise Program 25.2 on July 25, 2025. U.S Navy Hospital Corpsman 2nd Class Daniel Franco Colon, a native of Florida, was doing his laundry when he heard screaming coming from outside the building. Rushing out to investigate, he found several Marines attempting to open a car door to help an unresponsive man, later identified as a father and a 30-year veteran of the Camp Rodriguez Fire Department, who had suffered a heart attack and crashed his car. After extricating him from the vehicle, Franco and the rest of his team wasted no time utilizing their training to help the stricken man. “I was fortunate to be [in] the right place at the right time and to be able to respond appropriately, letting my training kick in,” said Franco.
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