Nicole Gee

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Nicole Leeann Gee (née Herrera; May 1, 1998 – August 26, 2021) was a United States Marine Corps Sergeant who was killed in Afghanistan during Operation Allies Refuge. She was posthumously awarded the Congressional Gold Medal. According to a U.S. Department of Defense memorial plaque, "Sgt. Gee's actions, in addition to the actions of Sgt. Rosario Pichardo, and that of the other servicewomen working in the screening of female evacuees saved, on estimation, over 124,000 lives in America's largest airlift operation ever."

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