Pendleton Marine swims 250 meters, saves drowning couple

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Credit: Sgt. Dylan Chagnon | Date Taken: 02/19/2021
U.S. Marine Corps Brig. Gen. Dan Conley, commanding general, Marine Corps Installations West, Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, presented a challenge coin to Cpl. Jordan Perez, a combat engineer with 7th Engineer Support Battalion, 1st Marine Logistics Group, at the 21 Area Boat Basin, Feb. 19, 2021. Conley commended Perez for saving a couple after their kayak flipped over in the basin. Perez swam nearly 250 meters to escort them safely back to the beach. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Sgt. Dylan Chagnon)

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