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Acts of Valor: Master Chief Edward C. Byers Jr.

Graphic artistry depicts the daring rescue of a doctor in Afghanistan—a heroic act that garnered the Medal of Honor for a Navy SEAL.
By Kelly Swann
October 2020
Naval History
Volume 34, Number 5
Acts of Valor
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Kelly Swann

Kelly Swann earned her undergraduate degree in Graphic Arts from Loyola Marymount in 2007. After working for the Santa Maria Times as a graphic designer, art department supervisor, copy editor, and community news editor, she attended the Center for Cartoon Studies. In 2016 she earned a Master's Degree in Cartooning. Her work is featured in Naval History Magazine, the natural science comic anthology Awesome ‘Possum, and in the cartoonist veterans project When I Returned. Her upcoming work Kilroy Was Here, is in progress.

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