Marine Sgt. Gary L. Hill is congratulated by his immediate and extended family and other guests came to show their support for his military service after his Silver Star medal ceremony at the Tuscaloosa Veteran’s Affairs Medical Center here June 7, 2013. Hill was presented the nation’s third highest award by Retired Commandant of the Marine Corps Gen. Charles C. Krulak for his heroic actions while deployed to Vietnam in 1967.