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Emmy Award
Gilkey won this Emmy Award for a 2006 Detroit Free Press video series, "Michigan Marines: Band of Brothers," about Marines in Iraq and their families. Gilkey survived a rocket attack during the assignment.
Mementos
Gilkey exchanged NPR coins, above, with U.S. troops. He collected and wore silver bracelets. When he survived a dangerous situation, he would throw one into a body of water. He was wearing this bracelet and holding this artificial flower when he died. |