LONDON ¨C Bristol Palin, a reality TV personality and daughter of 2008 Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin, is engaged to marry Medal of Honor winner Dakota Meyer, the couple said on Saturday.
¡°Last night, Sgt Dakota Meyer proposed and I said yes!¡± Palin, 24, said on her blog.
Meyer, 26, was awarded the Medal of Honor, the highest U.S. award for bravery, in 2011 for saving 36 of his comrades¡¯ lives during an ambush in Afghanistan in 2009.
Bristol Palin said she met Meyer in 2014 when he came to Alaska to film the reality TV show ¡°Amazing America¡± with her mother, the former governor of Alaska and election running mate of Republican presidential nominee John McCain.
Meyer said on Facebook, ¡°I can¡¯t wait to spend the rest of my life with her and Tripp¡± ¡ª Bristol Palin¡¯s son fathered by a high school boyfriend.
On her Facebook page, Sarah Palin said: ¡°Our families couldn¡¯t be happier for Bristol and Dakota! We¡¯re honored to welcome Dakota into our family.¡±
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