Sunday, February 06, 2005
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Real Hero
I found this article to be a ray of hope in the curtain of doom and gloom the mainstream media likes to paint about Iraq.
SPC Micheaux Saunders of "C" Company, 2nd BN, 37th ARMOR, 1AD V Corps stands in formation after receiving the Silver Star during a ceremony at Wiesbaden, Germany.
"His tank platoon, prepared for transport and as so not combat loaded was sent on an emergency mission to relieve an ambushed cavalry patrol in Iraq. When insurgents opened fire on the tanks with small arms and rocket propelled grenades (RPG), he stood, exposed to enemy fire, and fired everything he had back at them. An enemy bullet struck him in the arm, passing through his shoulder, but he waved off the medics. When he ran out of ammunition, he threw rocks."
His actions earned him the Silver Star.
www.ausa.org
SPC Micheaux Saunders of "C" Company, 2nd BN, 37th ARMOR, 1AD V Corps stands in formation after receiving the Silver Star during a ceremony at Wiesbaden, Germany.
"His tank platoon, prepared for transport and as so not combat loaded was sent on an emergency mission to relieve an ambushed cavalry patrol in Iraq. When insurgents opened fire on the tanks with small arms and rocket propelled grenades (RPG), he stood, exposed to enemy fire, and fired everything he had back at them. An enemy bullet struck him in the arm, passing through his shoulder, but he waved off the medics. When he ran out of ammunition, he threw rocks."
His actions earned him the Silver Star.
www.ausa.org
