Posted on 04/09/2004 8:24:10 AM PDT by Ragtime Cowgirl
Gunners Recognize Heroes Past and Present
BAGHDAD, Iraq Wounded warriors from the 2nd Battalion, 3rd Field Artillery Regiment, and the healers who cared for them were honored at a ceremony April 5.
In addition to honoring individual soldiers for the heroism, the Gunners battalion was recognized for its service during Operation Iraqi Freedom with a Presidential Unit Citation.
With the battalion assembled in front of its headquarters building, a former palace of Uday Hussein, Col. Peter R. Mansoor, 1st Brigade Combat Team commander, 1st Armored Division presented 16 Purple Heart Medals, nine Combat Medical Badges and aided Lt. Col. William S. Rabena, the battalions commander, with attaching the Presidential Unit Citation to the battalion colors.
Established during the Revolutionary War by General George Washington, the Purple Heart Medal recognizes Soldiers who sustained injuries during combat operations. Soldiers of 2/3 FA received wounds from a variety of sources ranging from Improvised Explosive Devices (IED), mortar attacks, and gunfire while patrolling the Aademehiya district of Baghdad.
Three of the Purple Heart Medals presented were awarded posthumously.
For every soldier wounded, theres a medic who patches them up and gets the soldier back on the front lines.
The CMB was established at the end of Word War II to recognize the field medics who served alongside and care for their infantrymen comrades on the battlefield.
The events of the day provided a rare opportunity for the members of 2/3 FA to recognize current and past heroes. In addition to honoring present-day Soldiers for their bravery, the battalion was recognized for its service during World War II.
The battalion added the Luxembourg battle streamer to its colors for its accurate fire and Soldiers heroism during the battle of Bastogne.
The Gunners helped halt the Germans advance into the Ardennes during the Battle of the Bulge in December 1944. The battalions precise fires prevented the Germans advance into Luxembourg and allowed greatly outnumbered infantrymen to hold their ground against the onslaught.
Supported by outstandingly responsive and accurate fire of its artillery battalion, this widely dispersed force stopped every attack for 6 days until its surrounded infantry were ordered to fight their way back to them, Rabina said quoting the orders awarding the battalion 2/3 FA a Presidential Unit Citation. Firing over 3,000 rounds per day for 6 day, the actions of the 3rd Field Artillery Battalion are of special note.
With the order of Present Arms, the battalion colors were lowered and Mansoor and Rabina attached the Luxembourg streamer to the battalion colors.
To the awardees today and to those from our history, your nation is grateful, and I am honored to serve on this battlefield with you, Mansoor said. Thank you, continue mission. Ready First.
In addition to honoring individual soldiers for the heroism, the Gunners battalion was recognized for its service during Operation Iraqi Freedom with a Presidential Unit Citation.
....Soldiers of 2/3 FA received wounds from a variety of sources ranging from Improvised Explosive Devices (IED), mortar attacks, and gunfire while patrolling the Aademehiya district of Baghdad.
For every soldier wounded, theres a medic who patches them up and gets the soldier back on the front lines.
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"Gunners"
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oh that's right. The ceremony must have been delayed for the 3 medals he recieved. I mean... gee whiz what were the wounds again.... ???
He was hospitalized for how long???
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And fuggedabout the fake "heroes" whose purple hearts were a Band-Aid scam to bug out, e.g. John Fallujah Kerry.
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