Posted on 10/02/2004 8:58:47 PM PDT by SmithL
BAGHDAD -- Two U.S. Army sergeants were awarded one of the highest medals for heroism following fierce fighting against insurgents in the Baghdad slum of Sadr City, the U.S. command said Saturday.
Sgt. 1st Class Jerry Swope and Staff Sgt. Robert Miltenberger received Silver Star medals for "exceptional valor in combat during Operation Lancer Fury" in April in the Shiite slum.
Both men are with the 1st Cavalry Division and were awarded their medals at a ceremony on Thursday.
Swope, a platoon sergeant from Richmond, Va., hastily organized a defense as rebels ambushed his unit on April 4. Despite orders to abandon their Humvees, he remained alone in one of the vehicles for two hours under enemy fire so he could maintain vital radio contact with his headquarters, a command release said.
After "fierce urban combat," Swope's unit was rescued.
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Our troops are great !!!!!!
As the kids are saying..."big ups to them, yo!"
My salute, gratitude, and admiration.
HOOAH!!!
I do notice, however, that this article is in the San Francisco Gate, and calls the terrorists "insurgents", "rebels", and...no this is the best one I've heard yet..."militiamen". What's next? Minutemen? Freedom fighters? Iraqi patriotic militants?
Im getting dizzy from all the freaking spinning going on in the media!
( ' ' )7 <-- Ditto SALUTE
Did they have "V" devices?
Make me wonder about another certian person (cough, cough sKerry) and their claims for medals.
Make me wonder about another certian person (cough, cough sKerry) and their claims for medals.
Gee, good thing the "insurgents" only had spitwads, or Sgt Swope would have been history, trapped in his unarmored Humvee like that, and without proper body armor!
Thank Gawd JF'nK is gonna change that horrid situation just as soon as he is sworn in, sees what the current situation is, adapts his secret plan to the then-current circumstances, and CUTS & RUNS!
Salutes & prayers to the Sgts, and also to all the others fighting over there, so no one has to fight them here; and to GWB for making it happen.
Re #6
Bugger... you beat me to it... ;)
When are these Muslim morons going to learn that Ambush is a B**ch! But Payback is a Mother****er????
And that the US perfected both?
OUTSTANDING performance from the 1st Cav and its superb sergeants!
Jack.
Whoooooaaaaa! Airborne!
HMMMM, I bet they did not write their own reports to earn their Silver Stars like a certain person we know.
Hoooah! I'm sure they're well deserved. Give 'em hell, boys.
I like the Op's name. HOOOAAA!
military salute **ping**
Time for a large across-the-board pay raise for the US military!!
Ditto's!
Pride and gratitude for their service is overwhelming me to the point of losing the sour taste in my mouth brought on by the endeavors of the "2 month kid" some years ago.
Thank you, Brave Warriors, for doing violence on our behalf so that we might sleep peacefully.
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