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British officer wins two gallantry awards for fending off Taliban attack with bayonet
The Daily Telegraph ^ | Published: 9:00PM BST 12 Sep 2009 | Sean Rayment

Posted on 09/12/2009 3:49:27 PM PDT by protest1

British officer wins two gallantry awards for fending off Taliban attack with bayonet

A young British officer, Lieutenant James Adamson, who won two gallantry awards while serving in Afghanistan has told how he fended off an enemy attack by bayoneting a Taliban fighter to death.

Lieutenant James Adamson was awarded the Military Cross after killing two insurgents during close quarter combat in Helmand's notorious "Green Zone".

(Excerpt) Read more at telegraph.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Announcements; Foreign Affairs; United Kingdom; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: afghanistan; army; bayonet; brits; earnsnotwins; waronterror
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To: Lexington Green

“Q: What is the spirit of the bayonet?”
(DS Roberts~’66)
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!!!KILL~KILL~KILL~!!!


21 posted on 09/13/2009 1:26:44 AM PDT by 1COUNTER-MORTER-68 (THROWING ANOTHER BULLET-RIDDLED TV IN THE PILE OUT BACK~~~~~)
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To: HiTech RedNeck

Taste like Chicken???


22 posted on 09/15/2009 3:43:16 PM PDT by stevie_d_64
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