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  • Fort Bragg Soldier Recalls Battle That Won Him High Honor

    06/23/2005 11:42:18 AM PDT · by mdittmar · 16 replies · 2,016+ views
    NBC 17 ^ | June 23, 2005 | Associated Press
    FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. -- Master Sgt. Donald Hollenbaugh was the last man standing on the rooftop in Fallujah. The three men with him were down. Enemy fighters were creeping up. It's what he did then that won Hollenbaugh the Distinguished Service Cross, the Army's second-highest award for valor in combat. Hollenbaugh, a Fort Bragg special operations soldier who has since retired from the military, received the medal from Vice President Dick Cheney in a ceremony at MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa, Fla., earlier this month. Cheney said that Hollenbaugh's award ceremony offered a rare glimpse into the world of special...