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  • Female Sergeant wins Silver Star - Terrorists Humiliated By Woman Warrior From Hell

    06/27/2005 9:32:00 AM PDT · by ajolympian2004 · 22 replies · 2,842+ views
    Gunny Bob's 'Hall of Heroes' ^ | June 2005 | Gunny Bob Newman
    Sgt. Leigh Ann Hester, 617th Military Police Company, Iraq FEMALE SERGEANT WINS SILVER STAR Terrorists Humiliated By Woman Warrior From Hell A female military police soldier was awarded a Silver Star Thursday in Iraq for helping to fight off insurgent forces that ambushed her convoy in March. Sgt. Leigh Ann Hester of the 617th Military Police Company, a National Guard unit out of Richmond, Ky., is the first woman since World War II to receive the prestigious award for bravery under fire, according to a Defense Department press release. Hester, 23, received the award along with two other soldiers from...
  • Sergeant, 23, is first woman awarded Silver Star since World War II

    06/17/2005 7:32:02 AM PDT · by Calpernia · 13 replies · 1,411+ views
    7 Kplc ^ | Friday, June 17, 2005
    PENTAGON A 23-year-old sergeant with the Kentucky National Guard is the first woman since World War Two to get a Silver Star, the nation's third-highest medal for valor. Sergeant Leigh Ann Hester, who is from Nashville, Tennessee, but serves in a Kentucky unit, received the award for gallantry during a March 20th insurgent ambush on a convoy in Iraq. Two men from her unit, the 617th Military Police Company, also received the Silver Star. According to military accounts, insurgents attacked the convoy south of Baghdad, launching their assault from trenches along the road. Hester and her unit moved through enemy...