Just amazing. Sounds like a movie sequence. Terrifying and heroic when you realize it's real life.
On 11/2/06, Gruss Gott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Sgt. 1st Class Chad Stephens doesn't consider himself a hero. He just > says he's someone "who takes care of his soldiers." > > According to the citation, during combat operations Stephens > "heroically and without regard for his personal safety, led his > platoon in heavy combat with enemy attempting to control the city. > After fighting through two ambushes, he led his platoon to a casualty > collection point to treat the wounded. To evacuate the gunner of his > wingman, Stephens crossed 50 meters in open terrain while small arms > impacted him as he ran." > > The citation stated that Stephens mounted the turret and retrieved a > soldier from the hatch and lowered him to waiting medics as rounds hit > the vehicle and other soldiers drove to safety. Stephens returned in > his Bradley fighting vehicle under continuing fire. He reorganized the > platoon and led a move to a forward operating base even as his vehicle > was hit by a rocket-propelled grenade and his gunner was severely > wounded. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Introducing the Fusion Authority Quarterly Update. 80 pages of hard-hitting, up-to-date ColdFusion information by your peers, delivered to your door four times a year. http://www.fusionauthority.com/quarterly Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:219195 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
