Men Save Comrades Under Heavy Fire
Posted: December 6, 2009 at 3:05 a.m.
The impact from the bomb sent Spc. Gregory Waters bouncing around the armored vehicle like a rattle, knocking off his Kevlar helmet and leaving him and two others unconscious. Their sergeant’s nose and one arm were broken.
Their Mine Resistant Ambush Protected vehicle had been leading three others in a convoy from the 506th Infantry Regiment on July 30, 2008. They had stopped about 15 kilometers from their base near Ghazni, a Taliban stronghold in eastern Afghanistan, on their way home from an uneventful overnight patrol of a supply bridge.
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