Military: 11 airmen given medals - including 3 silver stars - for bravery
Machine gun rounds flew all around him from 30 feet away. He sprinted through the fire to a position from which he could attack. He shot a rocket-propelled grenade into a room occupied by Taliban fighters.
And when that didn’t clear them out, Air Force Staff Sgt. Sean Harvell dodged the gunfire again, covering his team as he went.
Then he called in airstrikes that reportedly killed more than 50 insurgents in Central Afghanistan’s Helmand River area.
Read more: http://www.theolympian.com/2010/04/30/1223501/winner-of-2-silver-stars-you-cant.html#ixzz0mbdMv1Oe
You tube link to ceremony:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BoJzZtIyQQs&feature=player_embedded
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