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AUTHOR/EDITOR ARTICLE
FEBRUARY
2011
GERMANY
HONORS AMERICAN HEROES
WITH
THE GOLD CROSS METAL
Forwarded
From Trenton Donauschwaben
The German Armed Forces recently awarded 14 American soldiers
one of Germany’s highest military honors for valor, the Gold Cross
of Honor of the German Armed Forces. This is the first time
non-Germans have even received this award.
They received the honor for risking their own lives in the
rescue of wounded German soldiers in northern Afghanistan. Lt, General
Bruno Kasdorf of Germany presented the Americans with the award at
Kunduz on May 12, 2010. The U.S. Army also honored them in Katterbach,
Germany on December 13, 2010.
The Americans were members of a helicopter MedEvac unit who
came to the aid of the Bundeswehr soldiers. The Germans were ambushed
by more than 200 Taiban fighters while on patrol on April 2nd in
Kunduz. The Black Hawk copters had to make multiple trips to evacuate
the German from the battle zone, as U.S. Apache copters provided
defense. Eleven wounded Ger-mans were extracted, three later died from
their injuries.
Those awarded were; Capt. Robert McDonough, Chief Warrant Officers,
Jason LaCrosse, Steven Husted & Nelson Visaya, Jason Brown, Sean
Johnson & Eric Wells, Staff Sgt. Travis Brown, Sgt.s. William Ebel,
Antonio Gattis & Steven Shumaker and Specialists, Matthew Baker,
Todd Marchese & Gregory Martinez. All are from the 12th Combat
Aviation Brigade, based out of Germany. What a great honor for these
fine American heros.
Source:
Germany.info, 12/10/2010.
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