![]() ![]() Īfter a roadside bomb detonated near a convoy of Humvees in the eastern Paktia Province of Afghanistan, Brown saved the lives of fellow soldiers in April 2007 by running through insurgent gunfire using her body to shield wounded soldiers while mortar rounds fell nearby. Monica Lin Brown (born in Lake Jackson, Texas) is a United States Army medic who became the first woman in Afghanistan and only the second woman since World War II to receive the Silver Star, the United States' third-highest medal for valor. Two men from her unit, the 617th Military Police Company of Richmond, Ky., also received the Silver Star for their roles in the same action.Brown at FOB Salerno, Afghanistan, in March 2008ħ82nd Brigade Support Battalion, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division īrown receives the Silver Star from Vice President Dick Cheney in March 2008. Leigh Ann Hester, of Nashville, Tenn., received the Silver Star in 2005 for gallantry during an insurgent ambush on a convoy in Iraq. The military said Brown's "bravery, unselfish actions and medical aid rendered under fire saved the lives of her comrades and represents the finest traditions of heroism in combat." "Running back to the vehicle, I was nervous (since) I did not know how badly the guys were injured. "I did not really have time to be scared," Brown said. Eventually, they moved the wounded some 500 yards away and treated them on site before putting them on a helicopter for evacuation. "I was in a kind of a robot-mode, did not think about much but getting the guys taken care of."įor Brown, who knew all five wounded soldiers, it became a race to get them all to a safer location. "So we dragged them for 100 or 200 meters, got them away from the Humvee a little bit," she said. She said they were sitting in a dangerous spot. Four Army nurses in World War II were the first women to receive the Silver Star, though three nurses serving in World War I were awarded the medal posthumously last year, according to the Army's Web site.īrown, of the 4th Squadron, 73rd Cavalry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, said ammunition going off inside the burning Humvee was sending shrapnel in all directions. ![]()
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