Soldier Awarded Service Cross For Saving Wounded Colleagues


	Soldier Awarded Service Cross For Saving Wounded Colleagues

merrie

5-1-2008 5:06 AM

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fort bragg, n.c., master sgt. o'connor, special forces soldier, award for valor, rescue colleagues, taliban machine-gun fire

merrie says:

Admiral Eric T. Olson, commander of U.S. Special Operations Command, and Lt. Gen. Robert W. Wagner, commanding general of the Army Special Operations Command, presented the award to O'Connor.

Olson, who recounted the battle in his speech, described O'Connor's actions as legendary.

Wednesday's ceremony marked only the second time the award has been presented to a soldier for actions in Afghanistan.

O'Connor is assigned to the 7th Special Forces Group. The unit is based at Fort Bragg, home to the Army's Special Operations Command and the 82nd Airborne Division.

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