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Army Postal Soldiers Earn Valor In Iraq

Feb- 4-2004 » Filed Under: Iraq News

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BAGHDAD, Iraq (Jan. 29, 2004)—“I told the two Iraqi males to get in the back of the truck,” said Capt. Juan David Pena, displaying concern for the property of two innocent strangers while in the midst of commandeering their truck at gunpoint during an anti-Coalition ambush of Pena’s small reconnaissance convoy.

Pena was able to take control of the truck and extract himself, two other soldiers, and the body of a civilian contractor out of the ambush.

For their performance “in keeping with the highest traditions of military service” three soldiers from the 461st Personnel Services Battalion—Pena , Chief Warrant Officer 3 Robert Meyerhoff and Spc. Travis Duarte—have each been approved to receive the Bronze Star for Valor. Meyerhoff has also been approved for the Purple Heart for injuries sustained during the ambush.


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