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Medic earns combat badge

Jan-10-2005 » Filed Under: 1/25 SBCT

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JEREMIAH STETTLER, THE SAGINAW NEWS

Neither bullets nor fear had time to hit a Saginaw native as his armored vehicle came under fire in the streets of Mosul, Iraq.

Spc. Michael Wachowicz, a U.S. Army medic, received the Combat Medical Badge this month for weathering an attack in which small-arms fire peppered his Stryker vehicle.

Wachowicz, 23, said the attack left little time for panic.

"You are so hyped up and caught up in the moment that all you can think of is getting out of there," Wachowicz told his wife. "It's a life-or-death situation."

Wachowicz's unit returned to camp intact.

The Arthur Hill High School graduate joined fellow medics in the 1st Brigade 25th Infantry Division in receiving the Combat Medical Badge -- an award given to medical personnel involved in ground combat while serving with the infantry.

Wachowicz joined the Army in October 2002 to pursue a medical career. He hopes to become an operating room technician.

Today, he is serving a one-year tour in Iraq as a medic. His wife and three young children are stationed at Fort Lewis, Wash.


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