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By Chris Freiberg, Daily News Miner
A tour of duty in Iraq led to a trip to the nation’s capital for Sgt. Gregory Williams of Fort Wainwright after he was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross in December.
Last month, the sergeant, one of only eight men to receive the Army’s second-highest honor since 2001, spent 15 minutes with President Bush.
“It was very exciting,” Williams said. “It didn’t hit me until I got in there that this is the president. He’s a very nice, family-oriented man. Very energetic, too.”
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Williams, currently with the 1st Battalion, 5th Infantry Regiment, was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross for his actions in October 2006 while patrolling a Baghdad neighborhood.
The Stryker vehicle carrying Williams was struck by a bomb in an insurgent ambush, knocking him unconscious. The Stryker was full of explosives, and there was a possibility it could blow up.
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Williams and the rest of the Stryker Brigade Combat Team at Fort Wainwright are training for the unit’s next deployment to Iraq, which is scheduled for the fall. He’s looking forward to his second tour of duty.
“I like being over there,” he said. “It’s what I joined the military to do.”