Woman Gains Silver Star -- And Removal From Combat
Case Shows Contradictions of Army Rules
KHOST, Afghanistan -- Pfc. Monica Brown cracked open the door of her
Humvee outside a remote village in eastern Afghanistan to the pop of bullets shot by
Taliban fighters. But instead of taking cover, the 18-year-old medic grabbed her bag and ran through gunfire toward fellow soldiers in a crippled and burning vehicle.
Vice President Cheney pinned Brown, of Lake Jackson, Tex., with a Silver Star in March for repeatedly risking her life on April 25, 2007, to shield and treat her wounded comrades, displaying bravery and grit. She is the second woman since World War II to receive the nation's third-highest combat medal.
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