1LT Neil Prakash, Part 1

1LT Neil Prakash led a tank column into an urban fight in Iraq. Insurgents threw everything at his tank, hoping to stop it and block the whole column.

After an hour of pounding from RPGs, 1LT Prakash's turret seized up, and the insurgents moved in for the kill.

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GySgt Jean-Paul Courville

GySgt Courville led his men to rescue fellow Marines and an Iraqi family in two urban battles in Iraq -- "almost like playing rugby while people were shooting at you."

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HEROES: HM3 Luis Fonseca

HM3 Fonseca was awarded the Navy Cross -- the second highest award behind the Medal of Honor -- for saving the lives of five Marines in the early days of Operation Iraqi Freedom.

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HEROES: SFC James Brasher

SFC Brasher led his men in close quarter fighting through an Afghan village filled with Taliban fighters for which he received the Silver Star.

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HEROES: SPC Joseph Gibson

SPC Gibson was awarded the Silver Star after dragging a wounded comrade to safety and fighting hand to hand with a suicide bomber.



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