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HEROES DO WHAT’S NEEDED—REGARDLESS OF CIRCUMSTANCES

Sergeant Jonas Jerome Allen is a hero…..he was manning a Humvee’s turret-mounted heavy machine gun when the gunner in the next Humvee experienced a breakdown of his MK-19 Grenade launcher.

Since Sgt. Allen was more proficient with the grenade launcher, he maneuvered his Humvee alongside the one with the malfunctioning weapon and the two gunners traded vehicles and weapons.

Once the two gunners swapped trucks, Villasenor began to fire the .50 cal., while Allen began to work on the malfunctioning weapon.

“I jumped into the turret and saw that the charging handle was stuck behind the bolt and I knew the only way to fix it was to disassemble the weapon system,” Allen said. “I knew I had to hurry because we were taking RPG’s and small-arms fire and I’d rather fire at the enemy than to have the enemy fire at me.”

Allen said he disassembled and reassembled the weapon as fast as he could.

“I just was thinking that if I hurry up and fix the MK-19, I could start engaging the enemy and kill them,” he said.

Once he repaired it, he had the driver of the truck move him into a better position then he put it to use.

Courage under fire, performance under pressure…..here is the face of a hero: