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Wednesday, March 12, 2008

TEXAS, BE PROUD…..MONICA LIN BROWN IS A SILVER STAR RECIPIENT

A 19-year-old medic from Texas will become the first woman in Afghanistan and only the second female soldier since World War II to receive the Silver Star, the nation’s third-highest medal for valor.

Army Spc. Monica Lin Brown saved the lives of fellow soldiers after a roadside bomb tore through a convoy of Humvees in the eastern Paktia province in April 2007, the military said.

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Hat Tip: THE INSTAPUNDIT

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