Monica Lin Brown Brown 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, and is This Week's BuzzFlash Wings of Justice Award Winner.
From Wingsofjustice.com:
War is hell. Yet, soldiers in combat zones do amazing things for each
other.And they should be honored because they are serving in a war that they
didn't ask for.
Monica Lin Brown is one such person. Serving as an Army medic at 19 years
of age, she will receive the Silver Star later this month for her actions in
Afghanistan in 2007 that saved the lives of 5 soldiers injured by a roadside
bomb.
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