US Army awards medals to Australian soldiers

Australian Broadcasting Company ^ | January 23 2004

[knighthawk]

The United States Army has awarded commendation and achievement medals to three Darwin soldiers who served in Iraq.

Sergeant Steven Attlier, Corporal Carl Connell and Corporal Damien Woolfe are among 61 personnel who are on their way back from Iraq and will arrive in Darwin tomorrow night.

The three were members of the security detachment in Baghdad that provides protection for Australian Government personnel.

Their mission was to clear unexploded ordinance and discarded ammunition found near the Australian Representative Office in Baghdad and transit routes used by diplomats.

US Lieutenant Colonel Ralph Baker awarded the medals for clearing large amounts of munitions in a short period of time, allowing US forces to return to operations.

[knighthawk]

Ping

[trebb]

Always a nice gesture and gives the other's a special memory. When I was running an Air Force shop that had some Army and Navy troops working with us, I managed to get them Air Force Achievement Medals for a special project and they really appreciated it.

[Dilbert56]

Can't be - we're going it alone. Nancy Fish-Eyes told me so.

[Travis McGee]

Aussie EOD ping

[Britton J Wingfield]

medals to three Darwin soldiers

They got the Darwin Award!