Stryker Soldier Awarded Distinguished Service Cross

ARMY.MIL/NEWS ^ | Dec 13, 2007 | Army Specialist Vincent Fusco

[Cannoneer No. 4]

SGT Williams is an Unsung Hero. Spread the word.

[Cannoneer No. 4]

Stryker Brigade Combat Team Tactical Studies Group (Chairborne)

[wastedyears]

Good man

[ConorMacNessa]

Bravo, Sgt Williams!

[Cannoneer No. 4]

ping

[andyandval]

Thanks for posting. And thanks, many many thanks to Sgt. Gregory Williams!

[SMARTY]

“I think it was a great honor to receive this award, I’m very proud to receive it,” Sgt. Williams said. “But I was just doing my job and what I was trained to do.”

Well done!

[cll]

Why don’t we issue live Medals of Honor anymore? I’ve learned of this and a number of other actions that certainly deserve at least some serious consideration.

[roaddog727]

Bumperoo!

[StarCMC]

Yes - he is. And it’s a disgrace that this wasn’t the lead story on the news, IMO.

[StarCMC]

Ping - an American Hero ignored by the Enemedia....

[Monkey Face]

I have to agree!

[Darksheare]

“He found he couldn’t hear and everything was spinning..”

No doubt, he’d just been bounced around pretty good, run everywhere he’d been after that, hauled people forward, back, and had the adrenaline monster stomping him into activity.
Excellent that despite being out of it for one or two seconds, he still kept his wits about him.
I can’t say that I’d have been capable of active thought.

[E.G.C.]

BTTT

[E.G.C.]

BTTT

[maica]

bookmarked

[colorado tanker]

Thanks for the ping. A hero, indeed.

[FishTale]

"improved explosives device "

I assume that they improve the more they build them but aren't they "improvised" explosive devices?

Awesome story nonetheless.

[RinaseaofDs]

As brave and canny as this hero’s actions were, you should read some of the citations for MOH winners.

The one I’m most recently familiar with was the background of the real ‘GI Joe’.

Bottom line: One marine and four machine guns held off 90 Japanese infantry.

There was one that I presented to a Boy Scout troop about the Private that killed a bunch of Germans on a bridge, had his legs blown off at the knees, but gave himself tourniquets and then armed himself with two hand grenades and stood rear guard on a bridge, warning as to the approach of German reinforcements. Not only did he warn of the advancing Germans, he managed to kill six more with his grenades before he was finally shot.

SGT Williams actions were indeed brave, but the MOH is something else all together.

[MNJohnnie]

Thank you Sgt. Gregory Williams for your service.