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N.C. Marine earns Bronze Star for valor

Posted: Thu Dec 18, 2008 1:19 am
by 308Mike
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N.C. Marine earns Bronze Star for valor

The Associated Press
Posted : Wednesday Dec 17, 2008 13:01:19 EST

CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. — A Marine from Florida who led Iraqi soldiers in two battles has earned the military’s fourth-highest combat award.

Capt. Christopher D. Wills received the Bronze Star on Wednesday during a ceremony at Camp Lejeune.

The Marines say Wills fought with valor on two occasions as a Military Transition Team leader with the First Iraqi Army Division. In April, he held his ground so Iraqi soldiers could escape, and the next day kept his men safe during a mortar barrage.

Wills is 37 and from Apopka, Fla.