Combat cameraman’s valor earns Silver Star

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Combat cameraman’s valor earns Silver Star

By Gina Cavallaro - Staff writer
Posted : Monday Dec 15, 2008 8:51:22 EST

It was daybreak on April 6 when the air assault force thundered around the corner of a mountain in northeastern Afghanistan into what they knew would be a buzz saw.

A swarm of Chinook and Black Hawk helicopters packed with about 40 Special Forces soldiers from C Company, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Special Forces Group and another 100 Afghan special operations commandos descended into the rugged Shok valley in Nuristan province, what they called in the battle narrative “a well known sanctuary of the Hezeb Islamic al Gulbadin terrorist organization.”

Carrying at least 60 pounds of gear on their backs, some of the men jumped down 10 feet onto the ice-covered ground from the hovering helicopters. Operating at about 10,000 feet, the group began a grueling two-mile trek alongside a fast-moving river, moving toward a higher ground. There, a heavily armed force of insurgents waited.

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Pretty impressive, for a "pogue" to earn a Silver Star while serving with an SF unit.