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.
One soldier on the mountain that day had never seen anything close to real combat.
Spc. Michael Carter, 25, a combat documentation and production specialist with 55th Signal Company (Combat Camera), was near the end of his first deployment to Afghanistan and was there that day to videotape parts of the mission.
He was filling in for his more experienced boss, a staff sergeant who was sick, and joined the men of ODA 3336 only hours before they departed for the mission.
Carter is one of 10 soldiers who on Dec. 12 were awarded Silver Star medals for heroic actions in that battle.
Read the soldiers’ narratives from the battle
Battle narrative
Staff Sgt. John W. Walding
Staff Sgt. Seth E. Howard
Sgt. David J. Sanders
Staff Sgt. Ronald J. Shurer
Capt. Kyle M. Walton
Sgt. Matthew O. Williams
Spc. Michael D. Carter
Staff Sgt. Dillon L. Behr
Staff Sergeant Luis G. Morales
Master Sergeant Scott E. Ford
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