Iraq fight results in 1 DSC, 2 Silver Stars

Iraq fight results in 1 DSC, 2 Silver Stars

By Michelle Tan - Staff writer
Posted : Tuesday May 26, 2009 5:49:44 EDT

The battle inside the farming complex on the outskirts of Samarra, Iraq, lasted less than 10 minutes.

But in that time, a high-value target responsible for weapons smuggling, kidnapping and murder was dead, as were 12 of his fighters. Six others were detained.

In the fierce fight to subdue them, three Special Forces soldiers suffered gunshot and shrapnel wounds. Their actions earned one of them the Distinguished Service Cross, the second-highest award for combat valor, and two of them the Silver Star, the third-highest award for valor.

On May 14, the awards were presented to the three soldiers: Sgt. 1st Class Jarion Halbisengibbs, 27, receiving the DSC, and Capt. Matthew Chaney, 31, and Sgt. 1st Class Michael Lindsay, 30, each receiving the Silver Star. Adm. Eric Olson, commander of Special Operations Command, presented the DSC, and Lt. Gen. John Mulholland, commander of Army Special Operations Command, presented the Silver Stars during a ceremony at Fort Carson, Colo.

All three soldiers belong to 10th Special Forces Group.
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