14 soldiers receive German medals for bravery
By Deb Riechmann - The Associated Press
Posted : Thursday May 13, 2010 14:53:08 EDT
KABUL — Fourteen U.S. soldiers have received Germany’s Gold Cross Medal for their bravery in extracting wounded German soldiers from a firefight in northeast Afghanistan — the first time the award has been given to troops from another nation.
The members of the Army’s 12th Combat Aviation Brigade received the medals — one of Germany’s highest awards for valor — on Wednesday at a German base in Kunduz province.
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