Three Receive Silver Stars at Stuttgart Ceremony

Three Receive Silver Stars at Stuttgart Ceremony

December 06, 2011
Stars and Stripes
by John Vandiver

STUTTGART, Germany -- When Capt. David G. Fox regained consciousness shortly after a massive roadside bomb detonated nearby, the only words his comrades down the mountainside could understand on the radio was the message: "urgent … surgical."

That was enough.

After hearing their commander's muffled radio call and seeing a plume of black smoke billowing high above on the ridgeline in Kapisa province, Afghanistan, Fox's men sprung into action.

Under heavy enemy fire, Sgt. 1st Class McKenna L. Miller and Staff Sgt. Matthew D. Gassman began a desperate climb up the mountain. Then they and Fox made a harrowing journey back down -- one carrying an injured Afghan soldier, another a dead French trooper, and the thirdproviding cover fire, according to the medal citations.
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