Fort Bragg soldier receives Distinguished Flying Cross

Fort Bragg soldier receives Distinguished Flying Cross

By: MCCLATCHY-TRIBUNE EXCHANGE
The Fayetteville Observer
Published: February 07, 2012

FAYETTEVILLE

Low on ammo and outgunned, about 250 soldiers were in danger, with enemy fighters closing in and thunderstorms roaring overhead.

The severe weather prevented the air support the soldiers, operating near Forward Operating Base Mehtar Lam in eastern Afghanistan, expected. But the weather couldn't stand between them and the soldiers determined to rescue them Sept. 5, 2010.

Maj. Brendan P. Murphy, then a captain with the 3rd Combat Aviation Brigade's Company B, 2nd Battalion, 3rd Aviation Regiment, was one of the men who volunteered for the dangerous mission to first reinforce and then extract the isolated ground forces.
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