To Monica Lin Brown, I add my congratulations on your receiving the Silver Star. I honor you and thank you for outstanding service to your fellows and, thereby, to me, and to our entire country, the United States of America.
Monica Lin Brown AP
CAMP SALERNO, Afghanistan — A 19-year-old medic from Texas will become the first woman in Afghanistan and only the second female soldier since World War II to receive the Silver Star, the nation’s third-highest medal for valor.
Army Spc. Monica Lin Brown saved the lives of fellow soldiers after a roadside bomb tore through a convoy of Humvees in the eastern Paktia province in April 2007, the military said.
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