WEDNESDAY'S HERO
Spc. Monica Lin Brown
Spc. Monica Lin Brown
19 years old
 from Lake Jackson,
Texas4th Squadron,
73rd Cavalry Regiment,
 4th Brigade Combat Team
Army Spc. Monica Lin Brown has done something only a very few female soldiers in American history have ever done. She's been awarded the Silver Star.

Brown saved the lives of fellow soldiers after a roadside bomb tore through a convoy of Humvees in the eastern Paktia province of Afghanistan in April 2007.  "I did not really think about anything except for getting the guys to a safer location and getting them taken care of and getting them out ...   more »
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