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    Task Force Baghdad Soldiers receive combat awards

    Combat Action Badge awarded to SSG Mills

    Courtesy Photo | Lt. Col. Michael Harris, the 6th Squadron, 8th Cavalry Regiment Commander and a native...... read more read more

    BAGHDAD, IRAQ

    11.20.2005

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    Spc. Dan Balda
    4th Brigade Combat Team PAO

    BAGHDAD -- Soldiers assigned to 6th Squadron, 8th Cavalry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team received combat decorations during a ceremony at Forward Operating Base Honor Nov. 6.

    Soldiers were awarded 54 Combat Action Badges, three Combat Infantry Badges and three Combat Medical Badges.

    "My Grandfather won (a Combat Infantry Badge) in World War II and my uncle won his during Operation Desert Storm," said 1st Lt. Eric Woolf, a platoon leader with 6/8 Cav. "Ever since I joined the infantry, I wanted to get this award'so it means a lot."

    After he received his award, another Soldier said his situation was completely opposite from Woolf's. "I am proud to be the first Soldier in my family to earn the Combat Action Badge. It is an honor and a privilege," said Spc. Daniel Meservey, B Troop, 6/8 Cav.

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    Date Taken: 11.20.2005
    Date Posted: 11.20.2005 13:52
    Story ID: 3809
    Location: BAGHDAD, IQ

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