Jasmine Chopra / U.S. Army Soldiers salute during a ceremony Friday in Baghdad to remember Sgt. 1st Class Paul R. Smith, who was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions during a 2003 attack in which he was killed.
Soldiers in Iraq recall Medal of Honor recipient’s valor
Stars and Stripes
Mideast edition, Sunday, April 6, 2008
In the same courtyard where, five years ago to the day, Sgt. 1st Class Paul R. Smith was killed, soldiers who were with him that day gathered to remember the Medal of Honor recipient Friday.
Along with some 200 other servicemembers and military dignitaries, the group held a remembrance ceremony to mark the day.
Smith, who was with Company B, 11th Engineer Battalion, 3rd Infantry Division, was setting up a prisoner of war holding area at the Baghdad International Airport when his unit was attacked. Manning a .50-caliber machine gun on an armored personnel carrier, Smith held off the attackers until his unit could evacuate their wounded and mount a counterattack.
Stars and Stripes
Mideast edition, Sunday, April 6, 2008
In the same courtyard where, five years ago to the day, Sgt. 1st Class Paul R. Smith was killed, soldiers who were with him that day gathered to remember the Medal of Honor recipient Friday.
Along with some 200 other servicemembers and military dignitaries, the group held a remembrance ceremony to mark the day.
Smith, who was with Company B, 11th Engineer Battalion, 3rd Infantry Division, was setting up a prisoner of war holding area at the Baghdad International Airport when his unit was attacked. Manning a .50-caliber machine gun on an armored personnel carrier, Smith held off the attackers until his unit could evacuate their wounded and mount a counterattack.
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