Posted on Oct 7, 2015
COL Mikel J. Burroughs
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Have read this - UNSUNG HEROES: The Corpsman Who Sprinted Into Gunfire To Save 5 Marines?

http://taskandpurpose.com/unsung-heroes-the-corpsman-who-sprinted-into-gunfire-to-save-5-marines/
On March 23, 2003, in Nasiriyah, Iraq, Luis Fonseca, a seaman apprentice, was a

Navy corpsman on his first deployment, assigned to the Marine Corps’ 2nd Assault Amphibian Battalion. Fonseca’s unit was tasked with capturing and holding the northernmost of three bridges: Saddam Canal Bridge.

Dubbed the battle of Nasiriyah, this was to become one of the first major fights of the Iraq War, and would ultimately claim the lives of 18 Marines that day, and 12 more before the most heated fighting ended almost a week later.
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SCPO David Lockwood
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Great story! Brave Corpsman. How many of us could've done this?
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SP5 Mark Kuzinski
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Awesome!
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COL Ted Mc
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COL Mikel J. Burroughs - Mikel; Well done!
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