Shaffer
01-12-04, 01:09 PM
Marines have a code: They never leave their comrades behind on the battlefield - injured, wounded or dead.
Lt. Col. James E. Reilly III lives by that code.
On the night of March 26, 2003, at least 32 Marines with the Camp Lejeune-based Task Force Tarawa near An Nasiriyah, Iraq, were seriously injured, and fighting was so intense that helicopters could not land.
Reilly, 2nd Force Reconnaissance Company commander, repeatedly crossed 500 meters of open terrain, exposing himself to enemy fire to coordinate the safe return of these troops so they could get medical treatment.
"Two of my platoons volunteered for the medical evacuation site and we had to go through a previous ambush area," Reilly said humbly of the action that earned him the Bronze Star on Friday.
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Lt. Col. James E. Reilly III lives by that code.
On the night of March 26, 2003, at least 32 Marines with the Camp Lejeune-based Task Force Tarawa near An Nasiriyah, Iraq, were seriously injured, and fighting was so intense that helicopters could not land.
Reilly, 2nd Force Reconnaissance Company commander, repeatedly crossed 500 meters of open terrain, exposing himself to enemy fire to coordinate the safe return of these troops so they could get medical treatment.
"Two of my platoons volunteered for the medical evacuation site and we had to go through a previous ambush area," Reilly said humbly of the action that earned him the Bronze Star on Friday.
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