SSG MAURICE CRAFT Fayetteville, NC Mission Accomplished on Feb. 27, 2010 Army Staff Sergeant Maurice Craft was serving in Iraq with the 82nd Airborne Division when he sustained severe injuries as a result of an explosion in November 2003. An improvised explosive device (IED) was detonated in close proximity to SSG Craft, severing his left leg above the knee and causing multiple injuries to his right leg. Unable to be airlifted from the blast zone due to the ensuing…
…on two humanitarian deployments with the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) to Okinawa in 2008 and Burma in 2009. On Jan. 31, 2012, during his third combat deployment, Sgt Hamilton sustained severe damage to his left leg and other injuries when he stepped on an improvised explosive device (IED) in the NowZad District in Afghanistan. After years of dealing with intense pain, Quentin made the difficult decision to have doctors amputate his left leg. Now medically retired, Quentin and his…
SGT CHARLES DOUGLAS HARRIS Romney, WV Mission Accomplished on Dec. 19, 2015 On May 30, 2012, Army Sergeant Charles “Doug” Harris was on patrol with 5-20 Infantry, 3rd Stryker Brigade Combat Team (SBCT), 2nd Infantry Division in Afghanistan clearing the route for another unit when he stepped on an improvised explosive device (IED). The subsequent blast resulted in the amputation of both legs and severe injuries to his right arm. Regaining consciousness after the initial explosion, SGT Harris recalls…
SSgt Hans Blum Redlands, CA Mission Accomplished on Sept. 25, 2016 On Feb. 10, 2012 Marine Staff Sergeant Hans Blum and his team from the 2nd EOD Company were sent to conduct a Post Blast Analysis (PBA) in an area where a Marine was struck by an improvised explosive device (IED) in Kajaki, Afghanistan. Upon completion of the mission, SSgt Blum was walking toward the designated safe area when he stepped on a secondary IED. The blast caused the…
SSG Timothy Kramer minatare, NE Mission Accomplished on March 4, 2023 Determined to become a police officer after graduating from high school, Timothy Kramer joined the Army as a military policeman with the 58th Military Police Company, 25th Infantry Division. While on his second deployment to Iraq on Aug. 6, 2006, Staff Sergeant Kramer was transporting detainees when his unit encountered enemy fire and their vehicle ran over an improvised explosive device (IED). Timothy remembers a bright flash of light…
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