Ret10Echo
07-05-2007, 08:21
I was only doing my job, says Victoria Cross hero
The Royal New Zealand Returned Services Association is saluting New Zealand's latest recipient of the Victoria Cross.
RSA president John Campbell said SAS corporal Bill Apiata's actions were courageous and he deserved the recognition he had received.
"His courageous actions, with total disregard for his own safety, saved the life of his comrade and should be saluted by all New Zealanders," Mr Campbell said.
"He deservedly joins the ranks of our heroes who have gone before him."
Corporal Apiata, the first New Zealander to be awarded the Victoria Cross since the Second World War, has said he was only doing his job.
He is to receive the elite award after carrying an injured colleague through enemy fire in Afghanistan.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/1/story.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10449084&pnum=0
The Royal New Zealand Returned Services Association is saluting New Zealand's latest recipient of the Victoria Cross.
RSA president John Campbell said SAS corporal Bill Apiata's actions were courageous and he deserved the recognition he had received.
"His courageous actions, with total disregard for his own safety, saved the life of his comrade and should be saluted by all New Zealanders," Mr Campbell said.
"He deservedly joins the ranks of our heroes who have gone before him."
Corporal Apiata, the first New Zealander to be awarded the Victoria Cross since the Second World War, has said he was only doing his job.
He is to receive the elite award after carrying an injured colleague through enemy fire in Afghanistan.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/1/story.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10449084&pnum=0