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2 Illinois Guardsmen Awarded Silver Star
ArmyTimes, 21 May 2012
Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Gen. Martin Dempsey has honored two Illinois National guardsmen with Silver Stars for valor.
Dempsey joined Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn and Illinois National Guard Major Gen. William Enyart to present the medals on Sunday.
The honors go to Sgt. First Class Ryan Ahern of Glen Ellyn and Capt. Tom Bozzay of Wheaton. Both men are with Company A, 2nd Battalion, 20th Special Forces Group in Chicago.
The soldiers earned the medals for helping to save the lives of injured soldiers in Afghanistan in December 2009. The soldiers were protecting a French military unit.
http://www.armytimes.com/news/2012/0...r-star-052112/
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