The Adventures of Chester: FLASH: Marine Sgt to receive Navy Cross

A Loyal Reader emails:

You were one of the first blogs I read as the invasion of Fallujah unfolded. You really made it feel like I was there.

I am writing to inform you that my son-in-law [name withheld] will be receiving the Navy Cross in a ceremony at Parris Island . . .

He earned the award for action on 12/23/04 while clearing houses of weapons and people. His 20 man squad suffered 11 wounded and 3 KIA that day.

I'll hold on releasing the name until I hear more details.

To my knowledge, this will be the second award of the Navy Cross during the War on Terror. The first went to my Basic School classmate, Captain Brian Chontosh.

You heard it here first . . . developing . . .

Posted by Chester on April 18, 2006 11:09 PM to The Adventures of Chester