Navy Cross

earned

11.11.04

while serving with

1st Platoon, Company B, First Battalion, Eighth Marines

Full story

“At that time I didn't really know what to expect. I had never really been in real live combat before. It was nothing like they told us to expect. Once we actually started to receive fire and started seeing everything blow up, it was like 'oh man, this is kind of crazy. It's really happening.'”