Tennesee woman earns Silver star for actions in Iraq.

[Wcross]

"When we first started taking fire, I just looked to the right and saw seven or eight guys shooting back at us — muzzle flashes...At first, I shot one guy. I saw him fall" - Sgt. Leigh Ann Hester, ABC News Report

Full after action report;

http://www.blackfive.net/main/2005/03/after_action_re.html


I don't know where the military got the idea that women can't fight.

BTW- she is a Tennessee girl that manages a shoe store when not serving with the Kentucky National guard.

[Willinois]

1. She better not speak out against the war later, then run for office.

Or else Republicans will be telling us what a fraud she is and that she didn't earn her medals.