http://archive2.mrc.org/taxonomy/term/10462/all en http://archive2.mrc.org/articles/character-personified <div class="field field-type-nodereference field-field-source"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <div class="field-label-inline-first"> By</div> <a href="/author/brian-fitzpatrick">Brian Fitzpatrick</a> </div> </div> </div> <p >During the bloody house-to-house battle of Fallujah in 2004, Private Sean Stokes routinely performed the most dangerous duty – point man, kicking in doors to expose enemy ambushes – and he had to beg the Marine Corps to let him do it.   </p> <br /> <p >Wounded at least twice, Stokes concealed his injuries for days to avoid mandatory medical evacuation.  He refused to leave his buddies in the middle of a battle.  During the fighting, he proved himself to be a preeminent warrior, personally killing at least nine al-Qaeda fighters and inspiring the rest of the men in his platoon.</p><p><a href="http://archive2.mrc.org/articles/character-personified" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Articles MRC Culture Education abc character fallujah MarineCorps NBC SeanStokes SilverStar Thu, 07 Feb 2008 05:00:00 +0000 admin 28383 at http://archive2.mrc.org