A Real Hero

Woman Earns Silver Star In Afghan War

Army Spc. Monica Lin Brown saved the lives of fellow soldiers after a roadside bomb tore through a convoy of Humvees in the eastern Paktia province in April 2007, the military said.

After the explosion, which wounded five soldiers in her unit, Brown ran through insurgent gunfire and used her body to shield wounded comrades as mortars fell less than 100 yards away, the military said.

"I did not really think about anything except for getting the guys to a safer location and getting them taken care of and getting them out of there," Brown told The Associated Press.

Monica Lin Brown is NINETEEN YEARS OLD. I am so proud of her... and of the thousands of others whose bravery goes unrecognized every single day in the battle to preserve liberty.