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Silver Star awarded to modest guardsman; Ghent went after insurgents with pistol
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Soldiers practice for war. But no one knows how he or she will
react when the battle is real.
When that moment came for Spc. Richard Ghent in March, he'd been
blown out of a Humvee and was lying on the ground in Ramadi. The
driver of the Humvee was dead and the staff sergeant in the passenger
seat was badly injured and unconscious.
Ghent was wounded, but he didn't wait for help. He grabbed the
only weapon on him - a 9 mm pistol - and chased after the insurgents
who'd attacked his vehicle.
Yesterday, Ghent, 21, of Rochester, was awarded a Silver Star for
bravery. The award is the third highest ...
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