GRUPO CAIMAN ESTRELLA DE PLATA PARA RODNY YEFUNE

Rodny Yefune, tesorero de la organizacion anticastrista GRUPO CAIMAN, es condecorado con la Estrella de Plata del Ejercito Norteamericano a consecuencias de su valor mostrado en batalla en una emboscada el 17 de Febrero en Baqouba, Irak.







Teniente General Charles H. Jacoby Jr. presentando la Medalla de la Estrella de Plata al Especialista Rodny Yefune por su valor demostrado en la batalla. A su lado Courtney Runyon viuda del Cabo Luke Runyon para recibir la medalla de Bronze postuma para su esposo.


Specialist Rodny Yefune received a Silver Star and Corporal Luke S. Runyan received a posthumous Bronze Star Medal with Valor device. Jacoby presented Runyan’s widow, Courtney, the BSM on behalf of her husband.

The awards resulted from action in Bodija, Iraq on Feb. 18, 2008 when a team from the scout platoon of Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 2nd Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment was ambushed by insurgent gunmen. The team fought off the close ambush and was ordered to pursue the enemy. Its members soon were pinned down by withering AK-47 and rocket-propelled grenade fire.

Runyan led his team by fire and maneuver until he received a mortal wound.

Yefune continued the attack despite heavy automatic fire, single-handedly assaulting the enemy position and subduing it, killing one insurgent and scattering the rest. He held the position, treating wounds and evacuating three team members to medical facilities. He “undoubtedly helped save his comrades’ lives,” according to the award citation.

Deploying to Iraq a month early, staying three months longer than planned, the Dragoon Raiders demonstrated their agility and resilience throughout their tour in Iraq. As the first Stryker brigade to deploy with all 10 variants of the combat vehicle, the eyes of the Army, the country and the enemy were on it.

Tomado de un articulo publicado en el Northwest Guardian, Fort Lewis, Washington por Don Kramer