Female Medic Earns Silver Star in Afghanistan 2nd Woman to Get a Silver Star since WWII

Monica Lin Brown, a 19 year-old medic from Texas will be the first woman in Afghanistan and the second woman since WWII to get the Silver Star the nation's third-highest medal for valor. She saved the lives of her fellow soldiers after their convoy was ambushed. A roadside bomb tore through a convoy of Humvees in the eastern Paktia province in April 2007. The explosion wounded 5 soldiers and Monica ran through enemy gunfire to help them."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. I did