Sergeant and member of 1st Battalion, 3rd Special Forces Group (Airborne) Chad Lawson from Cincinnati, received the nation's third highest medal for his heroics during combat operations in southern Afghanistan. He and his team members were caught in an ambush and Lawson exposed himself twice to save fellow comrades. Lawson received the Silver Star with gratitude and accepted it on behalf of his team.
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