Sargent 1st Class Grady Parris

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Sargent 1st Class Grady Parris

Grady Parris was the Security Driver for
LTG William Wallace (OEF and OIF) and Later on LTG Ricardo Sanchez
(OIF), Both Generals were the Commanding General of 5th Corp, He was
awarded the Bronze Star, because of a 72 hr firefight that happened. They
were ambushed by the Fedayein (Saddam’s Special Forces), just south of
the Karbala Gap, 3rd Infantry Division was in front of his group which
was called the Assault Command Post. They were on top of a bridge when all
Hell broke loose, they could not continue to travel forward and could not
turn back, a Sand Storm had them pinned down with 0 visibility. Grady’s job was
to ensure the safety of the V Corp Commanding General. After making sure
he was out of harms way, He ran ammo and rations to the men who had set
up hasty fighting positions. After about 72 hours of gunfire exchange,
they called in a close air strike from the Air Force, 3 A-10′s came in over
them from the South and totally devastated the enemy. (“They brought the
rain”). He was also involved in two separate road side bomb attacks on
their command group motorcade, after they had established the headquarters
at Camp Victory Baghdad. The first roadside bomb completely took off the
right side of the Hmmwv, scared a little, the second one really got him
mad… Both attacks happened on Route Irish, the most dangerous stretch of
road in Baghdad, This road runs from the Formerly named Saddam
International Airport to the Green Zone. The second Hmmwv was brand new
and had air conditioning. His Motor Sergeant hated to see him come into
the motor pool. After the two roadside bomb attacks He was awarded the “V”
Device (For Valor).

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