Walter Bryan Jackson, shown here in Iraq.  Although badly injured, he returned fire against ambushers and tended to a  wounded colleague in a Sept. 27, 2006 firefght in western Iraq. Jackson was a second lieutenant at the time of the fight. Photo courtesy Walter Bryan Jackson

Walter Bryan Jackson, shown here in Iraq. Although badly injured, he returned fire against ambushers and tended to a wounded colleague in a Sept. 27, 2006 firefght in western Iraq. Jackson was a second lieutenant at the time of the fight. Photo courtesy Walter Bryan Jackson