Maj. Gen. David Rodriguez, commander of the 82nd Airborne Division, presents Spc. Ben West with a Bronze Star with Valor at a Fort Bragg, N.C., ceremony. West saved his driver from a flaming Humvee despite being wounded in a rocket-propelled grenade attack.  (Photo courtesy of Ben West)

Maj. Gen. David Rodriguez, commander of the 82nd Airborne Division, presents Spc. Ben West with a Bronze Star with Valor at a Fort Bragg, N.C., ceremony. West saved his driver from a flaming Humvee despite being wounded in a rocket-propelled grenade attack. (Photo courtesy of Ben West)