Silver Star goes to woman in Kentucky unit .....

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http://www.kentucky.com/mld/kentucky/11916394.htm

WASHINGTON - A 23-year-old sergeant with the Kentucky National Guard yesterday became the first female soldier to receive the Silver Star -- the nation's third-highest medal for valor -- since World War II.

Sgt. Leigh Ann Hester, who lives in Nashville but serves in a Kentucky unit, received the award for gallantry during a March 20 insurgent ambush on a convoy in Iraq. Two men from her unit, the 617th Military Police Company of Richmond, also received the Silver Star for their roles in the same action.

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