Who is staff sgt salvatore giunta

Seeing that his squad leader had been injured, Specialist Giunta exposed himself to enemy fire and raced towards his squad leader, moving him to cover and administering medical aid. Specialist Giunta and his comrades gathered and counterattacked. They threw grenades, using the explosions as cover to run forward, shooting at the muzzle flashes still erupting in the trees.

Finally, they reached one of their men. As another soldier tended his wounds, Specialist Giunta sprinted ahead, at every step returning the relentless enemy fire with his own. He arrived atop the hill alone, with no cover, and encountered the chilling sight of two insurgents carrying the other wounded American soldier away. Specialist Giunta immediately engaged the enemy, killing one and wounding the other.

Upon reaching the wounded soldier, he began to provide medical aid as his squad neared and provided security. These heroes deserve a home for their legacy to be shared with the next generations. The museum will be a vault for the values embodied in the Medal of Honor: courage, sacrifice and patriotism. It will showcase the Congressional Medal of Honor Foundation Character Development Program including living histories of over recipients.

At one point, Giunta noticed two insurgents carrying away a fellow soldier. He immediately engaged the enemy, killing one and wounding the other. He also provided medical aid to his wounded comrade while the rest of his squad caught up and provided security.

As part of the Leaving Afghanistan series, we revisit that conversation. We were just going through the motions that were already ingrained in us from, probably, basic training in the Army. Everyone's concerned about the person to their left and the person to their right, the same.

I am for them. They are for me. He was the first man, but behind him was Frank Eckrode. Behind him was Erick Gallardo. Behind him was myself. I had my cell gunner, Kaleb Casey. I had my gunner, Garrett Clary. These are all men that are in the same position that I'm in. I know there were more people there. I don't know how that went for them. But I know as far as those names I named, they went through exactly what I went through.

And I think that bond we have in war creates our own brotherhood. We have a lot of good times we can remember. And I was able to do what I did because all the guys that I was with were doing everything they could. And it's an opportunity to to let the American people know how hard its soldiers are fighting for them so they can live the life they live every single day uninterrupted, when there's a large group of people that their lives are incredibly interrupted and they're giving their blood, sweat and tears so we can go to the mall, and so we can hang out after school or whatever you do.

And if this is what I can do is bring the attention to the people about all these other people I could do this every day. And all this media attention is — it's a lot. And it kind of came really overnight. If you served in Afghanistan and would like to share your story on IPR, please email: rivertoriver iowapublicradio. You can find more information about the Leaving Afghanistan series here. Search Query Show Search.