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I meant to say “Chuck” Norris Wins Medal in Iraq…

To this day she remains modest: a 5ft tall slip of a girl, and yet one so courageous that she has become the first female officer to win the Military Cross. Pte Michelle “Chuck” Norris, 19, had only recently completed her Army training when she braved heavy sniper fire to climb on top of a Warrior armoured vehicle to haul her sergeant to safety after he was wounded in the head.

One bullet from an AK47 rifle ripped through her rucksack as she came under fire from five different positions. But she refused to let go of Colour Sgt Ian Page, dragging him to safety and then jokingly referring to him as “Dad” as they and their comrades waited in the darkness for a rescue helicopter.

Read the whole thing...Way to go, Chuck! (Could we even say “slip of a girl” in the PC states and get away with it?)
Big day for 5ft Army medic who won MC