PJ's Road to a Purple Heart in OIF (2003)

Ep. #4

Vietnam Veteran Preston Vaughn (Bub) opens up and shares some of his experiences in the service during the Vietnam War.

Ep. #3 Jason Shields

With an extremely honorable run of 20 years in, Jason Shields is a wealth of information and has over six deployments under his belt!

Ep. 2 "Preacher" Steven Perry

Another 2003 Operation Iraqi Freedom Veteran with the 1st Raider Brigade talks with Battlefield Broadcast. Saddam Hussein was captured by the 1st Brigade Combat Team of the 4th Infantry Division [https://www.google.com/search?rlz=1C1ONGR_enUS1148US1148&cs=1&sca_esv=d453f7813e42fa49&q=1st+Brigade+Combat+Team+of+the+4th+Infantry+Division&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjh7-PF-pKPAxWkg4kEHawrBP4QxccNegQIAxAB&mstk=AUtExfAcQbhNuAR3YGW1ygsxJWx-P7EJ6Zh0eUy_inkyPQu9LaA915cGeHXR7iqpDgHhG6Nzzu4ly9fwaCv8S63Y3jweVrdulbFtKWKUmxAZL5zUQKVZGkWQ2Kb3hhfjofeuGgfnCL-DOFEp8Q5vthCEXNso0Q-v9ucfvlmPy5xU3L0l0e8&csui=3], working with Task Force 121 [https://www.google.com/search?rlz=1C1ONGR_enUS1148US1148&cs=1&sca_esv=d453f7813e42fa49&q=Task+Force+121&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjh7-PF-pKPAxWkg4kEHawrBP4QxccNegQIAxAC&mstk=AUtExfAcQbhNuAR3YGW1ygsxJWx-P7EJ6Zh0eUy_inkyPQu9LaA915cGeHXR7iqpDgHhG6Nzzu4ly9fwaCv8S63Y3jweVrdulbFtKWKUmxAZL5zUQKVZGkWQ2Kb3hhfjofeuGgfnCL-DOFEp8Q5vthCEXNso0Q-v9ucfvlmPy5xU3L0l0e8&csui=3], a joint special operations team, on December 13, 2003. The operation, named "Red Dawn [https://www.google.com/search?rlz=1C1ONGR_enUS1148US1148&cs=1&sca_esv=d453f7813e42fa49&q=Red+Dawn&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjh7-PF-pKPAxWkg4kEHawrBP4QxccNegQIAxAD&mstk=AUtExfAcQbhNuAR3YGW1ygsxJWx-P7EJ6Zh0eUy_inkyPQu9LaA915cGeHXR7iqpDgHhG6Nzzu4ly9fwaCv8S63Y3jweVrdulbFtKWKUmxAZL5zUQKVZGkWQ2Kb3hhfjofeuGgfnCL-DOFEp8Q5vthCEXNso0Q-v9ucfvlmPy5xU3L0l0e8&csui=3]," took place near Ad-Dawr, Iraq

PJ's Road to a Purple Heart in OIF (2003)

PJ was wounded in Iraq in 2003. Being the QRF at the time and receiving the contact call, they headed out to meet the threat. This is PJ's story, why he signed up, how it went and how it's been.