European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 14, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 26 stars and stripes heroes june 2007 Courtesy of the Marine corps Lance Roger and staff Logan Cortes rest against a Wall during a three month deployment to Al Anbar with the 2nd 1st Marine 13th Marine expeditionary unit at the end of Cortes received the Bronze Star with v for his actions during a firefight deeds was killed in the fighting that wrong place at the right time7 by Cindy Fisher stars and stripes staff Logan Cortes want concerned about the bullets flying to his left and his marines needed twice went into a Hail of enemy Small arms fire to Rescue wounded marines during the Battle in new a Warren of on and two Story buildings that had become a last stand for insure name staff Logan Cortes unit battalion Landing team 2nd 1st Marine 13th Marine expeditionary unit medal Bronze Star with v earned in new Iraq he braved the bullets once again to retrieve More Ammu for his actions that now deployed to Okinawa As part of the 31st Marine expeditionary received the Bronze Star with in Cortes was with battalion land ing team 2nd 1st Marine regi 13th Marine expeditionary a few Days before the the unit had begun Clearing the euphrates River town in Anbar about 12 Miles from the syrian As part of operation steel they were expecting said who then was a machine gun Section they got Cortes didst have to be in the fight that but he insisted he was going to be where his marines said 1st h Cortes knew there were marines in and All he thought about was helping those he had no regard for his own j 1st Chris Southard weapons platoon commander at the time staff Logan Cortes earned his Bronze Star with v Cindy and stripes staff Logan Cortes says of his acts of i was just doing what any Marine would have Chris then weapons platoon Cortes set up a machine gun team on a roof As platoon mates prepared to Clear a nearby single Story that when the enemy sprung an am firing from several Well fortified Cortes and a second a Chin gun team rushed to the Street to return As the Battle Cortes saw three marines hunkered Down against a nearby one of Cortes Lance Roger called to the three marines to see what was they responded that the enemy was in the next building and there were wounded Cortes rushed from his covered Posi dashing through enemy fire and into the enemy fortified position to search for deeds was hot on his Cortes knew there were marines in and All he thought about was helping those Southard he had no regard for his own Cortes and deeds found a Marine with severe leg the result of a Gre they pulled him to a staging area where corpsmen Cortes then became separated from when Cortes returned to the build ing he found the machine gunner he positioned pinned Down by enemy he he was out of so i went Back to get More it want that the ammo was about 100 Yards to get Cortes raced through an open area amid enemy fire and then made the same mad dash Back with the on the return an insurgent fired an ak47 directly at he Cortes returned he didst hitting the insurgent three he must have been a bad Cortes at this the enemy was just they we rent but one round came dangerously i Felt the wind from it As it went past said who survived the Day that one was by the tanks had come which pretty much quelled enemy he in the heavy fighting that five marines with his Landing team were including the 24yearold his actions that Day were some of the bravest Ive heard Southard said of Cortes received his Bronze Star in a May 15 ceremony at Camp Hansen on he says he Doest deserve the i was just in the wrong place at the right he i was just doing what any Marine would have a real he is someone who displays courage Over the Long like his she raised five children on her he she could have dumped us in an orphanage or escaped through alcohol or but she that a not email Cindy Fisher at