European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 14, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                                June 2007 stars and stripes heroes Page 27 he never left anything in the bag by Erik Slavin stars and stripes i name staff sgt William Trent unit 3rd infantry divisions 2nd 7th infantry company b medal Bronze Star with v near Baghdad Ere hitting the Airport the command came faster than but didst altogether Surprise soldiers of the 3rd infantry divisions 2nd 7th infantry the attacks through the Karbala Gap had gone and anything with a name like Saddam Hussein International Airport was an objective Worth the Battal Ion prepared to storm the Airport with massive infantry attacks and 44 armoured that was the but then a Road collapsed into a delaying 80 percent of the battalions Early in the staff William Trent and the company b Bushmaster made it to the Airport perimeter along with elements of the 3rd 69th three bombs dropped before their arrival left the night air reek ing of Burnt rubber and thickened by smoke and whirling we were briefed that this was going to be the heaviest defended place in the said an Alabama  say there was but there was the they had far less firepower than expected and no medical but still Man aged to scout the area and take about 20 Courtesy of John Johnson 1st class William Trent flies May 10 from the demilitarized to his cur rent assignment with the 2nd infantry most of the battalion advanced to the Airport by Daybreak and started organizing when four iraqi t72 tanks they destroyed a Bradley fighting though the Driver managed to Back away and unload his Jefferson Jimenez and Rodney Davis then destroyed the four tanks with Only three javelin trends squad Leader coordinated the missile leaving Trent As ground commander when torrents of bullets and grenades flew from a walled Palace compound behind their Trent quickly devised a plan to breach the Wall with staff Danny Bost and about a dozen Stephen Szymanski gave Trent the i told Szymanski in going in and if i need ill Call Trent i was the most experienced person on the so it was my respond after breaching the Wall by ramming it with a Trent led his team through about a mile of scarred they rushed a Barracks to the right of the Palace and found dozens of iraqi sol Diers the iraqis appeared Para lazed by the none of them As far As i can re Trent it was like they were on drugs or we were briefed that this was going to be the heaviest defended place in the  say there was but there was the 1j 1st class William Trent every Soldier fired with the same accuracy they trained with at fort Trent the iraqis were far less the fight didst last but 10 minutes in a firefight was like a full 12hour duty Trent then you realize its still 8 or 9 in the morning and you have a full Day of fighting ahead of the Only casualties trends team feed in the compound was a private with a Bullet wound to his following the Trent flashed a dirty Grin while filling a string of water canteens next to Szymanskiy Brad he and Szymanski each had seen prior combat and now qualified for the combat infantryman do you feel like weve earned it now Trent All i could do was give him a big Grin said now a 1st class Trent is what we need More of in the army some one who will speak his mind and give his Szymanski he never left anything in the everyone could see what he and it made me and others Trust Trent earned the Bronze Star with v for his email Erik Slavin at  Courtesy of William Trent the staff William Trent kneels at the Airport formerly known As Saddam Hussein International Airport in april Trent directed an assault that earned him a Bronze Star with