Arkansas soldier gets Bronze Star for valor in Iraq

Arkansas soldier gets Bronze Star for valor in Iraq
BY KATHERINE MARKS

A roadside bomb last May left Spc. Henry Phillips an amputee and killed three men. But Phillips’ actions that day saved the lives of others, soldiers said Wednesday at a ceremony honoring the Arkansas National Guard soldier. "He continued to carry out his mission even after he’d been critically wounded," Maj. Gen. Don C. Morrow, adjutant general of the Arkansas National Guard, said after presenting a Bronze Star with valor to Phillips at a ceremony at Ricks Readiness Center in Little Rock.

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