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|serviceyears= 2001 – 2009, 2010 - present |rank= Sergeant |servicenumber= |unit= 617th Military Police Company〔 269th Military Police Company〔 |commands= |battles= Iraq War〔 |awards= Silver Star〔 Army Commendation Medal |relations= |laterwork= Law enforcement officer〔 }} Leigh Ann Hester (born 12 January 1982)〔(Kentucky Births, 1911–1999 )〕 is a United States Army National Guard soldier. While assigned to the 617th Military Police Company, a Kentucky Army National Guard unit out of Richmond, Kentucky, Hester received the Silver Star for her actions on 20 March 2005 during an enemy ambush on a supply convoy near the town of Salman Pak, Iraq.〔(【引用サイトリンク】50 Heroes for 50 States – U.S. Department of Defense Update )〕 Hester enlisted in the U.S. Army in April 2001 and is the first female U.S. Army soldier to receive the silver star since World War II and the first ever to be cited for valor in close quarters combat. ==Career== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア(Wikipedia)』 ■ウィキペディアで「Leigh Ann Hester」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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