“Even though the enemy was firing from just 10 feet, Roland immediately climbed out of the relative safety of his armored vehicle and started attacking enemy fighters in a nearby wadi, or dry streambed.

He and his fellow soldiers killed two of the enemy and cleared the rest of the wadi of enemy attackers, all while under fire from snipers. Their actions meant the enemy was no longer a threat to his unit’s rear flank.

“Without regard for his life,” the Army account read, “over the course of three trips through enemy fire, he rescued all four soldiers and brought them back to the safety of his armored vehicle.” He did it all while under fire from enemy sniper and machine gun fire.

“Without regard for his own life, [Nunez] began to discard ammunition and explosives from the rear of the vehicle in order to ensure others were not injured. During this entire period of time, SFC Nunez was engulfed in flames. Ignoring his wounds and the intense concentration of enemy fire, he continued to assist the convoy pinned in the kill zone until he eventually succumbed to his injuries.”

http://www.cnn.com/2010/US/08/16/silver.star.medals/index.html?hpt=Sbin