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When his company came under heavy crossfire from an enemy complex, Staff Sergeant Jenkins maneuvered forward to a perilously exposed position and began placing suppressive fire on the enemy. When his machinegun jammed, he obtained a rifle and continued to fire into the enemy bunkers until his machinegun was repaired by his assistant. He exposed himself to heavy fire when he repeatedly both ran and crawled across open terrain to obtain re-supplies of ammunition until he had exhausted all that was available for his machinegun. He then armed himself with two antitank weapons and maneuvered alone through the hostile fusillade to within 20 meters of an enemy bunker to destroy that position. After moving back to the friendly defensive perimeter long enough to secure yet another weapon, a grenade launcher, he moved forward and resumed placing accurate fire on the enemy until his ammunition was again exhausted. He was seriously wounded but he moved 100 meters to aid a friendly element that was pinned down only a few meters from the enemy. Ignoring the continuing intense fire and his painful wounds, and hindered by darkness, he made three trips to the beleaguered unit, each time pulling a wounded comrade back to safety. |
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