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Fox Journalist Receives Navy Honor for Courage in Combat

January 27th, 2009 | 2 Comments

Fox Journalist Receives Navy Honor for Courage in Combat

On Aug. 3, 2003, while traveling the dangerous roads of Afghanistan, a cameraman working for FOX News risked his life to save a U.S. Marine from a vehicle engulfed in flames. While embedded with 2nd Platoon, Weapons Company, 1st Battalion, 6th Marines, cameraman Chris Jackson’s vehicle hit 50 pounds of homemade explosives. The humvee occupants escaped the flaming vehicle, all but the vehicle commander, Sgt. Courtney Rauch. The blast severely injured Rauch and knocked him … Read entire article »

Filed under: Marines, Media, Military

Fox News Under Fire in Afghanistan

August 4th, 2008 | Comments Off

Great story about a Fox News cameraman named Chris Jackson. His Marine unit was hit by and IED. He was injured but went back into the burning Humvee to help rescue a Marine. Video at the link, too. A FOX News cameraman helped save the life of an injured Marine in Afghanistan — and was injured himself — when the armored Humvee convoy he was traveling in was struck by a roadside bomb Sunday night in the Helmand province, a Taliban stronghold. Two U.S. Marines were badly injured when the improvised explosive device detonated near their convoy. Though FOX News cameraman Chris Jackson was injured in the blast, he went back to the burning vehicle to rescue one of the Marines. “The cabin was on fire and I jumped out,” said Jackson … Read entire article »

Filed under: Afghanistan, Marines, Television, War on Terror