America's North Shore Journal

Silver Star What started as a several-day, hundreds-of-miles over-desert-terrain presence patrol in Southern Afghanistan, turned into a near ambush by enemy forces. According to the citation narrative, Sgt. 1st Class Ray Plasterer and his team were conducting a patrol in a rural area and were caught in a surprise attack initiated with rocket propelled grenades, small arms fire, and fragmentary grenades resulting in five wounded friendly forces and four friendly forces killed in action. Plasterer’s actions, along … Read entire article »