Micheaux Sanders

The President of the United States takes pleasure in presenting the Silver Star Medal to Micheaux Sanders, Specialist, U.S. Army, for conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity in action while serving with Company C, 2d Battalion, 37th Armored Regiment, 1st Armored Division, in action against the enemy in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM on 4 April 2004, in Iraq. Specialist Sanders responded with his tank crew to aid a patrol that was caught in an ambush by insurgent forces. Despite being low on ammunition, Specialist Sanders repeatedly exposed himself to danger, firing whatever weapons and ammunition he could find and eventually throwing rocks at the enemy, while ignoring a bullet wound in his arm.