{"id":68563,"date":"2016-10-23T08:53:31","date_gmt":"2016-10-23T12:53:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=68563"},"modified":"2016-10-23T08:53:31","modified_gmt":"2016-10-23T12:53:31","slug":"james-takes-saving-the-world-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=68563","title":{"rendered":"James Takes; saving the world again"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"James<\/a><\/center><\/p>\n

Average NCO sends us a link to the story<\/a> of the latest heroism displayed by former Army Staff Sergeant James Takes. He extinguished a woman’s car fire.<\/p>\n

“Can’t imagine starting your day out with your car on fire,” said Takes.<\/p>\n

So when James saw flames he jumped into action. He got out of his company car and grabbed his fire extinguisher.<\/p>\n

A witness from across the street took a photo. In her Facebook post, she’s thanking the good Samaritan of Brothers.<\/p>\n

“If my wife’s car was on fire and someone had a fire extinguisher I’d hope they’d put it out,” said Takes.<\/p>\n

James was one of two people who stopped to help. Had it gotten worse the car could’ve exploded. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Takes was also awarded the Distinguished Service Cross<\/a> for his actions in Afghanistan in November, 2007;<\/p>\n

Staff Sergeant Takes and his team were traversing a narrow path surrounded by mountainous, rocky terrain when they were ambushed by enemy forces stationed on elevated positions. Pinned against a steep mountain face, Staff Sergeant Takes and his men were totally exposed to enemy fire. Staff Sergeant Takes immediately began to provide suppressive fire for his men, allowing them to slide down the mountain in search of better cover. After being hit in the arm with small arms fire, Staff Sergeant Takes began to move down the mountain in order to link up with the others. As he did so, he noticed a fellow Soldier, Specialist Albert, lying wounded in an exposed position. Without hesitation, Staff Sergeant Takes sprinted towards his injured comrade, completely exposing himself to enemy fire. As he began to drag Specialist Albert back up the slope, he was shot in the other arm. Unable to move Specialist Albert further, Staff Sergeant Takes knelt and began to render aid to his wounded comrade. Noticing that Specialist Albert had lost his helmet, Staff Sergeant Takes gave him his own. He then moved to the Casualty Collection Point to assist his squad leader. He continued to provide aid and pull security until helicopters arrived. Staff Sergeant Takes was the last Soldier to be lifted out. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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