6 soldiers heralded as heroes for stopping Ft. Stewart shooter, saving victims
The secretary held a news conference at Fort Stewart on Thursday morning where he awarded each of them the Meritorious Service Medal.
Driscoll said one of the soldiers, who was not armed, tackled the suspected shooter, 28-year-old Quornelius Radford. Another of the soldiers jumped on top of Radford until law enforcement officials arrived.
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The other four soldiers immediately began assisting the five victims.
They were identified as First Sgt. Joshua Arnold, Master Sgt. Justin Thomas, Staff Sgt. Melissa Taylor, Staff Sgt. Robert Pacheco, Sgt. Aaron Turner and Sgt. Eve Rodarte.
Brig. Gen. John Lubas says of the five victims, three of them were released on Wednesday. One remains in good spirits and will hopefully be released from the hospital later this week.
One female soldier remains at Memorial Health University Medical Center in Savannah and has 'a long road to recovery.'
'The fast action of these soldiers under stress and under trauma and under fire absolutely saved lives,' Driscoll said. 'They are everything that is good about this nation.'
Driscoll said the recognition comes on behalf of President Donald Trump, Vice President J.D. Vance and U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth.
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