Medal of Honor campaign continues for sergeant who saved troops in Iraq
Brig. Gen. Gary Brito knew in 2005 that Sgt. 1st Class Alwyn Cashe, his uniform soaked with fuel, had plunged into a burning vehicle in Iraq on Oct. 17, 2005, to rescue soldiers who were on fire. But only months later did Brito, Cashe's battalion commander, learn the full details of Cashe's courage that day outside the city of Samarra.