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North Carolina National Guard Soldier Spc. Semantha Bunce, right, is honored with the NCNG’s Soldier and Airman Medal (NCSAM) at a ceremony at Guard headquarters in Raleigh, March 24, 2017. “We needed a way to formally recognize those who go beyond,” said Army Maj. Gen. Greg Lusk, the adjutant general of North Carolina, commander of the NCNG, left. Bunce serves with headquarters 105th Engineer Battalion. In November 2015, two armed assailants broke into her home. She maneuvered through gunfire and engaged her intruders with her own firearm wounding one of her assailants and being wounded during the crossfire driving them from her and her infant child’s home. Then she returned to her child and called authorities while administering self-aid to her wounds. The ceremony was part of the celebration of the NCNG’s birthday noting its founding with the Carolina Charter to “… levy, muster and train men …” in 1663.
| Date Taken: | 03.24.2017 |
| Date Posted: | 03.27.2017 15:00 |
| Photo ID: | 3258452 |
| VIRIN: | 170324-Z-OU450-034 |
| Resolution: | 1800x1200 |
| Size: | 1.7 MB |
| Location: | RALEIGH, NC, US |
| Web Views: | 24 |
| Downloads: | 8 |
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Ceremony honors NC Guard Soldiers’ Heroism and Guard’s 354th Anniversary
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