“Thunder Run” hero receives the nation’s second highest award for valor

FORT STEWART, GA, UNITED STATES

02.21.2019

Photo by Master Sgt. Shelia Fourman 

3rd Infantry Division

Staff Sgt. Stevon A. Booker, a 3rd Infantry Division Soldier who was assigned to Company A, 1st Battalion, 64th Armor Regiment and killed in action in Iraq in 2003, is depicted in a photo illustration alongside the Distinguished Service Cross medal, which he is slated to posthumously receive for his heroic actions during Operation Iraqi Freedom, April 5 in Pittsburgh, Pa. Now famously known as “Thunder Run”, Booker’s unit led an offensive armored-attack into Baghdad on April 5, 2003 – subsequently resulting in the collapse of the Saddam Hussein government. (U.S. Army photo illustration by Master Sgt. Shelia L. Cooper, 3rd Infantry Division Public Affairs)

• Date Taken: 02.21.2019
• Date Posted: 02.21.2019 12:09
• Photo ID: 5120404
• VIRIN: 190221-A-LP637-001
• Resolution: 6720x8436
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• Location: FORT STEWART, GA, US
• Hometown: ATLANTA, GA, US
• Hometown: HINESVILLE, GA, US
• Hometown: NEW YORK, NY, US
• Hometown: PHILADELPHIA, PA, US
• Hometown: PITTSBURGH, PA, US
• Hometown: SAVANNAH, GA, US
• Hometown: WASHINGTON, DC, US