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New Zealand Special Forces soldier awarded the Victoria Cross for bravery under fire in Afghanistan in 2004...
New Zealand special forces soldier awarded th Victoria Cross for bravery under fire in Afghanistan... New Zealand special forces soldier awarded the Victoria Cross for bravery under fire while rescuing wounded fellow soldier. His extremely modest and unassuming comment to his commanding officer was," I was just doing my job,boss!" Special Air Service (SAS) Corporal Bill (Willy) Apiata, 35, received the medal for services in Afghanistan in 2004, NZ Prime Minister Helen Clark announced. Three other SAS soldiers received bravery awards for actions during the same mission. Clark said Apiata's actions were carried out despite extreme danger to himself and there was no question he had saved his comrade's life. "Corporal Apiata carried a severely wounded fellow soldier across open ground while coming under intense attack. He did this despite extreme danger to himself," Clark said. The action took place in Afghanistan in 2004 when the SAS was helping US and British forces fight the Taliban. The last time a member of the NZ military was awarded the Victoria Cross was in 1946. Corporal Apiata is one of only thirteen living VC winners worldwide. He is also only one of two serving VC winners; the other was a British soldier awarded the Victoria Cross in Iraq in 2004. Corporal Apiata's actions would form the basis of a script for an action movie outside New Zealand.
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Contributor's Note
This was the first Victoria Cross awarded to a New Zealand soldier since the Second World war. It is equivalent to the US Medal of Honor.
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