Lt. Haluska tried to gain entry to the vehicle with his fists and then a weapon as white smoke turned to black and “fluid began to pool underneath the vehicle.
Staff Sgt. Nicholas Davis, a cannon crew member and section chief assigned to the 101st Airborne Division, received the Soldier’s Medal Monday for his actions that saved two lives last year.
A combat controller who received a Bronze Star for his actions during five days of combat in Afghanistan in 2006 will have his medal upgraded to a Silver Star.