Captains Dan and Dave Hibner, identical twins, have both received Silver Stars for their actions in Iraq
When the 3rd Infantry Division conducted the final attack on Baghdad April 7, the brothers' units were lead elements attacking from different directions to breach obstacles on the only feasible avenues of approach that led into the city center and Saddam's Palaces.
Dave's company with infantry and scouts attached conducted a covert breach in the south, 5 km into enemy territory, while Dan's company conducted a deliberate breach from the west.
Dave's Delta Company "provided the combat power of a fourth maneuver force..." said Lt. Col. Eric Schwartz, commander, Task Force 1-64 Armor. "Though wounded in the final hours of fighting to seize Baghdad, he never left his unit."
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