A teenage army medic has become the first woman to be awarded the Military Cross, one of the highest honours for gallantry in combat.
Private Michelle Norris braved a hail of sniper and machine-gun fire from 200 insurgents during a pitched battle in southern Iraq in order to give lifesaving treatment to a wounded comrade.
Ignoring the bullets ricocheting around her - one blasting through her rucksack - the young medic clambered on top of an armoured vehicle to help her injured commander.
It was the first time she had been confronted with a casualty on the battlefield.
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