Keywords: US Navy 040811-N-0000N-005 Hospitalman Apprentice Luis E. Fonseca, Jr., sits with his family.jpg en Camp Lejeune N C Aug 11 2004 Hospitalman Apprentice Luis E Fonseca Jr sits with his family at a ceremony where the Secretary of the Navy Gordon R England presented him the Navy Cross for heroism during the battle of An Nasiriyah Iraq in March 2003 Under attack and without concern for his own safety Hospitalman Apprentice Fonseca braved small arms machine gun and intense rocket-propelled grenade fire to evacuate wounded Marines from a burning amphibious assault vehicle He stabilized two casualties with lower limb amputations with tourniquets and administered morphine while organizing the evacuation of four wounded Marines again exposing himself to enemy fire to treat wounded Marines along an offensive perimeter His timely and effective care saved the lives of numerous casualties U S Navy photo by Hospital Corpsman 2nd Class Wayne Nelms RELEASED 2004-08-11 040811-N-0000N-005 Navy http //www navy mil/view_image asp id 17019 Hospital Corpsman Second Class Wayne Nelms United States Navy PD-USGov-Military-Navy 2004 in North Carolina 2004 photographs August 2004 in the United States Combat medics Crowds in the United States Families of the United States Female black hair Group photographs Husbands and wives Luis E Fonseca Jr Male black hair Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune Military medicine Military people with children People of the United States in 2004 Recipients of the Navy Cross United States Sailor suits |