On his first, he advanced to within three feet of Bradbury before being forced back by intense machine-gun and rocket-propelled grenade (RPG) fire.

"When they were gathering in a square to go to the mosques and repress demonstrations, two groups from the FSA targeted the two buildings with small arms and rocket-propelled grenade fire," he said.

He earned the Military Medal raiding German trenches on the 22 February 1917, and covered his platoon and another in the face of heavy grenade fire.

Under heavy automatic weapons, small arms and rocket-propelled grenade fire, Lieutenant Okamoto moved five of his men to restore this vital position.

Kevin Cuming was killed on Aug. 21, 2004, in rocket-propelled grenade fire as he drove a Humvee in Baghdad.

With four wounded Marines inside the tank, enemy forces began to concentrate machine gun and rocket-propelled grenade fire on it.

The district is home to many security installations and residents reported hearing heavy machine gun and rocket-propelled grenade fire through the night.

The ambush began with sustained machine gun and rocket-propelled grenade fire, causing several casualties.

On November 27, the convoy was travelling down a narrow gorge near Balamorghab, when it was hit by small-arms and rocket-propelled grenade fire.

Thunderous explosions were heard throughout Baghdad from U.S. missile and insurgent mortar and rocket-propelled grenade fire.