3 US soldiers awarded Purple Hearts after March missile attack on Saudi Arabia base

Three U.S. soldiers were awarded Purple Hearts for their efforts assisting fellow service members despite their own injuries after a missile attack hit their air base during Operation Epic Fury . On March 27, when a missile hit Prince Sultan Air Base in Al Kharj, Saudi Arabia, Staff Sgt. Kalob Mitchell, Spc. Nicholas Cabo and Sgt. Xavier Jones, all with the 6th Battalion, 56th Air Defense Artillery Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division Artillery, sprang into action. A 550-pound ballistic missile exploded yards from a bunker on base, filling it with dust and debris. “We’re sitting there talking, and…