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    Royal Marines Mark Grey awarded one of Croatia's highest military honours


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    Royal Marines hero Mark Grey has been awarded one of Croatia's highest military honours for saving a town of 20,000 people from being swept away in a flood when he dodged mines and sniper bullets to save a dam from bursting its banks. Retreating Serb troops had deliberately rigged the dam in Peruca to blow as they fled, engulfing the Croatian town underneath it during the Balkans conflict in 1993.
    Colonel Grey - then part of the UN peace keeping force - had been under strict orders to remain neutral.

    But when he saw what the fleeing troops were planning, he sprinted to the top of the dam to open a sluice gate to allow thousands of gallons of water to flow harmlessly away before the charges blew, saving the town. And this week he was awarded the Order of Duke Domagoj by
    Croatian president Ivo Josipovic for his bravery. Read the complete article and view an image of Col Grey: http://austriantimes.at/news/Around_the_World/2013-01-29/46694/Hero_Marines_Bravery_Gong


    Jean-Paul

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