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Three soldiers have been awarded for their heroic efforts after a sea of rockets were fired at the NZDF base in Iraq last year. Corporal Charles Munns (left), Corporal Jessica Healey-Render (middle), Private Maddison Van Sitter (right). Source: Supplied
On 11 March last year, nearly 30 rockets fired at the base landed within a square kilometre area.
There were mass casualties as a result of the attack, although no New Zealanders were among the dead.
Unexploded devices and large fires littered the camp after the attack hit late that night.
It was just weeks before the last remaining Kiwi soldiers were pulled from Taji, marking an end to New Zealand Defence Force’s five-year-long training mission in Iraq.