An Army staff sergeant from Staten Island who died saving a fellow soldier’s life in Afghanistan was honored at an emotional ...
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Michael Ollis died in 2013 when he heroically shielded a Polish soldier during a violent explosion in Afghanistan, and his legacy will live on through ...
War medals earned by Army Staff Sgt. Michael Ollis — who leapt between a suicide bomber and Polish Lt. Karol Cierpica in Ghazni in August 2013 — were donated for a memorial display at The ...