A number of military blogs are pointing to this memorial piece written by Stokes’ former platoon commander Lt. Jeffrey Sommers. Among his anecdotes Sommers reflects on his frustration at not being able to promote Stokes due to his prior drug use:
Later he reflected on Stokes’ superior performance working as “point man” during the fighting:
Stokes’ aunt described to the Marine Corps Times how her nephew sought to keep his family from worrying about his last deployment:
Here’s a local television station’s coverage of the Silver Star presentation ceremony:
