Posted on 05/05/2006 4:01:18 PM PDT by SandRat
Agreed. I would not sleep well at night knowing that such men wanted to kill me.
BTTT
An honor and a privilege.
NPR (I know) did a very good piece on him and his rehab awhile back; maybe a year ago.
I did notice that. It's so ingrained in me to hold a pistol with my finger on the trigger guard, that any time I see a photo with someone holding a gun that's the first thing I look at.
After 9/11, I found myself saying "Thank you" every time I saw a service member, which was fairly often since we were living near Fort Meade at the time. It felt a little dumb until I finally had enough sense to start saying, "Thank you for your service." Considering their sacrifice, it seems like such a puny gesture, but they seem to appreciate it.
Didn't know that about the Outback. That's great. There isn't one in our neck of the woods, but I'll make a note of patronizing one the next chance I get.
And .. when you read about such unbridled bravery .. it only makes John Kerry appear smaller and smaller in comparison.
God Bles and watch over them all.
In the recent years, the trend is that Medal of Honor winners will only get their medals posthumously. Like in Somalia, the two snipers were killed trying to protect the downed helicopter pilot.
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