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Medal of Honor campaign continues for black sergeant who saved troops
LA Times ^
| Decenber 7, 2014
| David Zucchino
Posted on 12/07/2014 11:01:30 AM PST by jazusamo
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posted on
12/07/2014 11:01:30 AM PST
by
jazusamo
To: jazusamo
He deserves our highest honor.
What he did is beyond words and Sgt. 1st Class Alwyn Cashe gave his last full measure of devotion to our country.
Hero - RIP.
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posted on
12/07/2014 11:04:37 AM PST
by
goldstategop
(In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
To: jazusamo
If the account is accurate, it’s much deserved, no matter what race happens to be.
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posted on
12/07/2014 11:06:00 AM PST
by
edpc
(Wilby 2016)
To: jazusamo
'When Cashe was able to speak, White said, his first words were: "How are my boys?" his soldiers, she said.
Then he began weeping, she said. He told her: "I couldn't get to them fast enough."
Cashe died Nov. 8, 2005.'
RIP, Mr. Cashe
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posted on
12/07/2014 11:07:04 AM PST
by
Theoria
(I should never have surrendered. I should have fought until I was the last man alive)
To: jazusamo
Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends. KJV John 15:13
Atten-hut ... hand salute!
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posted on
12/07/2014 11:07:16 AM PST
by
SES1066
(Quality, Speed or Economical - Any 2 of 3 except in government - 1 at best but never #3!)
To: jazusamo
Dude deserves a postage stamp too.
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posted on
12/07/2014 11:07:27 AM PST
by
Vendome
(Don't take life so seriously-you won't live through it anyway-Enjoy Yourself ala Louis Prima)
To: goldstategop
I couldn’t agree more. He sacrificed himself for his men and knew what the outcome would be.
May SFC Alwyn Cashe RIP.
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posted on
12/07/2014 11:08:33 AM PST
by
jazusamo
(0bama to go 'full-Mussolini' after elections: Mark Levin)
To: jazusamo
What can one say? Gen. Douglas MacArthur was wrong that old soldiers fade away. Like Sgt. 1st Class Cashe, they only grow in our affection and our esteem.
We salute them and give them our grateful thanks for the freedom and independence we enjoy today.
Our brave heroes rest among the honored dead.
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posted on
12/07/2014 11:09:28 AM PST
by
goldstategop
(In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
To: jazusamo
Sounds like he deserves the Medal of Honor. But by the headline I assumed it was a case from ww2 or something of a black guy getting stiffed out of a deserved medal — what does his race have to do with it?
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posted on
12/07/2014 11:09:36 AM PST
by
Wyrd bið ful aræd
(Asperges me, Domine, hyssopo et mundabor, Lavabis me, et super nivem dealbabor.)
To: goldstategop
Agreed. I hope the award goes through and the family receives the medal. RIP SGT Cashe.
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posted on
12/07/2014 11:10:57 AM PST
by
HANG THE EXPENSE
(Life's tough.It's tougher when you're stupid.)
To: Wyrd bið ful aræd
Nothing.
It has nothing to do with race it has to do with character.
This is our military and our country at its best.
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posted on
12/07/2014 11:11:10 AM PST
by
goldstategop
(In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
To: Wyrd bið ful aræd
Not a thing in my view but I guess it did to the writer of this article.
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posted on
12/07/2014 11:11:56 AM PST
by
jazusamo
(0bama to go 'full-Mussolini' after elections: Mark Levin)
To: edpc
My sentiments, exactly; trust the LA Crimes to inject race where it is not relevant :(
To: jazusamo
Why is it important to point out the Sargent’s race?
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posted on
12/07/2014 11:12:35 AM PST
by
Cowboy Bob
(They are called "Liberals" because the word "parasite" was already taken.)
To: Cowboy Bob
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posted on
12/07/2014 11:14:14 AM PST
by
Cowboy Bob
(They are called "Liberals" because the word "parasite" was already taken.)
To: Wyrd bið ful aræd
But by the headline I assumed it was a case from ww2 or something of a black guy getting stiffed out of a deserved medal what does his race have to do with it?Indeed. The article has this:
Cashe's family and supporters say they don't know why it has taken so long for the Army to decide on the nomination, but they have not raised Cashe's race as an issue. Brito says he was not even aware that no African American has been awarded the medal in the wars following the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.
White says she has resisted "pulling out the race card."
"He is not just a black soldier who earned the right to the Medal of Honor," she said. "He's a soldier who happens to be black."
So I could wonder how race entered this conversation.
To: Cowboy Bob
All I see through the mist in my eyes is a United States Solder who did more that give some, He gave all for his friends, fellow solders and his country!
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posted on
12/07/2014 11:17:01 AM PST
by
DWaves
To: jazusamo
One NEVER knows when, where and how HEROISM emerges.
Truly "heroism" is one of the BEST gifts from God to the human mind, body, heart and soul.
Sgt. 1st Class Alwyn Cashe: Medal of Honor, unfortunately, POSTHUMUS (as too many are).
To: goldstategop
The Medal of Honor should be added, he more than earned it.
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posted on
12/07/2014 11:21:18 AM PST
by
jazusamo
(0bama to go 'full-Mussolini' after elections: Mark Levin)
To: goldstategop
A true hero. Rest in peace, Sgt. Cashe.
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