Posted on 05/09/2012 12:34:14 PM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
WASHINGTON, DCOn May 16, President Barack Obama will award Specialist Leslie H. Sabo, Jr., U.S. Army, the Medal of Honor for conspicuous gallantry.
Specialist Sabo will receive the Medal of Honor posthumously for his heroic actions in combat on May 10, 1970, while serving as a rifleman in Company B, 3d Battalion, 506th Infantry, 101st Airborne Division in Se San, Cambodia.
On that day, when he and his platoon were ambushed by a large enemy force, Specialist Sabo immediately charged the enemy position, killing several enemy soldiers. He then assaulted an enemy flanking force, successfully drawing their fire away from friendly soldiers and ultimately forcing the enemy to retreat. While securing a re-supply of ammunition, an enemy grenade landed nearby. Specialist Sabo picked it up, threw it, and shielded a wounded comrade with his own body - absorbing the brunt of the blast and saving his comrade's life. Although wounded by the grenade blast, he continued to charge the enemy's bunker. After receiving several serious wounds from automatic weapons fire, he crawled towards the enemy emplacement and, when in position, threw a grenade into the bunker. The resulting explosion silenced the enemy fire, but also ended Specialist Sabos life. His indomitable courage and complete disregard for his own safety saved the lives of many of his platoon members.
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You're welcome. I share that disgust, and it can be overwhelming at times.
You would never earn it.
I don’t understand.
Reminds me when I was in OCS at Benning in 1969 and we took part in a DSC, I think, ceremony for a ex-dog face being awarded it for action in Italy in 1944. We thought at the time, ‘that that was a quarter century before’. What possibly could’ve taken them so long?
Thus grunt beats that with a 42 year lapse.
Thus grunt beats that with a 42 year lapse.
I know what you mean. I was at Benning early in 1971 at NCO School and we attended a ceremony for a Korean War medal winner. I can’t remenber the details.
Well, from the neck down, and overlooking the whole "cartoon body" thing....
Put a bag over her head? LOL.
Hillery just bought two tooth hounds that resemble her face:
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