Posted on 08/09/2018 8:34:38 PM PDT by mrsmith
In the newly released 1.5-minute Air Force video, a figure identified as Chapman can be seen charging up a steep slope toward enemy positions atop the 10,000-foot peak... Chapman and SEAL team leader Britt Slabinski teamed up to attack enemy positions. After assaulting the first of two positions, identified as bunkers in the footage, Chapman abandons cover to attack a second position where an enemy machine gun was firing on his team, when he is wounded.
(Excerpt) Read more at stripes.com ...
Link does not work for me
Neither link works.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/3678090/posts?page=2#2
Sorry.
Note, he is not only charging 2 bunkers but climbing uphill to do so.
Just amazing.
Lost part of the link in copying.
So far, none of the links work for me.
Gee, wnat is my problem!!!!
This would be the first Air Force recipient of the Medal of Honor since Vietnam. They’ve been a bit stingy with that medal, in my opinion. Only four people in the Iraq war have been recipients for example, and all were posthumous. I think the criteria should be strict but not quite that strict.
Good link in reply #7.
So sorry.
“all were posthumous”
Yeah, there’s something wrong with that.
“They’ve been a bit stingy with that medal”
Fully agree. They have turned it into a weird cult at this point. And many deserving actions are not awarded. Also this happened in 2002. It is now 2018. This did not need a 16 year investigation. Imagine taking till 1961 to decide some man in the battle of Iwo Jima deserved the award.
They cheapen it by making it this stingy. I think some of it is that the military despises awarding bravery in an era that is suppressing everything masculine in the military.
They could not defeat him. All they could do was kill him.
This is honestly the first time I have ever seen video of an actual attack that later brought not one but two MOH awards. I am in awe of the bravery and heroism exhibited by their actions.
I’d like to see a “MOH week” in our schools.
Living recipients could speak to a class (with q and a)and a vid of it could be sent to every class to see.
This one should work, if not, copy the link, paste it into the search engine box, and read the cached version.
Hmmm, no. Chief Britt Slabinski recieved the medal for his actions here.
NOT posthumously.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Britt_K._Slabinski
Yeah two MOHs from this action.
I was talking about Iraq. The award you mentioned was for Afghanistan. Afghanistan has had a number of living MOH recipients.
Thank you
bump
Bookmark.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.