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Silver Star will show he was a hero's hero
Arizona Daily Star (THE ASSOCIATED PRESS ) ^
Posted on 04/09/2006 12:14:39 PM PDT by SandRat
PHOENIX — Army Sgt. Jim Witkowski threw his body over a grenade before it exploded six months ago, saving the lives of three fellow soldiers.
The Army will posthumously honor Witkowski with a Silver Star for bravery in action at a ceremony in Los Alamitos, Calif., today.
Witkowski, 32, grew up in Phoenix and went to high school in Scottsdale. He was assigned to an Army Reserve unit based in Fresno, Calif.
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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; US: Arizona; US: California; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: hero; iraq; kia; medal; silver; silverstar; soldier; star; witkowski
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posted on
04/09/2006 12:14:42 PM PDT
by
SandRat
To: 2LT Radix jr; 68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub; 80 Square Miles; A Ruckus of Dogs; acad1228; AirForceMom; ..
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posted on
04/09/2006 12:16:39 PM PDT
by
SandRat
(Duty, Honor, Country. What else needs to be said?)
To: SandRat
How sad that he died. We need more people like him.
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posted on
04/09/2006 12:19:22 PM PDT
by
Dante3
To: SandRat
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posted on
04/09/2006 12:19:34 PM PDT
by
E.G.C.
To: SandRat
Another amazing hero... they should be making movies about these guys rather than Cindy Sheehan.
To: SandRat
Please correct my memory if wrong, but I remember reading that a Medal of Honor was once awarded for just such act of self-sacrifice.
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posted on
04/09/2006 12:20:15 PM PDT
by
GSlob
To: SandRat
They used to give out Medals of Honor for acts of heroism like this.
Anyone know if ANY MOH have been awarded since 9/11?
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posted on
04/09/2006 12:20:41 PM PDT
by
Al Simmons
(Four-time Bush Voter 1994-2004!!!!!!!!!!!!)
To: SandRat
"Mother Sheehan" was right; our soldiers are victims of George W. Bush's evil twisted plan to destroy the whole world starting with Iraq. [osmium-grade extremely heavy SARCASM]
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posted on
04/09/2006 12:21:01 PM PDT
by
ExcursionGuy84
("Jesus, Your Love takes my breath away.")
To: Al Simmons
contrasting this self-sacrifice to john kerry finagling a silver star for shooting a fleeing 16 yr old in the back.
This fellow surely should have the MOH!
To: Vn_survivor_67-68
This fellow surely should have the MOH!
I am surprised that he wasn't awarded the MOH....
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posted on
04/09/2006 12:26:19 PM PDT
by
mystery-ak
(Army Wife and Army Mother.....toughest job in the military)
To: Al Simmons
I think only one has been awarded so far.
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posted on
04/09/2006 12:26:42 PM PDT
by
SandRat
(Duty, Honor, Country. What else needs to be said?)
To: SandRat
Sergeant Jim Witkowski, A true hero and one of America's finest.
May God bless him and his family.
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posted on
04/09/2006 12:27:54 PM PDT
by
jazusamo
(Excuse me Helen, I'm answering your first accusation. - President Bush)
To: operation clinton cleanup
...they should be making movies about these guys rather than Cindy Sheehan.
The creator of NYPD & Hill Street Blues [never watched those shows] came out with the "real-life" Iraq tv show called "Over There" some time ago last year.
OIF Veterans & currently-deployed troops highly-dismissed it as [and I quote]:
"Bogus. False."
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posted on
04/09/2006 12:30:45 PM PDT
by
ExcursionGuy84
("Jesus, Your Love takes my breath away.")
To: Al Simmons
Cpl. Jason Dunham was nominated for the Medal of Honor for a similar act. I hope President Bush approved it.
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posted on
04/09/2006 12:33:09 PM PDT
by
Dante3
To: operation clinton cleanup
There are many like him who deserve to be remembered. I wish Hollywood would make a series of heroes like Jim Witkowski, Neil Roberts, Jason Dunham, Pat Tillman and many others.
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posted on
04/09/2006 12:40:46 PM PDT
by
Dante3
To: Dante3
60 Minutes/Dateline, etc. could at least do honest bio's of these heroes rather than going for the anti-war angle on every Iraq story.
To: Al Simmons
1 that I know of, Sgt Smith, US Army.
check a MOH website for more.
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posted on
04/09/2006 12:57:03 PM PDT
by
ASOC
(Choose between the lesser of two evils, and in the end, you still have - evil.)
To: SandRat
He should get the MOH, or at least the DSC.
To: SandRat
That action should deserve, and used to deserve, a Medal of Honor.
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posted on
04/09/2006 1:57:40 PM PDT
by
PzLdr
("The Emperor is not as forgiving as I am" - Darth Vader)
To: PzLdr
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posted on
04/09/2006 2:09:32 PM PDT
by
Dante3
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