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Navy Cross for Marine - Incredible Story!
The Orange County Register ^
| 05/02/2005
| Michael Coronado
Posted on 05/02/2006 9:13:19 AM PDT by Loud Mime
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To: andyandval
This is the one. What a story! What a Marine!
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posted on
05/02/2006 9:59:18 AM PDT
by
negril
To: andyandval
Still holding his 9mm Beretta And maintaining good trigger discipline too! See where his index finger is?
I swear, men like this seem superhuman to me. I can't imagine myself ever being able to live up to such an example.
-ccm
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posted on
05/02/2006 10:02:17 AM PDT
by
ccmay
(Too much Law; not enough Order)
To: Loud Mime
Great story! God bless this fine Marine and his family. Truly, an American hero.
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posted on
05/02/2006 10:06:03 AM PDT
by
khnyny
To: andyandval
In the photograph of him being carried out you can see how he still maintains basic gun safety rules even under such stress... i.e. Keep your finger off of the trigger until the sights are on the target.
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posted on
05/02/2006 10:11:56 AM PDT
by
Drawsing
(The fool shows his annoyance at once. The prudent man overlooks an insult. (Proverbs 12:16))
To: Loud Mime
Kasal's father was ill with liver cancer and could not attend the ceremony so they set up a video conference to enable the father to watch his son receive the Navy Cross. Unfortunately he passed the day before the award ceremony.
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posted on
05/02/2006 10:12:01 AM PDT
by
idkfa
To: negril; andyandval
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posted on
05/02/2006 10:14:23 AM PDT
by
ErnBatavia
(Meep Meep)
To: Loud Mime
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posted on
05/02/2006 10:17:17 AM PDT
by
radar101
(The two hallmarks of Liberals: Fantasy and Hypocrisy)
To: Loud Mime
Kasal said the most challenging aspect of the ordeal wasn't the 22 surgeries he endured or even fighting the opinions of doctors who suggested he should have his leg amputated.
Instead Kasal said the real pain was knowing the battle would go on without him.
"The most difficult part was being away from the Marines," he said. "My goal is to get deployable again." Wow.
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posted on
05/02/2006 10:18:08 AM PDT
by
dead
(I've got my eye out for Mullah Omar.)
To: favoriteson; Last Dakotan
To: andyandval
That is an immigrant that all of us can be proud of!
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posted on
05/02/2006 10:30:24 AM PDT
by
Loud Mime
(Conservatives protect Americans from terrorists, Liberals protect terrorists from Americans.)
To: r9etb
Which is the real hero? Hmmmm?
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posted on
05/02/2006 10:35:24 AM PDT
by
gjbevil
To: jasoncann
Which is the real hero?
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posted on
05/02/2006 10:37:54 AM PDT
by
gjbevil
To: gjbevil
distinguished v. disgusting
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posted on
05/02/2006 10:40:10 AM PDT
by
Loud Mime
(Conservatives protect Americans from terrorists, Liberals protect terrorists from Americans.)
To: GOP_Party_Animal
I'll surely be watching this on NBC Nightly News tonight...err... maybe not.
To: gjbevil
Gasp! RedX! We're Doooooomed!
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posted on
05/02/2006 10:42:15 AM PDT
by
r9etb
To: Loud Mime
SEMPER FI Marine!!! AWESOME purely AWESOME
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posted on
05/02/2006 10:52:39 AM PDT
by
el_texicano
(Liberals, Socialist, DemocRATS, all touchy, feely, mind numbed robots, useless idiots all)
To: ErnBatavia; Loud Mime
Thanks for the link.
It's a crime we don't hear more about these guys.
To: el_texicano
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posted on
05/02/2006 10:56:36 AM PDT
by
Loud Mime
(War is humanity's way of dealing with the tyranny caused by liberalism)
To: tcostell
'I'm sure a CMH must be in the works.'
No, he got the Navy Cross. Maybe for the other Marine.
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posted on
05/02/2006 10:56:57 AM PDT
by
xone
To: tcostell
I'd say First Sergeant Kasal should have been awarded the MOH. However, once an award is presented, doubt there will be a second award for the same act.
Every once in a while, God blesses us with men like this!
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posted on
05/02/2006 11:09:19 AM PDT
by
Don Carlos
(Learn English, damn it!)
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