Archives for the 'courage' Category
Harvard Law Hero
Published on 18 Nov 2009 at 1:36 pm.
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Filed under Afghanistan, America, academia, courage.
They keep coming out of the woodwork. Harvard war heroes. This one, when all the other Harvard Law graduates headed off to the white-shoe law firms, the non-profits, community organizing, that kind of thing, he headed off to the United States Marine Corps. Three combat tours later, it was the DEA because, his dad said, unlike CIA and [...]
Great Words, Great Deeds
Published on 11 Nov 2009 at 8:02 am.
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Filed under Obama, courage, military.
It was a good speech. He said all the right things and didn’t say any of the wrong ones. White House transcript. It’s being hailed as the “best ever,” but they seem to say that every time he opens his mouth. Unlike his other great rhetorical moments, no one gets thrown under the bus in this [...]
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Harvard Yard
Published on 10 Nov 2009 at 7:03 am.
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Filed under America, academia, courage, military.
Home of American heroes.
It’s always easy to poke fun at the World’s Greatest University across the Charles, all the more so in recent decades as, like much of academia, it sank in a wretched swamp of America-bashing leftism while continuing to survey the world down its superior nose.
Did you know that Harvard can now boast no fewer [...]
Courageous!
Published on 8 Nov 2009 at 10:26 pm.
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Filed under Obama, courage, hacks.
House votes 220-215 to entirely reorder a vast portion of our economy, plus create massive new entitlements someone will have to pay for. NYT is keen to explain that it would have passed by more, but … 39 Dems come from districts that don’t want it. Also via NYT: Obama calls the House vote “courageous.”
Thanks To You
Published on 2 Nov 2009 at 1:14 pm.
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Filed under courage, dogs, military.
Team Marines was still out front, leading the pack by $1,300 at $14,561 as of 1 p.m. today:
Lawful
Published on 29 Oct 2009 at 9:53 pm.
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Filed under Boston, courage, guns, medicine.
An armed, licensed off-duty security guard’s shooting of a mentally ill man with a knife who was attacking his psychiatrist was not only lawful, it probably saved other lives, DA says. Boston Herald:
Never Know How You’ll Go
Published on 28 Oct 2009 at 9:41 am.
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Filed under America, courage, history.
I’m guessing he never saw this coming. Silver Star-decorated Normandy, Bulge combat veteran, 87, killed while raking leaves. Salem News:
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Honor
Published on 17 Sep 2009 at 9:36 pm.
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Filed under Afghanistan, courage, military.
Sergeant First Class Jared Monti of Raynham, Massachusetts, was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor today at the White House. His parents were there to accept it for him.
Monti, a forward observer with 3rd squadron, 71st Cav, 10th Mountain Division, was on a recon mission on June 21, 2006, in Gowardesh on the Afghan-Pak border, when his [...]
Propaganda Management 101
Published on 6 Aug 2009 at 12:59 am.
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Filed under America, Clintons, Kim, North Korea, courage, dummkopf!, military.
I was trying to figure out what it was that bothered me about this picture. Bill and all the other hostages look suitably glum, as anyone forced to pose for propaganda shots should. Then I realized what was missing.
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Medal Of Honor
Published on 24 Jul 2009 at 11:43 am.
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Filed under Afghanistan, courage, military.
Sgt. Jared Monti, 30, of Raynham, Massachusetts. Congressional Medal of Honor, posthumous, for his actions on June 21, 2006, in Gowardesh, Afghanistan. He didn’t just give his life trying to drag badly wounded soldiers to safety under heavy fire. He gave in life. Boston Herald:
Small Wars, Big Warrior
Published on 15 May 2009 at 9:39 am.
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Filed under Iraq, courage, military.
Maj. Steven Hutchison, 60, 2nd Battalion, 34th Armor Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division. Vietnam veteran, KIA Iraq May 10, 2009. via Ace:
Richard Hutchison said that his older brother wanted to re-enlist immediately after 9/11 but that his wife was against it. He signed up again in July 2007 after she died, according [...]
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Day Three
Published on 10 Apr 2009 at 7:50 am.
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In a small boat with four Somali pirates, surrounded by US Navy destroyers, with more Somali pirates reportedly enroute. It’s a Somalian standoff. Updated with Phillips escape attempt, more pirates enroute: Boston Herald earlier:
Loved ones of Capt. Richard P. Phillips are walking an emotional tightrope this morning as they enter the third day of praying for [...]
Battle At Sea
Published on 9 Apr 2009 at 10:30 am.
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Filed under courage, law & order.
UPDATE: Captain gave himself up to the pirates to save the crew. Crewman’s wife to Herald.
USS Bainbridge on scene, FBI called in to negotiate with Somali pirates holding the captain in a lifeboat. That and more from the Boston Herald:
A Digger’s VC
Published on 16 Jan 2009 at 8:30 pm.
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Filed under Afghanistan, Australia, courage.
Aussie SAS trooper/dad Mark Donaldson drew Taliban fire to save his wounded mates. The Australian:
Ultimate Heroes
Published on 25 Nov 2008 at 8:47 am.
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Filed under Afghanistan, Iraq, courage, military.
Mansfield., Mass. lays one to rest. Spec. Corey Shea, 21, 3/3 Armor. KIA in Mosul Nov. 12 when an Iraqi soldier turned his weapon on American soldiers. Boston Herald with the funeral, “Ultimate Hero,” and a profile, ”Heart of Gold.”
“His life had changed since 9/11 and he wanted to serve our country,” said Shea’s aunt Renee O’Neil. “And [...]
Swiss Heroism
Published on 7 Nov 2008 at 7:22 pm.
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Filed under Nazis, courage.
The Swiss have honored a heroic student who was executed for trying to kill Hitler. They say they’re sorry they didn’t try to save him. Swissinfo reports, Would-be Hitler Assassin Rehabilitated:
No Greater Love
Published on 4 Nov 2008 at 7:45 am.
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Filed under courage, motherhood.
Mom runs back in for her son, dies with him. Boston Herald:
Afghans Against Talibanism
Published on 24 Oct 2008 at 4:35 pm.
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Filed under Afghanistan, Australia, Taliban, courage.
Thousands march in protest of Taliban murders. Voice of America:
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McCain POW Vid
Published on 23 Oct 2008 at 8:57 am.
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Filed under France, McCain, courage, military, shameless opportunism.
Released. French archive vid site here. Remember when McCain talked about being a tough guy who was broken? He’s not broken here but he is vulnerable and humble. Very moving footage. Sky News thinks there’s a problem that McCain is smoking as he describes being shot down, missing his family. Sounds like Sky News has never [...]
The Wussy’s Issue
Published on 9 Oct 2008 at 7:24 pm.
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Filed under McCain, courage, media.
Josh Marshall on TPM gets moralistic, accusing McCain of “cowardice” in his performance in the debate and his subsequent Ayers slams. Pretty big accusation from some dweeb on the Internet. The Cowardice Issue:
Best Charity In America
Published on 5 Oct 2008 at 11:27 pm.
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Filed under courage, military.
Neptunus Lex points to one of them.
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Fallen American
Published on 22 Sep 2008 at 11:16 pm.
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Filed under Afghanistan, America, Pakistan, courage, military.
Lt. Mohsin Naqvi, 10th Mountain. Born in Pakistan; immigrated to the United States at 8; naturalized at 16; enlisted at 19 on Sept. 15, 2001; Iraq vet, killed in action in Afghanistan, Sept. 17, 2008. via Newsday.
Pols Want Review
Published on 20 Sep 2008 at 2:27 pm.
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Filed under Iraq, courage, military, pols.
California pols want Bush to review the denial of a Medal of Honor for USMC Rafael Peralta. San Diego Union-Trib. Fair enough, review. Put the evidence out there. Just keep the politics out of it, and the pols at arm’s length.
Previously, MOH Denied.
MOH Denied
Published on 19 Sep 2008 at 8:57 am.
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Filed under Iraq, courage, military.
Sgt. Rafael Peralta’s mother is mulling an appeal to Congress after the Pentagon, following an apparently intensive medical review, denied her son the Medal of Honor and awarded the Navy Cross for shielding his fellow Marines from a grenade blast with his body.
Psalm 9/11
Published on 11 Sep 2008 at 9:34 am.
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Filed under America, courage.
“I think people have moved on. I’m heartbroken to think they’re not remembering. They’re going about their daily lives, which they’re supposed to, but they are still supposed to remember.”
– Irene Ross of Jamaica Plain, Boston, whose brother Richard was on American Airlines Flight 11, via today’s Boston Herald.
Prior remembrance, Boston Herald column, August 13, 2006, [...]
Humble Trainwreck Hero
Published on 31 May 2008 at 9:17 am.
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Filed under Boston, Boy Scouts, courage.
Is an Eagle Scout. Mom read the trapped woman’s account of an anonymous hero who stayed with her in the smoke-filled train, called up and said, “That’s my boy.” El Heraldo:
Texas 101
Published on 25 May 2008 at 7:58 am.
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Filed under America, Europe, courage.
Marcus Luttrell instructs a Euroweenie after one too many “Hey Cowboys.” Navy Cross Luttrell, addressing the NRA also talks about his experience in Afghanistan with his four-member SEAL sniper team, one posthumous Medal of Honor and two posthumous Navy Crosses. Vid compliments of Jammie Wearing Fool, includees this and more social commentary:
“The only PTSD I have [...]
“One-Man Army”
Published on 25 May 2008 at 7:29 am.
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Finally gets his send-off. Boston Herald on the late John P. Correggio’s belated military funeral, with some ink-stained wretch’s vintage account of how he got his Silver Star in the Solomons:
“One American division was toasting a new ‘one man army.’ The army was Johnny Correggio of Everett, Mass.,” gushed one news account. “Correggio, acting as a [...]
Bart’s Redemption
Published on 17 May 2008 at 10:08 am.
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Filed under courage, military.
The story of real-life Bart Simpson/MOH candidate Ross McGinnis is haunting, for what it was as an act of courage and sacrifice. As a story of redemption for youthful mistakes, it’s something more. You’ll recall the recent debate on the value and contributions of soldiers with troubled pasts and poor academic results, and the politically motivated disparagement of [...]
Real-Life Bart Simpson
Published on 16 May 2008 at 6:49 pm.
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Filed under Iraq, courage, military.
And selfless American hero. Ross McGinnis, trouble-prone kid, turned his life around, then gave it away to save four comrades when he threw himself on a grenade. Medal of Honor ceeremony next month. Pittsburgh Post-Gazette:
April Morning
Published on 19 Apr 2008 at 12:08 am.
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Filed under America, courage, history.
Patriots Day may be the least known American holiday, and the day most deserving of our recognition. Observed in Massachusetts and Maine only. Don’t know it? It marks the day, April 19, 1775, on which Americans took up arms against their king, and bled, at the crack of terrible dawn.
Medal of Honor
Published on 31 Mar 2008 at 8:29 pm.
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Filed under Iraq, courage, military.
Announced for Petty Officer 2nd Class Mike Mansoor, who threw himself on a grenade in Ramadi two years ago to save his SEAL team members.
Wowaditaka
Published on 29 Feb 2008 at 1:34 pm.
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Filed under courage, military.
Another great American to be recognized six decades after the fact. The late Master Sgt. Woodrow Wilson Keeble will be awarded the Medal of Honor next week. Medal of Woyuonihan, if you prefer. He’s full-blooded Sioux. Wowaditaka is the Sioux word for what he embodied, from Guadalcanal to Korea. “It means don’t be afraid of [...]
Heroism Past, Present
Published on 22 Oct 2007 at 9:18 am.
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Filed under Afghanistan, courage, military.
MOH recipient Tom Kelley with a duty to perform today for Lt. Michael Murphy, and thoughts on recognizing heroism. Gelzinis at Boston Herald:
Medal of Honor
Published on 13 Oct 2007 at 10:30 pm.
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Filed under Afghanistan, courage, military.
NYP whacks NYT for failure to mention MOH. I deserve a whack myself:
To Serve And Protect
Published on 25 Aug 2007 at 10:29 am.
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Filed under courage.
I’ve never worked in law enforcement, although my father did, as a deputy sheriff, a policeman and finally as a revenooer chasing bootleggers through the mountains of North Carolina.
This story gives as good an idea as any I’ve read of what being a policeman is all about.
RIP Lucky Fluckey
Published on 2 Jul 2007 at 7:00 am.
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Filed under courage.
Galloping Ghost of the China Coast:
“Spectacular”
Published on 1 Jul 2007 at 11:30 pm.
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Filed under al qaeda, courage.
Al-Qaeda has summer plans for you. ABCNews.com’s Blotter:
“Don’t Screw Up”
Published on 24 May 2007 at 11:50 pm.
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Words to live by and the only concern of most recent MOH recipient Bruce Crandall in his critical time.
NBC on the new Medal of Honor Museum aboard USS Yorktown, which would have on if ships could have them.
No Bags on Their Heads
Published on 22 Apr 2007 at 9:10 am.
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Filed under courage, pols.
Powerline and others remember Adm. Stockdale, and wish we had a little more of his spirit today. Oh yeah, we do. Insensitive John “Bomb Iran” McCain prompts MoveOn.Org to waste its money. McCain: “Insensitive to what? The Iranians?”
Refuses to Lose
Published on 21 Apr 2007 at 12:05 am.
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Filed under USA, courage.
Miss America 1944 is Miss America 2007 in my book. Check her out.
Open Your Books to Page One
Published on 20 Apr 2007 at 5:44 pm.
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Filed under Israel, USA, courage.
Liviu Librescu’s son, on what his dad might say:
“‘What’s the fuss all about? I only did what I had to do.’ From our childhood, you taught us to care for people, to work hard to succeed. But you never taught us to be heroes. That was more theoretical a lesson than aerodynamics,” he said. Then [...]
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Heroes and Cowards
Published on 20 Feb 2007 at 11:54 am.
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Filed under Iraq, courage, military, pols.
Alicia Colon at the New York Sun cites the death of USMC Cpl. Thomas Saba, another of the seven killed when Capt. Jennifer Harris’ Ch-46 was shot down. Colon launches into a discussion of the choices people make, failures, compounded failures and efforts at redemption, in “Heroes and Cowards:”
Here, Obedient to Their Laws, We Lie*
Published on 20 Feb 2007 at 2:18 am.
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Filed under anthronerdism, courage, military.
Graves of Athenian war dead from the defeat of the Persians at Marathon, through the Peloponnesian War between Sparta and Athens, until Rome’s wars against Carthage, in a cemetery said to include the grave of Pericles, are being excavated and will be accessible to visitors in the near future.
“We have the remains of Athenian warriors of the Peloponnesian [...]
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“He Hugged Him and the Explosives Tore Apart Both Bodies”
Published on 4 Feb 2007 at 11:35 pm.
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Filed under Iraq, courage.
Another Iraqi, facing death by suicide bomber, chooses martyrdom in a bid to save the lives of others:
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Martyrdom
Published on 3 Feb 2007 at 12:37 am.
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Filed under Iraq, courage.
Michael Yon at the scene of a suicide bombing in Mosul, with a tale of true martyrdom, one who gave his life to blunt the force of a murderer’s attack:
As the murderer dressed in women’s clothes walked purposefully toward his target, there was a village man ahead. But under the guise of a simple villager [...]
