Archives for the 'courage' Category
Humble Trainwreck Hero
Published on 31 May 2008 at 9:17 am.
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Filed under Boston, courage, Boy Scouts.
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 Europe, courage, America.
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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Filed under military, courage, history.
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 military, courage.
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, military, courage.
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 courage, history, America.
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, military, courage.
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 military, courage.
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 military, courage, Afghanistan.
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 military, courage, Afghanistan.
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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Filed under military, courage.
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 pols, courage.
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 USA, Israel, 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, pols, military, courage.
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, military, courage.
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 […]
