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| Navy Seal Michael Monsoor to Be Awarded MoH |
| 2008-03-16 |
 Michael Fumento is reporting that Monsoor will be awarded the Medal of Honor next month, posthumously. And I just published my book on the first three awardees...Isn't it about time for the Army to recognize a few of its soldiers? Paul Smith was at the very start of the war. |
| Posted by:Chuck Simmins |
| #4 My military studies professor freshman year at the Air Force Academy won the MoH. He told us the story. He was a chopper pilot. He had to pick some guys up. He hovered his helicopter in place at the edge of a river to let them all get on board while the VC or NVA shot out his windscreen. I suspect most MoH stories are like that. Someone had a job to do to save someone else and just did it. |
| Posted by: Black Bart Elmeatle8934 2008-03-16 23:39 |
| #3 To my limited knowledge, this was the largest recent gathering, on the sixtieth anniversary of Pearl Harbor and less than three months after 9/11. It was awesome just to watch the parade go by. |
| Posted by: Matt 2008-03-16 18:53 |
| #2 Fewer than a hundred living MoH recipients still remain. Less than one for every three million Americans. How many people today can even say they have seen a MoH recipient in person? Of them, how many have heard a living one speak? |
| Posted by: Anonymoose 2008-03-16 16:00 |
| #1 Unfortunately, most MoH are awarded posthumously. Indeed a brave man who put his team mates lives above his. ROP Michael. |
| Posted by: Captain Hupeling2734 2008-03-16 13:44 |