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Buckin' A;715590; said:
I don't know if I would have done the same. Especially with my 2 kids there. What kind of cool-headed hero is this guy? I wouldn't have thought of "letting the train roll over top of us" if given 10 minutes, hardly in a split second. I hope life smiles on this guy, he is a true, selfless hero.
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Buckin' A;715590; said:
He was a Navy veteran and already worthy of my respect, but now it's doubly-so for his selfless service here.
Truly a very blessed guy there, those girls are very lucky to have him as their father.
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ScriptOhio
Everybody is somebody else's weirdo.
Another true hero:
Marine Who Saved Buddies Gets Medal Of Honor
Only Second Medal Of Honor In Iraq War
POSTED: 10:04 am EST January 11, 2007
UPDATED: 12:05 pm EST January 11, 2007
WHITE HOUSE -- A Marine who fell on a hand grenade and gave his life for his buddies in Iraq was recognized Thursday morning at the White House.
Cpl. Jason Dunham was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor, the nation's highest military decoration. His parents, Deb and Dan Dunham, were given the medal at a White House ceremony.
"On a dusty road in western Iraq, Corporal Dunham gave his own life so that the men under his command might live," President George W. Bush said. "This morning it's my privilege to recognize Corporal Dunham's devotion to the Corps and country."
Dunham was a 22-year-old machine gunner from Scio, N.Y. He was manning a checkpoint near Karabilah, near the Syrian border in Iraq, on April 14, 2004.
"While leading a patrol of his Marines in Karabilah, Corporal Dunham received a report that a Marine convoy had been ambushed. He led his squad to the site of the attack -- where he and his men stopped a convoy of cars trying to make an escape," according to the Corps press release. "As he moved to search one of the vehicles, an insurgent jumped out and grabbed him by the throat. The corporal engaged the insurgent in hand-to-hand combat."
The Army Times reported that Dunham then shouted to the other Marines, "No. No. No. Watch his hand."
He threw himself on the live grenade that was dropped by the insurgent during their struggle. Dunham used his Kevlar helmet and body to smother the blast.
Entire article: http://www.wjactv.com/news/10722594/detail.html
Marine Who Saved Buddies Gets Medal Of Honor
Only Second Medal Of Honor In Iraq War
POSTED: 10:04 am EST January 11, 2007
UPDATED: 12:05 pm EST January 11, 2007
WHITE HOUSE -- A Marine who fell on a hand grenade and gave his life for his buddies in Iraq was recognized Thursday morning at the White House.
Cpl. Jason Dunham was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor, the nation's highest military decoration. His parents, Deb and Dan Dunham, were given the medal at a White House ceremony.
"On a dusty road in western Iraq, Corporal Dunham gave his own life so that the men under his command might live," President George W. Bush said. "This morning it's my privilege to recognize Corporal Dunham's devotion to the Corps and country."
Dunham was a 22-year-old machine gunner from Scio, N.Y. He was manning a checkpoint near Karabilah, near the Syrian border in Iraq, on April 14, 2004.
"While leading a patrol of his Marines in Karabilah, Corporal Dunham received a report that a Marine convoy had been ambushed. He led his squad to the site of the attack -- where he and his men stopped a convoy of cars trying to make an escape," according to the Corps press release. "As he moved to search one of the vehicles, an insurgent jumped out and grabbed him by the throat. The corporal engaged the insurgent in hand-to-hand combat."
The Army Times reported that Dunham then shouted to the other Marines, "No. No. No. Watch his hand."
He threw himself on the live grenade that was dropped by the insurgent during their struggle. Dunham used his Kevlar helmet and body to smother the blast.
Entire article: http://www.wjactv.com/news/10722594/detail.html
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ScriptOhio;715627; said:Another true hero:
Marine Who Saved Buddies Gets Medal Of Honor
Only Second Medal Of Honor In Iraq War
POSTED: 10:04 am EST January 11, 2007
UPDATED: 12:05 pm EST January 11, 2007
WHITE HOUSE -- A Marine who fell on a hand grenade and gave his life for his buddies in Iraq was recognized Thursday morning at the White House.
Cpl. Jason Dunham was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor, the nation's highest military decoration. His parents, Deb and Dan Dunham, were given the medal at a White House ceremony.
"On a dusty road in western Iraq, Corporal Dunham gave his own life so that the men under his command might live," President George W. Bush said. "This morning it's my privilege to recognize Corporal Dunham's devotion to the Corps and country."
Dunham was a 22-year-old machine gunner from Scio, N.Y. He was manning a checkpoint near Karabilah, near the Syrian border in Iraq, on April 14, 2004.
"While leading a patrol of his Marines in Karabilah, Corporal Dunham received a report that a Marine convoy had been ambushed. He led his squad to the site of the attack -- where he and his men stopped a convoy of cars trying to make an escape," according to the Corps press release. "As he moved to search one of the vehicles, an insurgent jumped out and grabbed him by the throat. The corporal engaged the insurgent in hand-to-hand combat."
The Army Times reported that Dunham then shouted to the other Marines, "No. No. No. Watch his hand."
He threw himself on the live grenade that was dropped by the insurgent during their struggle. Dunham used his Kevlar helmet and body to smother the blast.
Entire article: http://www.wjactv.com/news/10722594/detail.html
I'm glad to see he got it.
It figures that the day I DON'T check to see if he got it or not, it was announced that he got it
Do we have a salute smiley??
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scooter1369
HTTR Forever.
ScriptOhio;715627; said:Another true hero:
Marine Who Saved Buddies Gets Medal Of Honor
Only Second Medal Of Honor In Iraq War
POSTED: 10:04 am EST January 11, 2007
UPDATED: 12:05 pm EST January 11, 2007
WHITE HOUSE -- A Marine who fell on a hand grenade and gave his life for his buddies in Iraq was recognized Thursday morning at the White House.
Cpl. Jason Dunham was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor, the nation's highest military decoration. His parents, Deb and Dan Dunham, were given the medal at a White House ceremony.
"On a dusty road in western Iraq, Corporal Dunham gave his own life so that the men under his command might live," President George W. Bush said. "This morning it's my privilege to recognize Corporal Dunham's devotion to the Corps and country."
Dunham was a 22-year-old machine gunner from Scio, N.Y. He was manning a checkpoint near Karabilah, near the Syrian border in Iraq, on April 14, 2004.
"While leading a patrol of his Marines in Karabilah, Corporal Dunham received a report that a Marine convoy had been ambushed. He led his squad to the site of the attack -- where he and his men stopped a convoy of cars trying to make an escape," according to the Corps press release. "As he moved to search one of the vehicles, an insurgent jumped out and grabbed him by the throat. The corporal engaged the insurgent in hand-to-hand combat."
The Army Times reported that Dunham then shouted to the other Marines, "No. No. No. Watch his hand."
He threw himself on the live grenade that was dropped by the insurgent during their struggle. Dunham used his Kevlar helmet and body to smother the blast.
Entire article: http://www.wjactv.com/news/10722594/detail.html
Semper Fi, Brother.
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ScriptOhio
Everybody is somebody else's weirdo.
BuckeyeMike80;715629; said:I'm glad to see he got it.
It figures that the day I DON'T check to see if he got it or not, it was announced that he got it
Do we have a salute smiley??[/quote]
I found these:
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Good enough for me....
To Mr. Autrey, for having an absolutely brilliant idea and saving that guy's life:
To CPL Dunham for everything that he did to save the lives of his comrades...
To Mr. Autrey, for having an absolutely brilliant idea and saving that guy's life:
To CPL Dunham for everything that he did to save the lives of his comrades...
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SanAntonioBuck
RIP Our Friend and Hero
A special salute to both of the hero's mention in this thread Autrey & Dunham. You guys went above & beyond!
Shout out to the guys who find these articles. Greenies to you!
to both of the hero's mention in this thread Autrey & Dunham. You guys went above & beyond!Shout out to the guys who find these articles. Greenies to you!
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ScriptOhio
Everybody is somebody else's weirdo.
Vietnam vet to receive Medal of Honor
WASHINGTON - Bruce Crandall was a soldier once ... and young. As a 32-year-old helicopter pilot, he flew through a gauntlet of enemy fire, taking ammunition in and wounded Americans out of one of the fiercest battles of the Vietnam War, Army records say. Now, a week after his 74th birthday, Crandall will receive the nation's highest military honor Monday in a White House ceremony with President Bush.
"I'm still here," he said of his 41-year-wait for the Medal of Honor. "Most of these awards are posthumous, so I can't complain."
Crandall's actions in the November 1965 Battle at Ia Drang Valley were depicted in the Hollywood movie "We Were Soldiers," adapted from the book "We Were Soldiers Once ... And Young."
At the time, Crandall was a major commanding a company of the 229th Assault Helicopter Battalion, 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile).
"We had the first airmobile division ... the first one to use aircraft as a means of transportation and sustaining combat," Crandall said. His unit was put together earlier that year to go to Vietnam and "wasn't as thought out as things are today."
He didn't have gunners for his aircraft. That's why he flew unarmed helicopters into the battlefield.
He didn't have night vision equipment and other later technology that lessens the danger of flying.
The unit had "minimum resources and almost no administrative people" ? thus the lack of help to do the reams of paperwork that had to be sent to Washington for the highest medals, Crandall said.
Generals in-theatre could approve nothing higher than the Distinguished Service Cross, so he got one of those, which through the years has come to be upgraded to the Medal of Honor, Crandall said in a phone interview from his home near Bremerton, Wash.
Crandall was leading a group of 16 helicopters in support of the 1st Cavalry Division's 1st Battalion, 7th Cavalry Regiment ? the regiment led by George Armstrong Custer when he met his end at the 1876 Battle of the Little Bighorn, or "Custer's Last Stand."
Without Crandall's actions, the embattled men at Ia Drang would have died in much the same way ? "cut off, surrounded by numerically superior forces, overrun and butchered to the last man," the infantry commander, Lt. Col. Harold Moore, wrote in recommending Crandall for the medal.
Entire article: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070224/ap_on_re_us/vietnam_valor_4
WASHINGTON - Bruce Crandall was a soldier once ... and young. As a 32-year-old helicopter pilot, he flew through a gauntlet of enemy fire, taking ammunition in and wounded Americans out of one of the fiercest battles of the Vietnam War, Army records say. Now, a week after his 74th birthday, Crandall will receive the nation's highest military honor Monday in a White House ceremony with President Bush.
"I'm still here," he said of his 41-year-wait for the Medal of Honor. "Most of these awards are posthumous, so I can't complain."
Crandall's actions in the November 1965 Battle at Ia Drang Valley were depicted in the Hollywood movie "We Were Soldiers," adapted from the book "We Were Soldiers Once ... And Young."
At the time, Crandall was a major commanding a company of the 229th Assault Helicopter Battalion, 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile).
"We had the first airmobile division ... the first one to use aircraft as a means of transportation and sustaining combat," Crandall said. His unit was put together earlier that year to go to Vietnam and "wasn't as thought out as things are today."
He didn't have gunners for his aircraft. That's why he flew unarmed helicopters into the battlefield.
He didn't have night vision equipment and other later technology that lessens the danger of flying.
The unit had "minimum resources and almost no administrative people" ? thus the lack of help to do the reams of paperwork that had to be sent to Washington for the highest medals, Crandall said.
Generals in-theatre could approve nothing higher than the Distinguished Service Cross, so he got one of those, which through the years has come to be upgraded to the Medal of Honor, Crandall said in a phone interview from his home near Bremerton, Wash.
Crandall was leading a group of 16 helicopters in support of the 1st Cavalry Division's 1st Battalion, 7th Cavalry Regiment ? the regiment led by George Armstrong Custer when he met his end at the 1876 Battle of the Little Bighorn, or "Custer's Last Stand."
Without Crandall's actions, the embattled men at Ia Drang would have died in much the same way ? "cut off, surrounded by numerically superior forces, overrun and butchered to the last man," the infantry commander, Lt. Col. Harold Moore, wrote in recommending Crandall for the medal.
Entire article: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070224/ap_on_re_us/vietnam_valor_4
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ScriptOhio;715627; said:Another true hero:
Marine Who Saved Buddies Gets Medal Of Honor
Only Second Medal Of Honor In Iraq War
POSTED: 10:04 am EST January 11, 2007
UPDATED: 12:05 pm EST January 11, 2007
WHITE HOUSE -- A Marine who fell on a hand grenade and gave his life for his buddies in Iraq was recognized Thursday morning at the White House.
Cpl. Jason Dunham was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor, the nation's highest military decoration. His parents, Deb and Dan Dunham, were given the medal at a White House ceremony.
"On a dusty road in western Iraq, Corporal Dunham gave his own life so that the men under his command might live," President George W. Bush said. "This morning it's my privilege to recognize Corporal Dunham's devotion to the Corps and country."
Dunham was a 22-year-old machine gunner from Scio, N.Y. He was manning a checkpoint near Karabilah, near the Syrian border in Iraq, on April 14, 2004.
"While leading a patrol of his Marines in Karabilah, Corporal Dunham received a report that a Marine convoy had been ambushed. He led his squad to the site of the attack -- where he and his men stopped a convoy of cars trying to make an escape," according to the Corps press release. "As he moved to search one of the vehicles, an insurgent jumped out and grabbed him by the throat. The corporal engaged the insurgent in hand-to-hand combat."
The Army Times reported that Dunham then shouted to the other Marines, "No. No. No. Watch his hand."
He threw himself on the live grenade that was dropped by the insurgent during their struggle. Dunham used his Kevlar helmet and body to smother the blast.
Entire article: http://www.wjactv.com/news/10722594/detail.html
They have a website in his honor, they are setting up a scholarship fund also.
LINK
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