Never hear this on the news
07-20-2008, 09:22 PM
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Never hear this on the news
Navy Petty Officer Mike Monsoor
PO2 (EOD2) Mike Monsoor, a Navy EOD Technician, was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor posthumously for jumping on a grenade in Iraq , giving his life to save his fellow SEALs.
During Mike Monsoor's funeral in San Diego , as his coffin was being moved from the hearse to the grave site at Ft. Rosecrans National Cemetery , SEALs were lined up on both sides of the pallbearers route forming a column of twos, with the coffin moving up the center. As Mike's coffin p assed, each SEAL, having removed his gold Trident from his uniform, slapped it down embedding the Trident in the wooden coffin.
The slaps were audible from across the cemetery; by the time the coffin arrived grave side, it looked as though it had a gold inlay from all the Tridents pinned to it. This was a fitting send-off for a warrior hero.
This should be front-page news instead of the crap we see every day.
Since the media won't make this news, I choose to make it news by forwarding it onto you guys. I am proud of our military and the men and women who serve in it. They represent the highest and finest values of this country.
PO2 (EOD2) Mike Monsoor, a Navy EOD Technician, was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor posthumously for jumping on a grenade in Iraq , giving his life to save his fellow SEALs.
During Mike Monsoor's funeral in San Diego , as his coffin was being moved from the hearse to the grave site at Ft. Rosecrans National Cemetery , SEALs were lined up on both sides of the pallbearers route forming a column of twos, with the coffin moving up the center. As Mike's coffin p assed, each SEAL, having removed his gold Trident from his uniform, slapped it down embedding the Trident in the wooden coffin.
The slaps were audible from across the cemetery; by the time the coffin arrived grave side, it looked as though it had a gold inlay from all the Tridents pinned to it. This was a fitting send-off for a warrior hero.
This should be front-page news instead of the crap we see every day.
Since the media won't make this news, I choose to make it news by forwarding it onto you guys. I am proud of our military and the men and women who serve in it. They represent the highest and finest values of this country.
07-21-2008, 09:16 AM
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Can't make any sacrifice greater than that.
BTW, I read about this guy in the Washington Post (online) about 3 months back........So the story was out there.......Do a search, it was a very nice writeup that went into more detail than the email you posted.
BTW, I read about this guy in the Washington Post (online) about 3 months back........So the story was out there.......Do a search, it was a very nice writeup that went into more detail than the email you posted.
07-21-2008, 11:14 AM
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A true Hero indeed.
More info here http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/04/08/sea...ref=newssearch
and here http://www.offshoreonly.com/forums/s...hlight=monsoor
More info here http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/04/08/sea...ref=newssearch
and here http://www.offshoreonly.com/forums/s...hlight=monsoor
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