Vietnam war hero to receive posthumous Medal of Ho

peterd
Exalted One

Posts: 9,025

Vietnam war hero to receive posthumous Medal of Ho May 16, 2012 4:03:06 GMT -8

Quote

Post by peterd on May 16, 2012 4:03:06 GMT -8

Vietnam war hero to receive posthumous Medal of Honor 42 years later

It was May 10, 1970, in Se San, Cambodia. Spc. Leslie H. Sabo Jr. and his platoon were ambushed by a large enemy force. The 22-year-old rifleman from Ellwood City, Pa., charged the enemy position, killing several soldiers, and then attacked an enemy flanking force, drawing fire away from his comrades.

As the enemy retreated, a grenade landed near Sabo and a wounded American soldier. Sabo picked it up and threw it, while shielding his comrade with his own body. The grenade blast badly injured Sabo, but he continued to charge the bunker.

www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/05/16/medal-honor-vietnam-hero-42-years-later/

THE TRENCHES.
It is not the critic who counts, not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives vaaliantly, who errs and comes up short again and again because there is no effort without error and shortcomings, who

101ABN Administrator "Be just, and fear not." Wm.Shakespeare Posts: 7,791	Vietnam war hero to receive posthumous Medal of Ho May 16, 2012 8:58:24 GMT -8 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by 101ABN on May 16, 2012 8:58:24 GMT -8 Better late than never. Thank you for your service and sacrifice, young trooper. "Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends." RIP, my brother.
	Last Edit: May 16, 2012 9:08:30 GMT -8 by 101ABN These are the times that try men's souls." ~ Thomas Paine

peterd Exalted One Posts: 9,025	Vietnam war hero to receive posthumous Medal of Ho May 16, 2012 14:56:28 GMT -8 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by peterd on May 16, 2012 14:56:28 GMT -8 I watched the ceremony. Presentation was very moving.
	THE TRENCHES. It is not the critic who counts, not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives vaaliantly, who errs and comes up short again and again because there is no effort without error and shortcomings, who

Vietnam war hero to receive posthumous Medal of Ho

Post by peterd on May 16, 2012 4:03:06 GMT -8

Post by 101ABN on May 16, 2012 8:58:24 GMT -8

Post by peterd on May 16, 2012 14:56:28 GMT -8