This article is the first of many Medal of Honor biographies Veterans United will begin posting on the Network. We at Veterans United strive to honor our military service members in all we do, especially those men and women who have been bestowed the highest award for their sacrifices.
Our first biography tells the story of Sgt. 1st Class Jared C. Monti, who was awarded the Medal of Honor posthumously on Sept. 17, 2009 for his courageous actions in the mountains of Afghanistan on June 21, 2006.
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