Some stories fall through the cracks, some don't.
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Posted on 05/16/2012 7:40:26 AM PDT by humblegunner
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. Crawling toward the enemy stronghold, Sabo was shot multiple times by automatic weapons fire. When he managed to reach the opening of the bunker, he tossed in a grenade, silencing all enemy fire. That same grenade also ended Sabo's life.
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Some stories fall through the cracks, some don't.
what a brave man.
Kerry is a guy who was in only because he couldn’t get OUT! Some hero!
Kerry was in Vietnam for four months. He got out early using 3 phony PHs.
Some politicians fall out of cracks.
I find all of these battlefield valor citations/awards that are given out 30 or more years after the fact to be quite odd. I’m not sure of what the take-away is supposed to be.
Medals for valor have always been questionably distributed. Generally, what qualifies as valor early on in a conflict is considered commonplace by the end.
Hero...RIP, sir.
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