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Navy EOD Technician, Gives Life to Save Navy Seals
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Posted on 04/12/2009 4:01:32 PM PDT by OneVike

This is an e-mail I was given. Many may have received it, but the media will not do its job, so it is up to us.

This is an inspiring story about a true hero who was buried at Ft Rosecrans, a beautiful resting place for some of our best.......

PO2 (EOD2) (Explosive Ordnance Disposal) 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. (Notice: Mike was not a Navy SEAL, he was EOD. He gave his life to save a group of Navy 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 , SEAL's were lined up on both sides of the pallbearers route forming a column of two's, with the coffin moving up the center. As Mike's coffin passed, 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.


TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Miscellaneous; Society
KEYWORDS: eod; hero; medalofhonor; navy; nocinmoh; salute; specialforces
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God help us when the young men of this country stop dieing for it.
1 posted on 04/12/2009 4:01:32 PM PDT by OneVike
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To: OneVike

I’ll call BS unless there’s a photo somewhere. The casket at a military funeral must be draped with an American flag until “Taps” is played.

No seal would desecrate the flag by sticking his trident in it.


2 posted on 04/12/2009 4:04:54 PM PDT by CholeraJoe (I'd rather be eating sushi off Nicole Scherzinger's nekkid body.)
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To: OneVike

May God give him special eternal blessings.


3 posted on 04/12/2009 4:06:21 PM PDT by nmh (Intelligent people recognize Intelligent Design (God).)
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To: CholeraJoe

I call BS, too. Mike Mansoor was a SEAL. He was awarded the MOH for his actions.


4 posted on 04/12/2009 4:08:06 PM PDT by quikdrw (Life is tough....it's even tougher if you are stupid.)
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To: CholeraJoe

I’ve seen the pictures - it’s real. The Tridents went on the coffin, and the Flag followed ...


5 posted on 04/12/2009 4:08:41 PM PDT by Ken522
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To: OneVike

Special memorial to Mikey Monsoor

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CfK2BQCIIes

Another one:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=am2nZ0ju4Gs


6 posted on 04/12/2009 4:10:03 PM PDT by nmh (Intelligent people recognize Intelligent Design (God).)
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I’ll call BS unless there’s a photo somewhere

I was regular army, and never had to attend a funeral for a fallen comrade, so you may be right.

There must be some vets who could verify the possibility of this happening.
7 posted on 04/12/2009 4:10:18 PM PDT by OneVike (Just a Christian waiting to go home)
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To: OneVike

I’m a retired USAF Colonel and I’ve been to too many funerals including several at Arlington. The flag covers the casket until the graveside honors are complete.


8 posted on 04/12/2009 4:12:43 PM PDT by CholeraJoe (I'd rather be eating sushi off Nicole Scherzinger's nekkid body.)
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9 posted on 04/12/2009 4:15:41 PM PDT by usmcobra (Your chances of dying in bed are reduced by getting out of it, but most people still die in bed)
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To: OneVike

2 Video Tributes here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CfK2BQCIIes

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=am2nZ0ju4Gs


10 posted on 04/12/2009 4:17:40 PM PDT by Cindy
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To: CholeraJoe

I don’t know how to post pictures (or anything else for that matter.) Go to this site to see his casket.

The article calls him an EOD, but he was a SEAL.

http://www.snopes.com/politics/military/monsoor.asp


11 posted on 04/12/2009 4:18:48 PM PDT by Francis McClobber
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To: usmcobra

Thank you. I’ll withdraw my BS call. I apologize.


12 posted on 04/12/2009 4:19:09 PM PDT by CholeraJoe (I'd rather be eating sushi off Nicole Scherzinger's nekkid body.)
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To: usmcobra

That’s mighty good aim with those pins.


13 posted on 04/12/2009 4:20:01 PM PDT by fella (.He that followeth after vain persons shall have poverty enough." Pv.28:19')
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14 posted on 04/12/2009 4:22:58 PM PDT by SoCalPol (Reagan Republican for Palin 2012)
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nmh has posted 2 links. The first one shows the tridents being punched into the coffin. Forward to the 8th minute of the video.


15 posted on 04/12/2009 4:23:59 PM PDT by definitelynotaliberal
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To: usmcobra
This picture and the YouTube video I just watched settles it.

I was after the casket was laid down, but it was done.
16 posted on 04/12/2009 4:24:36 PM PDT by OneVike (Just a Christian waiting to go home)
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To: fella

The pins stick straight out the backside as they do on almost any military badge and are held on with a special clip that covers the pointed end inside the shirt.

They are not like safety pins at all.


17 posted on 04/12/2009 4:25:03 PM PDT by usmcobra (Your chances of dying in bed are reduced by getting out of it, but most people still die in bed)
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To: OneVike

I saw this a year ago and he was a Navy Seal. Im calling BS.


18 posted on 04/12/2009 4:27:06 PM PDT by DainBramage
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To: OneVike

May God Almighty bless him!


19 posted on 04/12/2009 4:27:24 PM PDT by rbosque (10 year Freeper!)
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To: CholeraJoe
I am sure the hero will forgive you.

Powerful video, powerful. Now I need to go dry my eyes.
20 posted on 04/12/2009 4:28:30 PM PDT by OneVike (Just a Christian waiting to go home)
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