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Just to let you know SSG Camacho is in my platoon and he is headed back to the states to recuperate. He was wounded when acting as Platoon Leader (normally a commissioned officers job) on a patrol. When last I saw him he was in good spirits but worried, not for himself, but for the Soldiers in our platoon he was leaving behind.

Ask any Soldier in our platoon who they admire the most and aspire to be like and it's SSG Camacho.

1 posted on 09/17/2009 3:56:39 AM PDT by Nevyan
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God bless all of you.


2 posted on 09/17/2009 4:02:02 AM PDT by bt-99 ("its not ours to give")
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Salute. I wish our elected leaders loved freedom as much as SSG Camacho. Get well!

Thanks for the story, Nevyan.


3 posted on 09/17/2009 4:04:33 AM PDT by Never on my watch (Do you REALLY think Obama is just going to let us vote him out of office?)
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Why do I get the feeling that Camacho did not type of the request for the purple hearts himself like someone else did years ago in Vietnam? The best to SSG Camacho.


4 posted on 09/17/2009 4:06:29 AM PDT by Loyal Buckeye
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The reason for the nickname: He's just earned his fifth Purple Heart after being shot in the left knee in a firefight 100 miles south of Kabul, military officials said.

I hope the wound isn't as bad as it sounds. Never-the-less, I thank you and SSG Camacho for your service.

5 posted on 09/17/2009 4:14:55 AM PDT by fso301
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I’m guessing he’s got a lot of Chamorro blood, being from Saipan. THose guys are fighters!


7 posted on 09/17/2009 4:54:19 AM PDT by Travis McGee (---www.EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com---)
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Thank you and SSG Camacho for our very freedom!


8 posted on 09/17/2009 5:14:13 AM PDT by Caipirabob (Communists... Socialists... Democrats...Traitors... Who can tell the difference?)
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All I know is that I wouldn't want to stand real close to him..... just in case....

My dad was hit a couple of times until a booby trap took out two men in front of him and blew off some of his leg. He got one Purple Heart. Lots of men get dinged up and just don't go to sick bay or get treated and released. At least that's what he told me. Paper work and being away from his men were the things that he didn't want to do.

He also said that some guys just have a knack for getting hit...... and he didn't know why but he laughed about staying away from them.

Funny thing is that I hear there was this guy from Assachusettes that became a senator, that was wounded 3 times and got 3 Purple Hearts....maybe this Camacho can be POTUS.

9 posted on 09/17/2009 6:41:36 AM PDT by erman (Give a man a fire, warm him for one night. Set a man on fire, warm him for the rest of his life.)
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All I know is that I wouldn't want to stand real close to him..... just in case....

My dad was hit a couple of times until a booby trap took out two men in front of him and blew off some of his leg. He got one Purple Heart. Lots of men get dinged up and just don't go to sick bay or get treated and released. At least that's what he told me. Paper work and being away from his men were the things that he didn't want to do.

He also said that some guys just have a knack for getting hit...... and he didn't know why but he laughed about staying away from them.

Funny thing is that I hear there was this guy from Assachusettes that became a senator, that was wounded 3 times and got 3 Purple Hearts....maybe this Camacho can be POTUS.

10 posted on 09/17/2009 6:41:36 AM PDT by erman (Give a man a fire, warm him for one night. Set a man on fire, warm him for the rest of his life.)
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