Here's a picture of a great young man. God bless him with good fortune and happiness. And thank you from the Wilson Family in Chicago.
Posted on 03/18/2007 2:06:59 PM PDT by Perseverando
Marine Capt. Jason Schauble and his men were going to hit a certain farmhouse in Faris Town, south of Fallujah in Iraq, and they were going to hit it hard.
They did exactly that. But twice the expected number of terrorists were holed up as Schauble's unit burst inside.
In the ensuing military maelstrom, the then-29-year-old Schauble exposed himself to almost certain death to rescue a comrade. The captain suffered crippling wounds, but rallied his 30-man task force to win a bloody battle.
Schauble's action earned him one of the military's top awards for courage in combat, the Silver Star. For prior heroism he was honored with a Bronze Star with a combat V for valor. For later efforts he was awarded a Meritorious Service Medal.
According to the Jacksonville, N.C., Daily News, at Schauble's award ceremony at Camp Lejeune in North Carolina, Maj. Gen. Dennis Hejlik marveled out loud, "Man, where do we get these Marines?" Schauble had suffered nerve damage, shock and severe loss of blood in the farmhouse battle.
Then Hejlik, head of the Marines' Special Operations Command, answered his own question: "We get them right here . . . the Corps is better because you served."
The Corps landed Schauble after what he describes as an ordinary upbringing. But even as a youngster, Schauble showed a bent for service and a knack for exploration.
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Born and raised in the suburbs south of Boston, Schauble spent some high school time in Germany as an exchange student. He went on to Bates College in Maine. During a semester in Washington, D.C., he landed an internship with the U.S. Marshals Service.
He also demonstrated fearlessness. Studying abroad in his senior year of college, he took a job with a freight forwarding firm in the Balkans. Allied ...
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God bless him! Imagine American politicians with this sort or resolve and determination to protect America.
God bless this hero, and his courageous family. We should be seeing similar articles of courage and heroism every single day in the MSM because there are many such acts by our brave military, and yet it's in Investors Business Daily, which is primarily a financial paper like the WSJ. (I read somewhere that the WSJ and IBD are the two top circulation newspapers, with way more circulation that the NYTimes or WaPo.)
It just makes me sad that young men and women like this marine don't get more recognition for their valiant heroic deeds and their sacrifices.
Here's a picture of a great young man. God bless him with good fortune and happiness. And thank you from the Wilson Family in Chicago.
That's Capt. Schauble?
He's a true hero.
Thank him for all of us.
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