THE NY TIMES CAN'T STAND THE MILITARY...DOESN'T LIKE THE UNITED STATES...AND REALLY HATES THE PRESIDENT.
but they have no bias...yeeeeah.
Posted on 10/13/2007 8:14:14 PM PDT by Fitzy_888
THE NY TIMES CAN'T STAND THE MILITARY...DOESN'T LIKE THE UNITED STATES...AND REALLY HATES THE PRESIDENT.
but they have no bias...yeeeeah.
awesome story. wow is right. Thanks for the post.
ROSS, WILBURN K.
Rank and organization: Private, U.S. Army, Company G, 350th Infantry, 3d Infantry Division. Place and date: Near St. Jacques, France, 30 October 1944. Entered service at: Strunk, Ky. Birth: Strunk, Ky. G.O. No.: 30, 14 April 1945.
Citation:
For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at risk of life above and beyond the call of duty near St. Jacques, France. At 11:30 a.m. on 30 October 1944, after his company had lost 55 out of 88 men in an attack on an entrenched. full-strength German company of elite mountain troops, Pvt. Ross placed his light machinegun 10 yards in advance of the foremost supporting riflemen in order to absorb the initial impact of an enemy counterattack. With machinegun and small-arms fire striking the earth near him, he fired with deadly effect on the assaulting force and repelled it. Despite the hail of automatic fire and the explosion of rifle grenades within a stone’s throw of his position, he continued to man his machinegun alone, holding off 6 more German attacks. When the eighth assault was launched, most of his supporting riflemen were out of ammunition. They took positions in echelon behind Pvt. Ross and crawled up, during the attack, to extract a few rounds of ammunition from his machinegun ammunition belt. Pvt. Ross fought on virtually without assistance and, despite the fact that enemy grenadiers crawled to within 4 yards of his position in an effort to kill him with handgrenades, he again directed accurate and deadly fire on the hostile force and hurled it back. After expending his last rounds, Pvt. Ross was advised to withdraw to the company command post, together with 8 surviving riflemen, but, as more ammunition was expected, he declined to do so. The Germans launched their last all-out attack, converging their fire on Pvt. Ross in a desperate attempt to destroy the machinegun which stood between them and a decisive breakthrough. As his supporting riflemen fixed bayonets for a last-ditch stand, fresh ammunition arrived and was brought to Pvt. Ross just as the advance assault elements were about to swarm over his position. He opened murderous fire on the oncoming enemy; killed 40 and wounded 10 of the attacking force; broke the assault single-handedly, and forced the Germans to withdraw. Having killed or wounded at least 58 Germans in more than 5 hours of continuous combat and saved the remnants of his company from destruction, Pvt. Ross remained at his post that night and the following day for a total of 36 hours. His actions throughout this engagement were an inspiration to his comrades and maintained the high traditions of the military service.
Lt. Michael Murphy is from the same town I grew up which is Patchogue, Medford NY
I bet if Move on asked them to print it they would...and for half price too.
...and probably no times little Godless worker bees either.
AMEN.
Philly.com
Michael Smerconish | THE HONORABLE MICHAEL MURPHY
‘MISSION accomplished.”
That’s the reaction of Marcus Luttrell to the news that Lt. Michael Murphy would be posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor. The presentation will be made to Murphy’s parents by President Bush today at the White House.
Murphy’s life and death are the stuff of storybooks. If only we could change the ending.
The recognition of Murphy’s gallantry is the final chapter for Operation Redwing and Seal Team 10. The story, which Luttrell immortalized in his best-selling book “Lone Survivor,” is a remarkable account of military heroism in the post-9/11 era. Indeed, Murphy is the first recipient of the Medal of Honor for actions in Afghanistan and the first SEAL since Vietnam to be honored.
Murphy was the ranking member of a four-man team inserted into the Hindu Kush region of Afghanistan in June 2005. The mission: locate a high-level Taliban operative with ties to Osama bin Laden who was believed to be in a neighboring village.
Soon after the SEALs arrived, three goatherds happened upon them. The herders were unarmed, but Murphy and his comrades got a bad vibe and were faced with an unenviable choice: Let the herders go and risk blowing the team’s cover, or kill the herders? As team leader, it was Murphy’s decision. He let the herders live. An hour later, the SEALs were surrounded by at least 100 Taliban.
A vicious gunfight ensued, which Luttrell described for me:
“I guess it was about an hour and change into the gun battle. Our communication ties had been severed because of the number of men we were up against . . . there was pretty much no way we were going to get out of there. They had us in a 360-degree pen, and they were wearing us down. We were running low on ammo.”
Murphy made a last-ditch effort to save his comrades when he stepped into a canyon to make a satellite call for help. He was shot and died in the firefight, with Petty Officers Danny Dietz and Matt Axelson. Sixteen other men sent as reinforcements were killed when their chopper was shot down. It was the deadliest day in Navy special warfare history.
Marcus Luttrell watched his friend Michael Murphy die.
“In the situation we were in . . . he never lost his cool, and he got help for us,” Luttrell said.
Lead Petty Officer Luttrell was the only survivor, hence the title of his book. He had to drag his wounded body several miles, until he found refuge with an Afghan villager. Luttrell was awarded the Navy Cross by President Bush. Dietz and Axelson received that award posthumously.
Luttrell saw tremendous valor in Murphy, the stuff of Medals of Honor. “He gave up his own life to try to sustain the lives of his men,” he told me.
“He took it upon himself to muscle out into the middle of this canyon we were in and call for reinforcements. And when he did that, he didn’t lose his life immediately because of it. He took a couple of rounds to his back . . . and continued fighting. But after that they had got a fix on his position and moved in on him . . . It ultimately cost him his life.”
NO ONE COULD be more proud that Murphy’s father, Daniel, himself a Vietnam veteran.
“I think the family kind of takes it that there is now this public recognition of what we knew about Michael all along,” Murphy told me. “It was the manner in which he lived his life and the manner in which he served his country . . . Now the nation knows.”
“Michael had a knack and an ability to get out of the middle of scrapes. And Maureen” - Michael’s mother - “and I never worried about Michael protecting himself. What Maureen and I always worried about was the fact that Michael would put himself in a position, in helping someone else, to get hurt. And that’s basically what happened.”
“. . . Michael believed that a life in service to others and helping others was the only life worth living. And he lived that type of life every day. And so it doesn’t surprise us that he would put himself on the line for his friends. He had an intense loyalty and devotion not only to his family and his country, but to his SEAL community and his SEAL teammates. And since his death, that’s been reflected in how the SEAL community and his SEAL buddies have embraced the family.”
Today, Daniel Murphy will receive the Medal of Honor from President Bush in the name of his son. “We’re overwhelmed by this. You know, it’s very easy to talk about our son as a hero. It is very easy. He has so many good qualities . . . just a wonderful man. The world is a lesser place without him in it.”
Marcus Luttrell told me one more incredible detail of an already stunning story. “Whoever he had on the phone . . . I remember it like it was yesterday . . . he said, ‘Thank you.’ “
In other words, Michael Murphy, shot twice and probably knowing he was at death’s door, maintained his manners when ending the call he hoped would save his fellow SEALs.
So, Lt. Murphy, thank you. *
Listen to Michael Smerconish weekdays 5:30-9 a.m. on the Big Talker, 1210/AM. Read him Sundays in the Inquirer. Contact him via the Web at www.mastalk.com.
Find this article at:
http://www.philly.com/dailynews/columnists/michael_smerconish/20071022_Michael_Smerconish___THE_HONORABLE_MICHAEL_MURPHY.html
St. Cloud Times | WWW.SCTIMES.COM
Times Writers Group:
Praise true heroes, not false idols
By John D. Reep
October 22, 2007
Today, our president will present the Medal of Honor, our country’s highest award for military bravery and valor in action, to the father of fallen Navy SEAL Lt. Michael M. Murphy.
This is the first Medal of Honor for fighting in Afghanistan.
Facing a hail of fire and outnumbered at least 10 to one, Murphy was already wounded when he moved to an exposed position to make radio contact, in an effort to save the lives of the other three members of his team.
While making the call and returning fire he was wounded again, but he persevered and completed the call. He returned to his position and continued to fight until he died from his wounds.
Murphy was an honors graduate of Penn State University and had been admitted to several law schools before he decided to serve his county in the Navy. You can read about this amazing hero and the SEAL team 10 in “Lone Survivor,” by Marcus Luttrell, the only surviving member of the team.
Locally, troops have recently returned from a 13-month tour of duty in Iraq. The entire unit returned safely to their families and loved ones. There have been others who, like Murphy, have not returned.
All of these brave men and women deserve nothing less than our complete support while they fight to defeat this enemy away from our shores and as they get back to their lives here at home. One excellent way to show your support is by attending some of the Veterans Day activities at the VA Medical Center.
As a society, we have largely forgotten what it means to be brave or to value anything or anyone more than we value ourselves. Our idea of self-sacrifice is waiting a few extra minutes for our McNuggets.
We are surrounded by heroes but don’t always see them, perhaps because the traditional news media (newspaper, network news) spend so much time anointing phony heroes.
The media beatification of and lovefest with Al Gore is in full swing, but he’s no hero, unless you define “sacrifice” as spending a minuscule fraction of a family fortune on carbon credits to offset your over-indulgent lifestyle. And our sports stars and Hollywood celebrities are poor choices as well.
So where are the true heroes today?
True heroes are members of our armed forces fighting to keep us safe, and their families, working hard to keep things together on the home front.
They are police officers who daily put themselves in harm’s way. A true hero is the volunteer and friend, visiting hospitals, delivering food to a neighbor in grief, or jump starting the car of a stranded motorist.
It’s the college student working two jobs trying to get through school. It’s the single mom or dad who refuses to be considered a victim as he or she works to provide a loving home and positive future for their children.
It is anyone who gives of his or her time and treasure, not because of what he or she will receive in return, but simply because it’s the right thing to do.
Even in those moments when I have felt the most heroic, I can’t begin to imagine the courage it must have taken for Murphy to knowingly and selflessly sacrifice himself for his team.
Perhaps even more remarkable, as you read about these remarkable men, is that this attitude of self-sacrifice and duty is the rule and not the exception. Most of us will never be in such a life-threatening situation, but that doesn’t mean we can’t be heroic in our daily lives, helping others and sacrificing of ourselves.
This is the opinion of John D. Reep, a North Dakota native who moved to Sartell with his family in 1987. His column is published the fourth Monday of the month.
It’ here (and the ceremony is today):
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/22/us/22medal.html?_r=1&ref=world&oref=slogin
If this stick slide continues, Scuzberger will lose control. I hope Rush, Glenn Beck and Savage combine forces to buy it.
I just got back from Strunk,KY.Me,my wfie and 6 year old son were just out driving around and wound up there.The first thing I saw driving in to town was a huge sign saying that this was the birthplace of Wilburn K Ross.WWII Medal of Honor recipient.There are many references to Mr Ross throughout the area.I explained to my son what it meant to be a Medal Of Honor recipient.I really wish my son could meet someone like Mr Ross or any of the Medal Of Honor recipients.They are true hero’s and worthy of nothing but respect.As for the NYT,does it really surprise anyone here that they would skip something like this.Oh and for the record I am not a Republican nor a Democrat I am first and foremost an AMERICAN.
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