Posted on 10/24/2007 3:32:23 AM PDT by NCDragon
It's the nation's highest award for combat gallantry, and those few who earn it are rightly held in awe by their comrades-in-arms, who best understand what it means to have shown the necessary bravery and often the necessary sacrifice. Case in point: Lt. Michael Murphy of the U.S. Navy, awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor posthumously on Monday by President Bush. Of the thousands of American personnel who have fought in Afghanistan during the past five-plus years, Murphy became the first Medal of Honor recipient. The rarity with which the medal is bestowed says nothing about the considerable courage many other Americans have exhibited. Rather, it says everything about the standard that Murphy reached.
The 29-year-old officer, a Patchogue, N.Y., native, was the leader of a Navy SEAL team. On June 27, 2005, he and his three men were pursuing a militia leader allied with the Taliban in the remote Afghan mountains when militia forces, numbering around 50, attacked.
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Thank you Lt. Murphy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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