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Marine jumps on grenade to save his comrades...
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Posted on 03/30/2008 5:25:35 PM PDT by thundrey
A Royal Marine who threw himself onto an exploding grenade to save the lives of his patrol has been put forward for the UK's highest military honour.
Lance Corporal Matt Croucher, 24, a reservist from Birmingham, survived because his rucksack and body armour took the force of the blast.
He was part of a reconnaissance troop in Helmand Province, Afghanistan, in February, when the incident happened.
The Ministry of Defence said he could be considered for the Victoria Cross.
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TOPICS: Breaking News; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; United Kingdom; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: afghanistan; british; hero; marine; royalmarines; uk; uktroops; vc; victoriacross
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posted on
03/30/2008 5:25:35 PM PDT
by
thundrey
To: thundrey
To: thundrey
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posted on
03/30/2008 5:27:16 PM PDT
by
deuteronlmy232
("he that hath no sword, let him sell his garment, and buy one." Jesus 32AD)
To: thundrey
I hope he gets the Victoria Cross. That is amazing Valor.
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posted on
03/30/2008 5:28:04 PM PDT
by
DieHard the Hunter
(Is mise an ceann-cinnidh. Cha ghéill mi do dhuine. Fàg am bealach.)
To: thundrey
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posted on
03/30/2008 5:28:27 PM PDT
by
JPJones
(Cry havoc and loose the Freepers!)
To: thundrey
What a hero!
L/Cpl Matt Croucher
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posted on
03/30/2008 5:33:12 PM PDT
by
jdm
(Sign you've got a crappy job: your boss asks if you're on MySpace and if you'll add him as a friend.)
To: thundrey
Incredible story, incredible man, thank you for posting this.
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posted on
03/30/2008 5:38:19 PM PDT
by
cgk
(Checkers Speech 08: Nixon didn't give the dog back, why should Obama give up his preacher? - Lowry)
To: thundrey
This act of courage and loyalty defines Semper Fi.......
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posted on
03/30/2008 5:38:23 PM PDT
by
Kimmers
To: thundrey
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posted on
03/30/2008 5:40:36 PM PDT
by
cmsgop
( Spitzer .."Yes I Can" !!!!!!)
To: thundrey
Hillary said he stole this story from her.
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posted on
03/30/2008 5:40:43 PM PDT
by
dbacks
(Taglines for sale or rent.)
To: thundrey
Whew. He survived. So glad of it.
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posted on
03/30/2008 5:44:28 PM PDT
by
GVnana
("They're still analyzing the first guy. What do I have to worry about?" - GWB)
To: thundrey
This takes much courage to do, jumping on a grenade like that. A large part of the Medal of Honor winners in the states were awarded THE MEDAL because of this action. Most of them posthumously. Kudos to this Royal Marine, hope he pulls through completely.
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posted on
03/30/2008 5:46:22 PM PDT
by
calex59
To: thundrey
I am not sure that there exists a finer, more highly-trained military organization in the world than Her Majesty’s Royal Marine Commandos.
I was fortunate enough to spend some time with some from HMS Fearless, an amphibious assault ship, when they came on a series of port calls in the US in 1983.
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posted on
03/30/2008 5:47:46 PM PDT
by
LSUfan
To: thundrey
Britain is not lost so long as she can still produce such men.
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posted on
03/30/2008 5:48:16 PM PDT
by
sionnsar
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To: calex59
I don’t think it takes that long to recover from a nosebleed...
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posted on
03/30/2008 5:50:23 PM PDT
by
thundrey
To: thundrey
The Ministry of Defence said he could be considered for the Victoria Cross. Could be considered??? Good grief! What does a man have to do???
He's a hero. Give it to him already!
Thank God he's ok.
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posted on
03/30/2008 5:51:01 PM PDT
by
LucyJo
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To: thundrey
What valour and selflessness - unbelievable. I think we have a
new "greatest generation" on our hands with the world's men and women who have served in the last 6 years.
Now, with that honest praise out of the way... ...when I first read:
Matt Croucher (...) survived because his rucksack and body armour took the force of the blast.
...my eyes read that his nutsack took the force of the blast.
Considering the size it must be, I don't think that was too much of a mistaken read....
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posted on
03/30/2008 5:53:54 PM PDT
by
Yossarian
(Everyday, somewhere on the globe, somebody is pushing the frontier of stupidity...)
To: thundrey; StarCMC; Kathy in Alaska; Bethbg79; EsmeraldaA; MoJo2001; Brad's Gramma; laurenmarlowe; ..
GOD Bless this Brave Royal Marine.
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posted on
03/30/2008 5:55:18 PM PDT
by
SandRat
(Duty, Honor, Country. What else needs to be said?)
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