Spc. Ross A. McGinnis
Medal of Honor recipient
Posted on 06/02/2008 9:01:59 AM PDT by jazusamo
Spc. Ross A. McGinnis
Medal of Honor recipient
God bless you Ross McGinnis. Thank you for your sacrifice. Cannot be said enough.
Thank you Private McGinnis. Rest in Peace.
Garde la Foi, mes amis! Nous nous sommes les sauveurs de la République! Maintenant et Toujours!
(Keep the Faith, my friends! We are the saviors of the Republic! Now and Forever!)
LonePalm, le Républicain du verre cassé (The Broken Glass Republican)
What a terrible loss. I pray for his parents, sisters and other family members. What a young man with his whole life ahead of him. So sad. Rest in peace young warrior, your work on earth is over. We will miss you and all like you.
A true hero - and a great loss for us. RIP
Amazing. Inspiring. Compelling.
Amen.
BUMP
John 15:13 “Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.”
In spite of the media and all the liberal institutions constantly berating the US military and everything it stands for, this country is still able to produce men like PFC Ross A McGinnis.
Correct, and thank the Lord there are many in our military.
RIP, Spc. McGinnis.
Why is America denied living heroes?
Granted, this young man sacrificed his life in a noble cause, as did the others, all of whom died as part of becoming recipients of the Medal of Honor. But their cause is none the less noble for all those who have performed astounding heroics, yet lived.
Are the President and the Pentagon embarrassed by our living heroes? Do they fear that a living Medal of Honor recipient might spend the rest of his life disgracing the Medal of Honor? Do they think that because many want the war to end, and our soldiers to come home, that their sacrifices should be ignored?
Right now, there is less than one living Medal of Honor recipient for every 3,000,000 Americans. With the passing of each year, as our old heroes die, they are not being replaced, even though the heroics of our soldiers are as great as they have ever been.
Our living soldiers earn every measure of honor for gallantry, but one. Why is this? Will our children and grandchildren ever have a chance to see and hear a living, undisputed hero in their lives? A hero whose actions honor his family, his community, his State, and his nation?
I saw a Medal of Honor recipient, once.
His name was Joe Foss.
He was going to fly from Phoenix to West Point, to give a speech to the cadets. He was stopped by Sky Harbor airport security, because they were afraid that he might use his Medal of Honor as a weapon.
They had never seen a Medal of Honor. They didn’t know what it was. Why should they care? It was metal, and it was pointy. That’s all it meant to them.
Joe Foss was a leading United States Marine Corps fighter pilot ace in World War II. He died in 2003.
The last Medal of Honor presented to a living recipient was during the Vietnam War.
Why is America denied living heroes?
I don’t know the answer to your question and I believe you make a valid point. As you say our younger generations should have the chance to meet or at least see some of these individuals and learn of their acts of heroism.
I’m very familiar with Joe Foss and his deeds, he was an outstanding pilot and man. I was an avid reader of the air war in WWII when I was younger.
God rest his soul; bless and protect all who serve in the cause of Freedom."The day will come when the mission he served has been completed and the fighting is over, and freedom and security have prevailed. America will never forget those who came forward to bear the battle. America will always honor the name of this brave soldier who gave all for his country, and was taken to rest at age 19."
-- President G. W. Bush
Amen!
i don’t think the service has awarded the MOH to one living member during this war. Generals don’t have to salute the dead.
You’re correct. There have been five MOH awarded for the Iraq and Afghanistan Wars and they’ve all been awarded posthumously.
I’ve seen medal inflation for officers and medal deflation for lower enlisted first hand. I am, by no means, discounting this young man’s extroadinary sacrifice, but there are guys who are awarded SS’s when their counterparts in WWII would have earned an MOH, or at least a DSC / NC.
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