Posted on 09/18/2008 11:14:36 PM PDT by reasonmclucus
I do have respect for him, and I respect the statements of those who saw him act.
My jest was not aimed at those who said that he pulled the grenade to him. It was aimed at those who said he was dead before he did it. And it was meant to honor the marine by implying that he had enough will power to act on behalf of his fellow man even when dead.
I missed that. Strange, it says he reached out and pulled the grenade to himself. That sounds like valor to me.
He was a heroic US marine, who enlisted the day he got his Green card. He deserves the MOH.
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