To: Stonewall Jackson
I can't recall ever reading a MoH citation that doesn't mention the death of the recipient's fellow soldiers. You're about to receive the nation's highest award, so it's to be expected that you have the biggest possible case of survivor's guilt. One magnifies the other.
Kudos to the Valhalla Golf Club...I'd like to see the Masters invite him to play next year..
45 posted on
07/28/2011 11:30:35 AM PDT by
ken5050
(Save the earth..it's the ONLY planet with CHOCOLATE!!!)
To: ken5050
You are correct about the survivor's guilt. I was just reading a book that had a quote from a WW2 Medal recipient. I don't remember the exact words, but it was along the lines of; "Everyone else looks at your Medal and thinks of the men you saved, but you look at it and remember the men you couldn't save."
46 posted on
07/28/2011 11:47:21 AM PDT by
Stonewall Jackson
(Democrats: "You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy.")
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