Posted on 08/13/2011 7:04:52 PM PDT by Kevin in California
President Barack Obama will award the Medal of Honor, the nation's highest military decoration for valor, to a former active duty Marine Corps corporal, the White House said on Friday.
Very well-stated and worth repeating. Thanks.
My thanks and gratitude to this brave Marine. God Bless you Mr. Meyer.
NEVER FORGET,,,DISGUSTING,, a Marine pinned down and calling for fire support was denied for political reasons. Thanks McChrystal. Marines died as they waited over an hour for support.
The Task Force soon found itself pinned down in a three-sided ambush and being taunted over open radio channels by Taliban fighters. Initial calls for artillery support were rejected by the command post due to new rules of engagement put in place by Stanley McChrystal in an effort to reduce civilian casualties. Both an Army artillery NCO and an Air Force Joint terminal attack controller took immediate action to provide the ambushed US-Afghan unit with fire support but were overruled by the command post
Thanks Marine, and many of us are profoundly sorry your nation let you and your team down. A grunt, calling for support as his pinned down team died one by one. Available AMERICAN artillery tubes could have had steel on target within a minute or two. American officers said no.
McChrystol preferred them to fight fair,,rifle to rifle instead of using artillery.
McChrystol should be slapped across the face, have his rank ripped off and be sent in as a PFC. Wonder if this new policy came up during his dinners with NATO diplomats in Paris, while he traveled with a Rolling Stone reporter?
How will Obama look him in the eye? Sociopath,,,
The Marines were cut down as they sought cover in a trench at the base of the village’s first layer cake-style stone house. Much of their ammunition was gone. One Marine was bending over a second, tending his wounds, when both were killed, said Marine Cpl. Dakota Meyer, 21, of Greensburg, Ky., who retrieved their bodies.
While they were on the radio,,, Begging for the available fire support.
For service as set forth in the following
For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the repeated risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty as a member of Marine Embedded Training Team 2-8, Regional Corps Advisory Command 3-7, in Kunar Province, Afghanistan, on 8 September 2009. When the forward element of his combat team began to be hit by intense fire from roughly 50 Taliban insurgents dug-in and concealed on the slopes above Ganjgal village, Corporal Meyer mounted a gun-truck, enlisted a fellow Marine to drive, and raced to attack the ambushers and aid the trapped Marines and Afghan soldiers. During a six hour fire fight, Corporal Meyer single-handedly turned the tide of the battle, saved 36 Marines and soldiers and recovered the bodies of his fallen brothers. Four separate times he fought the kilometer up into the heart of a deadly U-shaped ambush. During the fight he killed at least eight Taliban, personally evacuated 12 friendly wounded, and provided cover for another 24 Marines and soldiers to escape likely death at the hands of a numerically superior and determined foe. On his first foray his lone vehicle drew machine gun, mortar, rocket grenade and small arms fire while he rescued five wounded soldiers. His second attack disrupted the enemy’s ambush and he evacuated four more wounded Marines. Switching to another gun-truck because his was too damaged they again sped in for a third time, and as turret gunner killed several Taliban attackers at point blank range and suppressed enemy fire so 24 Marines and soldiers could break-out. Despite being wounded, he made a fourth attack with three others to search for missing team members. Nearly surrounded and under heavy fire he dismounted the vehicle and searched house to house to recover the bodies of his fallen team members. By his extraordinary heroism, presence of mind amidst chaos and death, and unselfish devotion to his comrades in the face of great danger, Corporal Meyer reflected great credit upon himself and upheld the highest traditions of the Marine Corps and the United States Naval Service.
Thank you sir; well deserved honor.
Semper Fi Marine Meyer, you’ve made us all proud!
Damn journalists. The president does not “award” the medal - he conveys it.
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