Captain Humbert R. "Rocky†Versace has been awarded the Medal of Honor posthumously. On Dec. 20, 2000 then Army Secretary Louis Caldera approved the Medal. On Jan. 12, 2001 former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Henry Shelton signed off on the authorization, sending it to Congress. The final Medal legislation, SR1438, was amended to the Defense Reauthorization Bill. President Bush will award the Medal of Honor to Versace's family this year!
Since the bill has officially passed congress now, the only question left to answer is ... When will the award ceremony be held?
I am hoping that it is soon. Sometime this spring.
God bless and rest Rocky, God bless and rest his mother ... and God bless and rest Colonel Nick Row who was true and faithful to Rocky, his duty and his country until the very end.
Me,too. Rumor control has it that there were some possible MOH actions related to recovering the body of that SEAL,and I am thinking Bubba-2 might wait and award Rocky's along with at least one more. Both were SF,and it ties the fight against communist terrorism into the fight with Islamic terrorism. Whatever the reason and whenever it happens,I'm going to try to do my best to be there.
Bunny? How about you and Billie getting this word out to the usual suspects in your USO threads?
Well said Jeff...