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McGraw: Lynch should be given Congressional Medal of Honor
Parkersburg News and Sentinel ^
| April 12, 2003
Posted on 04/11/2003 11:36:58 PM PDT by flutters
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posted on
04/11/2003 11:36:59 PM PDT
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flutters
To: flutters
Oh Please. A medal of honor for being captured? There are other medals that are highly regarded that more aptly fit her bravery.
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posted on
04/11/2003 11:40:30 PM PDT
by
byteback
To: flutters
Don't they need a witness for the MoH?
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04/11/2003 11:40:45 PM PDT
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posted on
04/11/2003 11:40:55 PM PDT
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To: flutters
Ummmmm...no.
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posted on
04/11/2003 11:41:14 PM PDT
by
SkyPilot
(Congrats Syracuse Orangeman!)
To: flutters
West Virginia Supreme Court Justice Warren McGraw is sending letters to President Bush and the state's congressional representatives to encourage the awarding of the Congressional Medal of Honor to Pfc. Jessica Lynch ...Warren: we all love her and think her story is incredible, but we are talking Purple Heart and Bronze Star here, not CMOH.
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posted on
04/11/2003 11:42:28 PM PDT
by
spodefly
(This is my tag line. There are many like it, but this one is mine.)
To: flutters
She is hero yes. Medal of Honor no. Bronze Star, Purple Heart, and POW Medal.
To: Iwentsouth
She is hero yes. Medal of Honor no. Bronze Star, Purple Heart, and POW Medal.What is the criteria for a medal?
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posted on
04/11/2003 11:46:51 PM PDT
by
flutters
(God Bless The USA)
To: flutters
Purple Heart - yes - "wounded by an instrument of war in the hands of the enemy."
Bronze Star - likely - "For heroic or meritorious achievement of service, not involving aerial flight in connection with operations against an opposing armed force."
Congressional Medal of Honor - unlikely - "bestowed on those who have performed an act of such conspicuous gallantry as to rise above and beyond the call of duty"
There are only about 140 living recipients of the CMH. The threshold to be awarded the medal is extremely high. This is to take nothing away from the brave Private Lynch. She is a hero in my book. But, if one reads the citations of the previous winners, one will conclude that her actions did not meet the threshold.
To: flutters
Purple Heart, Bronze Star, POW Medal. Those are the awards she has earned unless something amazingly new comes up. Why do people want to give her something she hasn't earned? It just lessens her real actions.
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posted on
04/11/2003 11:52:24 PM PDT
by
Arkinsaw
To: flutters
Do we even know what happened with her? MOH?
I read the description of people who have received MOHs in the past. Jumping on a grenade to save fellow soldiers is an example.
Being a girl who fired her weapon before being captured was not listed anywhere.
To: flutters
Reports said Lynch fired on her attackers and fought fiercely before being captured. I've seen that claim before, but... No one who was with her has yet been debriefed, and I don't believe she has been debriefed. (I believe the Doctors said "she may not remember details of her capture for some time".
So I ask, what "reports" and what facts are these reports based on.
I smell an attempt by some liberals and feminists to ram something through congress that is probably not deserved, particularly based on what we now know.
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posted on
04/11/2003 11:55:24 PM PDT
by
a4drvr
To: capitan_refugio
There are only about 140 living recipients of the CMH. The threshold to be awarded the medal is extremely high. This is to take nothing away from the brave Private Lynch. She is a hero in my book. But, if one reads the citations of the previous winners, one will conclude that her actions did not meet the threshold.Thanks for the info. You express your opionion well. I get so frustrated with the "she's a woman" crowd. Do you have a link for the military criteria?
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posted on
04/11/2003 11:57:21 PM PDT
by
flutters
(God Bless The USA)
To: Chad Fairbanks
You are not going to believe this.
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posted on
04/11/2003 11:59:02 PM PDT
by
DaughterOfAnIwoJimaVet
(Did you liberals say something? It's all just clicks and buzzes over here.)
To: flutters
Reports said Lynch fired on her attackers and fought fiercely before being captured. This is what a soldier is trained to do. Why anybody thinks that this qualifies Lynch for a Congressional Medal of Honor is beyond me.
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posted on
04/12/2003 12:03:16 AM PDT
by
judgeandjury
(The more numerous the laws, the more corrupt the state.)
To: flutters
I was afraid of this.
The Medal of Honor should be reserved for the truly extraordinary act of valor and self-sacrifice. It is almost an insult, in my mind, to those who threw their bodies on grenades to save others to even suggest such a thing.
Ugh.
It's not Pfc. Lynch's fault - but damn, this makes me mad.
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posted on
04/12/2003 12:05:35 AM PDT
by
DaughterOfAnIwoJimaVet
(Did you liberals say something? It's all just clicks and buzzes over here.)
To: flutters
I have yet to hear an OFFICIAL account of what happened...
It is a bit premature to be thinking about MoH...
Semper Fi
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posted on
04/12/2003 12:05:45 AM PDT
by
river rat
(War works......It brings Peace... Give war a chance to destroy Jihadists...)
Are West Virginia Supreme Court Justices elected? And if so, is this an election year?
Just asking :-)
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posted on
04/12/2003 12:06:06 AM PDT
by
rightisright
(E Tan E Epi Tas)
To: flutters
To: byteback
Has her "bravery" been proven? Was she the one driving and who made a wrong turn that caused the deaths of her comrades? Where's the proof that she mowed down all those Iraqis? This whole story sounds phony. The doctors say she was NOT shot! She has two broken legs, damage to her spine and arms, did she sustain these injuries by an overturned vehicle? If she did sustain the injuries this way, how could she have fired a weapon? Since she was in a maintneance crew, what was the extent of their armament?
Also, who is this Mohammed who supposedly walked six miles on many occasions to assist in her rescue?
The feminists are trying hard to find a heroine. This is being made a big deal because she's female and photographs well.
Just thinking out loud.
FReegards
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posted on
04/12/2003 12:10:13 AM PDT
by
poet
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