[RaceBannon]

I liked the part how he avoided the mines and THAT proved his valor...

[R. Scott]

I liked the part how he avoided the mines and THAT proved his valor...

I avoided mines once – because I had not yet learned what white engineer tape around a rice paddy denoted. Being a SP4 and not an officer, I didn’t get a medal – I got my butt chewed.

[Lumper20]

DOC; The Marines had no regular BSM. It is a V if the award was made in a combat theater. So, Murtha got what the Army calls a good conduct medal for officers in a war zone. Quiet. Let's not tell anyone about this.