Posted on 10/25/2007 7:14:14 AM PDT by scottdeus12
A Navy SEAL will posthumously receive the Medal of Honor on October 22. Lieutenant Michael P. Murphy is the third man to receive America's highest military award for valor in the War on Terror.
U.S. Navy press release:
Murphy was the officer-in-charge of the SEAL element, which was tasked with locating a high- level Taliban militia leader to provide intelligence for a follow-on mission to capture or destroy the local leadership and disrupt enemy activity. However local Taliban sympathizers discovered the SEAL unit and immediately revealed their position to Taliban fighters. The element was besieged on a mountaintop by scores of enemy fighters. The firefight that ensued pushed the element farther into enemy territory and left all four SEALs wounded.
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I do not always agree with Bill, but he deserves strong praise on this story and a several others such as those dealing with out of control judges and crimes against children.
Exactly. When Bill is right, he’s right...and he has a huge audience.
Now THERE is an American Hero. He makes me proud, and I don’t even know him. God Bless his family.
Ditto.
Post 7 has a link to a guest book where you can send a note to his family...
Will anyone else other than Bill O’Reilly cover Lt. Murphy this evening or weekend?
I don’t know about the other Fox shows, but Bill’s been covering it all week.
I recall another Medal of Honor recipient who shares the same last name. "Audie Murphy".
In "The Real Heroes" (The Washington Times, Oct. 28, 2007, p. B1) Oliver North writes: "Katie Couric describes those who get colonoscopies as her 'heroes.' Katie is wrong. Heroes are people who put themselves at risk for the benefit of others."
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