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Keyword: commendations

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  • Marine who pulled comrades to safety is honored

    10/21/2007 4:04:52 PM PDT · by Dubya · 14 replies · 196+ views
    Los Angeles Times ^ | October 18, 2007 | Tony Perry
    CAMP PENDLETON -- As a sniper, Sgt. Chad Cassady, a quiet Texan with a master's degree in political science, helped protect his fellow Marines during the battle in Fallouja, Iraq, in late 2004. But when insurgent mortars fell behind and in front of the Marines -- a tactic called "bracketing" -- Cassady and other Marines were forced to run across a rubble-strewn street. When another mortar landed in their midst, two Marines were knocked to the ground and Cassady was thrown into the courtyard of a home. The explosion collapsed his right lung, lacerated his liver and kidneys, and peppered...
  • This just discovered by Commissar from FOIA request of official US Navy files

    09/10/2004 7:16:38 AM PDT · by Piranha · 18 replies · 5,785+ views
    The Politburo Diktat ^ | September 10, 2004 | Commissar
    Due to the language I won't copy it in, but Glenn Reynolds (Instapundit) has linked to a document that proves that Kerry was in Cambodia.