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"War is an ugly thing, but not the ugliest of things.
The decayed and degraded state of moral and patriotic
feeling which thinks that nothing is worth war is much worse.
The person who has nothing for which he is willing to fight,
nothing which is more important than his own personal safety,
is a miserable creature and has no chance of being free unless
made and kept so by the exertions of better men than himself."
John Stuart Mill (1806-1873)

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THE SOLDIER

"It is the Soldier, not the minister
Who has given us freedom of religion.

It is the Soldier, not the reporter
Who has given us freedom of the press.

It is the Soldier, not the poet
Who has given us freedom of speech.

It is the Soldier, not the campus organizer
Who has given us freedom to demonstrate.

It is the Soldier, not the lawyer
Who has given us the right to a fair trial.

It is the Soldier, not the politician
Who has given us the right to vote.

And it is the Soldier who salutes the flag,
Who serves beneath the flag,
And whose coffin is draped by the flag,
Who allows the protester to burn the flag."

Charles M. Province, U.S. Army

High Flight

Oh! I have slipped the surly bonds of earth
And danced the skies on laughter-silvered wings;
Sunward Ive climbed, and joined the tumbling mirth
Of sun-split clouds - and done a hundred things
You have not dreamed of - wheeled and soared and swung
High in the sunlit silence. Hovring there
Ive chased the shouting wind along, and flung
My eager craft through footless halls of air.
Up, up the long delirious, burning blue,
Ive topped the windswept heights with easy grace
Where never lark, or even eagle flew -
And, while with silent lifting mind Ive trod
The high untresspassed sanctity of space,
Put out my hand and touched the face of God.

Pilot Officer John Gillespie Magee, Jr.
No 412 squadron, RCAF
Killed 11 December 1941

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ARMY SFC PAUL RAY SMITH
MEDAL OF HONOR Recipient
Iraq War

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MARINE CPL JASON L. DUNHAM
MEDAL OF HONOR Recipient
Iraq War

USS Jason Dunham DDG-109

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NAVY LT MICHAEL P. MURPHY
MEDAL OF HONOR Recipient
Afghanistan War

USS Michael Murphy DDG-112

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NAVY MA2 MICHAEL A. MONSOOR
MEDAL OF HONOR Recipient
Iraq War

USS Michael Monsoor DDG-1001

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ARMY SPC ROSS A. MCGINNIS
MEDAL OF HONOR Recipient
Iraq War

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ARMY SFC JARED C. MONTI
MEDAL OF HONOR Recipient
Afghanistan War

I Drive Your Truck

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ARMY SSGT ROBERT J. MILLER
MEDAL OF HONOR Recipient
Afghanistan War

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ARMY SSGT SALVATORE GIUNTA
MEDAL OF HONOR Recipient
Afghanistan War

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ARMY SFC LEROY A. PETRY
MEDAL OF HONOR Recipient
Afghanistan War

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MARINE SGT DAKOTA L. MEYER
MEDAL OF HONOR Recipient
Afghanistan War

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ARMY SSGT CLINTON L. ROMESHA
MEDAL OF HONOR Recipient
Afghanistan War

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ARMY SSGT TY MICHAEL CARTER
MEDAL OF HONOR Recipient
Afghanistan War

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ARMY CAPT WILLIAM D. SWENSON
MEDAL OF HONOR Recipient
Afghanistan War

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ARMY SGT KYLE J. WHITE
MEDAL OF HONOR Recipient
Afghanistan War

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MARINE CPL WILLIAM KYLE CARPENTER
MEDAL OF HONOR Recipient
Afghanistan War

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ARMY SSGT RYAN PITTS
MEDAL OF HONOR Recipient
Afghanistan War

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ARMY CAPT FLORENT A. GROBERG
MEDAL OF HONOR Recipient
Afghanistan War

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NAVY SCSWO EDWARD C. BYERS JR.
MEDAL OF HONOR Recipient
Afghanistan War

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NAVY MCSWO BRITT K. SLABINSKI
MEDAL OF HONOR Recipient
Afghanistan War

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John A. Chapman | War on Terrorism (Afghanistan) | U.S. Air Force | Medal of Honor Recipient

AIR FORCE TSGT JOHN A. CHAPMAN
MEDAL OF HONOR Recipient
Afghanistan War

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ARMY SSGT RONALD J. SHURER II
MEDAL OF HONOR Recipient
Afghanistan War

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ARMY SSGT TRAVIS W. ATKINS
MEDAL OF HONOR Recipient
Iraq War

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ARMY SSGT DAVID G. BELLAVIA
MEDAL OF HONOR Recipient
Iraq War

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ARMY MSGT MATTHEW O. WILLIAMS
MEDAL OF HONOR Recipient
Afghanistan War

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Sgt. Major Thomas P. Payne. (U.S. Army handout photo by K. Kassens).

ARMY SGTMAJ THOMAS P.PAYNE
MEDAL OF HONOR Recipient
Iraq War

The Medal of Honor is the highest award for valor in action
against an enemy force which can be bestowed upon an
individual serving in the Armed Services of the United States.
Generally presented to its recipient by the President of
the United States of America in the name of Congress,
it is often called the Congressional Medal of Honor.

US Army Combat Infantry Badge (1st award) - Reddick Militaria

Combat Infantryman Badge

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Audie L. Murphy, MOH Recipient
The most decorated American combat soldier of World War II.
Awards

IN FLANDERS FIELDS the poppies blow
Between the crosses row on row,
That mark our place; and in the sky
The larks, still bravely singing, fly
Scarce heard amid the guns below.

We are the Dead. Short days ago
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
Loved and were loved, and now we lie
In Flanders fields.

Take up our quarrel with the foe:
To you from failing hands we throw
The torch; be yours to hold it high.
If ye break faith with us who die
We shall not sleep, though poppies grow
In Flanders fields.

Lt. Col. John McCrae, MD