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| "On the day he died..." (Read 388 times) |
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posted: 4/9/2008 at 3:40 PM |
On the day he died, his job was to provide cover for three SEALs and eight Iraqis. A grenade thrown at the rooftop position they had taken after being attacked earlier in the day hit Monsoor in the chest and bounced on the ground.
He was the only person who had an escape route, the president said, but he threw himself on the grenade without hesitation.
I've offered before, and I'll do it again. Agree or disagree with the reason they are there, but God bless them and their families for their sacrifice, and bring as many home safely as is possible. On this, surely we can all agree.
Lynn B
link to the article... http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-medal9apr09,1,6276887.story |
| "I was now a baby-burping, farting, too cold, too hot, not hungry-stripped to my core, a simple, frail consciousness." - R Claridge during '08 Leadville 100 |
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posted: 4/9/2008 at 3:42 PM |
| Amen to that Lynn. |
Rick
"The will to win means nothing without the will to prepare." - Juma Ikangaa
"I wanna go fast." Ricky Bobby
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posted: 4/9/2008 at 3:51 PM |
A true friend to his unit mates and a courageous figure. Makes my aches and pains from running seem quite petty and irrelevant.
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Illegitimis non carborundum
2008 goals:
1) run a fall marathon (Indy)
2) stay injury free
3) PR 5K, 10K, HM & M
4) get my kids to start running with me
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posted: 4/9/2008 at 5:28 PM |
| Quote from modal on 4/9/2008 at 4:07 PM:
"Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends."
Exactly.
Semper Fi and Godspeed.
PO2 Monsoor's life story is as inspirational as his sacrifice. He was quite a young man.
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posted: 4/9/2008 at 5:35 PM |
| Quote from modal on 4/9/2008 at 4:07 PM: That's true love
"Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends."
AMEN!  |
Your toughness is made up of equal parts persistence and experience. You don't so much outrun your opponents as outlast and outsmart them, and the toughest opponent of all is the one inside your head." - Joe Henderson
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posted: 4/9/2008 at 7:04 PM |
Amen Lynn.
Totally humbled by those words. |
| jlynnbob "HTFU, Kookie's distal tibia"
Where's my closet? I need to get back in it. |
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posted: 4/11/2008 at 2:15 AM |
| truly amazing. |
Ironman Louisville 8-30-09
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