During Mike Monsoor's funeral in San Diego , as his coffin was being moved from the hearse to the grave site at Ft. Rosecrans National Cemetery , SEALs were lined up on both sides of the pallbearers route forming a column of twos, with the coffin moving up the center. As Mike's coffin passed, each SEAL, having removed his gold Trident from his uniform, slapped it down embedding the Trident in the wooden coffin.
The slaps were audible from across the cemetery; by the time the coffin arrived grave side, it looked as though it had a gold inlay from all the Tridents pinned to it. This was a fitting send-off for a warrior hero.
This should be front-page news instead of the crap we see every day.
Since the media won't make this news, I choose to make it news by forwarding it onto you guys. I am proud of our military and the men and women who serve in it. They represent the highest and finest values of this country.
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They don't even do that much any more. There was ONE 10=second mention of the Congressional medal of honor on MSNBC when it was awarded, and that was it!
I was in Vietnam. That doesn't show on my resume for a reason. People would spit on Vietnam Vets.
I support these men and women more than they will ever understand. I may despise my government, but the poor troops they are condemning to death, I am behind 100%.
Published on 5 July 2008
On Nov. 14, 1965, Crandall led the first major division operation of airmobile troops into Landing Zone X-Ray in Vietnam's Ia Drang Valley and is credited with evacuating some 70 wounded comrades with his wing man and fellow Medal of Honor recipient MAJ Ed Freeman. The two also flew in the ammunition needed for the 1/7th CAV (Custer's old battalion) to survive. The craft he was flying was unarmed.
In 2001, Crandall was an aviation consultant on a movie about the Ia Drang Valley battle. The movie, based on the book "We Were Soldiers Once... and Young" was released in 2002. In 2004, Crandall was inducted into the Army Aviation Hall of Fame.
MAJ Bruce P. Crandall received his Medal of Honor 42 years after the battle!!!
http://www.cmohs.org/medal.htm