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Captain
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Medal of Honor -
11-11-2006, 10:46 AM
[url:04aee]http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/11/10/medal.honor/[/url:04aee]
[quote:04aee]In April 2004, Dunham was leading a patrol in an Iraqi town near the Syrian border when the patrol stopped a convoy of cars leaving the scene of an attack on a Marine convoy, according to military and media accounts of the action.
An occupant of one of the cars attacked Dunham and the two fought hand to hand. As they fought, Dunham yelled to fellow Marines, "No, no watch his hand." The attacker then dropped a grenade and Dunham hurled himself on top of it, using his helmet to try to blunt the force of the blast.
Still, Dunham was critically wounded in the explosion and died eight days later at Bethesda Naval Hospital in Maryland. [/quote:04aee]
Hmmm, I thought the only people to dive on grenates were the Germans.
Either way, RIP.
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Captain
Posts: 5,930
Join Date: Jan 2002
Location: Wherever you're not !!
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11-11-2006, 10:52 AM
Wow, true hero.
R.I.P. Soldier
The world is my urinal
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1st Lieutenant
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Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: humping gobots...
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11-11-2006, 10:54 AM
remember that game call medal of honor?...
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Sergeant 1st Class
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11-11-2006, 10:56 AM
RIP.
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Colonel
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11-11-2006, 10:56 AM
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Originally Posted by bukdez
remember that game call medal of honor?...
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Germans dove on grenades there too. They were heroes, every last one. |
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Senior Member
Posts: 3,546
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: Ohio
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11-11-2006, 11:21 AM
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Originally Posted by Arkan
Wow, true hero.
R.I.P. Soldier
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Command Sergeant Major
Posts: 2,995
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Location: North Carolina
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11-11-2006, 11:36 AM
i've read the book about him like 3 times, amazing story. i'm glad they finally decided to award it to him. RIP
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Command Sergeant Major
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11-11-2006, 12:09 PM
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Originally Posted by Hawke
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Originally Posted by Arkan
Wow, true hero.
R.I.P. Marine
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1st Lieutenant
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Location: New Joisy?
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11-11-2006, 12:10 PM
why the hell are we reading this now? this happened in april 2004.
but a true hero nonetheless.
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Command Sergeant Major
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11-11-2006, 12:14 PM
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Originally Posted by Jotun
why the hell are we reading this now? this happened in april 2004.
but a true hero nonetheless.
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Marine to receive Medal of Honor for Iraq heroism
POSTED: 12:38 a.m. EST, November 11, 2006
It happened in 2004 but they're giving him the MOH now.... |
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1st Lieutenant
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11-11-2006, 12:16 PM
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Originally Posted by Arch
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Originally Posted by Jotun
why the hell are we reading this now? this happened in april 2004.
but a true hero nonetheless.
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Marine to receive Medal of Honor for Iraq heroism
POSTED: 12:38 a.m. EST, November 11, 2006
It happened in 2004 but they're giving him the MOH now.... |
well i dont know anything about the process of giving out medals of honor, but why couldnt they give it to him in 2004? |
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Command Sergeant Major
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11-11-2006, 12:50 PM
they have to do some investigation for every medal of honor they give out, to make sure the story's not bullshit, that the action actually warrents a MOH, ect
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2nd Lieutenant
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11-11-2006, 01:09 PM
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Originally Posted by Jotun
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Originally Posted by Arch
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Originally Posted by Jotun
why the hell are we reading this now? this happened in april 2004.
but a true hero nonetheless.
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Marine to receive Medal of Honor for Iraq heroism
POSTED: 12:38 a.m. EST, November 11, 2006
It happened in 2004 but they're giving him the MOH now.... |
well i dont know anything about the process of giving out medals of honor, but why couldnt they give it to him in 2004? |
Also allows them to give it out on remembrance day. |
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1st Lieutenant
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11-11-2006, 01:49 PM
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Originally Posted by Poseidon
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Originally Posted by Jotun
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Originally Posted by Arch
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Originally Posted by Jotun
why the hell are we reading this now? this happened in april 2004.
but a true hero nonetheless.
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Marine to receive Medal of Honor for Iraq heroism
POSTED: 12:38 a.m. EST, November 11, 2006
It happened in 2004 but they're giving him the MOH now.... |
well i dont know anything about the process of giving out medals of honor, but why couldnt they give it to him in 2004? |
Also allows them to give it out on remembrance day. |
true... |
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Colonel
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Location: Ontario, New York
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11-11-2006, 01:53 PM
a true hero
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