Purple heart for reporter

Tystnad · **Purple heart for reporter -** 06-02-2006, 06:22 PM

Found this on milphotos.net:

[url=http://www.forbes.com/entrepreneurs/feeds/ap/2006/06/02/ap2789249.html:104ba]Article Here![/url:104ba]

[quote:104ba]Kimberly Dozier, the CBS reporter wounded by a car bomb in Iraq, now has a Purple Heart at her bedside in a U.S. military hospital in Germany after a young American soldier gave her his medal, the network said.

On Thursday, CBS said an American soldier who had been awarded the Purple Heart medal for combat injuries made a special visit to the hospital to see Dozier.

"A young American soldier came up to Kimberly's brother Michael and told him that he had met Kimberly in Iraq two years ago after he had been wounded with shrapnel in his arm," CBS said without identifying the soldier. "The soldier had his Purple Heart with him, and he told Michael that he'd like Kimberly to have it because, he said, she's suffered as much as any soldier. That Purple Heart is now beside Kimberly's bed."[/quote:104ba]

Milla · 06-02-2006, 06:31 PM

I;m sure she had to endure as much as a day in the life of a normal soldier annoy:

TonyMontana · 06-02-2006, 06:31 PM

yah heard about that. 2 crew members died, and she survived.

Unknown_Sniper · 06-02-2006, 07:28 PM

I dont know why shes so special. Hundreds of reporters have died in Iraq and Afghanistan.

TonyMontana · 06-02-2006, 07:29 PM

what the hell, it's not like anyone asked him to give it to her. he just did it because she was there, and he felt like being a nice guy stupid:

Milla · 06-02-2006, 07:30 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TonyMontana

what the hell, it's not like anyone asked him to give it to her. he just did it because she was there, and he felt like being a nice guy stupid:

spank:

Proteus · 06-02-2006, 07:49 PM

Why are you guys flipping out over her getting a medal? It's not like it was given to her by the Army or anything the dude obviously just wanted some play and gave her his.

Xorcist [USA] · 06-02-2006, 07:53 PM

[quote="Unknown_Sniper":36878]I dont know why shes so special. Hundreds of reporters have died in Iraq and Afghanistan.[/quote:36878]

As well as soldiers. It pisses me off that these reporters get all of this special attention because they belong to the media.

Casualties in Iraq
The Human Cost of Occupation

Date Total In Combat

American Deaths
Since war began (3/19/03): 2473 1992
Since "Mission Accomplished" (5/1/03) (the list) 2336 1895
Since Capture of Saddam (12/13/03): 2008 1686
Since Handover (6/29/04): 1607 1360
Since Election (1/31/05): 1037 875
American Wounded Official Estimated
Total Wounded: 17648 18000 - 48100
Latest Fatality May 31st, 2006

Isn't it wonderful that this twat gets all of the attention.

Stats:

[url:36878]http://www.antiwar.com/casualties/[/url:36878]

Sgt. Paine · 06-02-2006, 08:00 PM

[quote="Xorcist [USA]":eca6b][quote="Unknown_Sniper":eca6b]I dont know why shes so special. Hundreds of reporters have died in Iraq and Afghanistan.[/quote:eca6b]

As well as soldiers. It pisses me off that these reporters get all of this special attention because they belong to the media.

Casualties in Iraq
The Human Cost of Occupation

Date Total In Combat

American Deaths
Since war began (3/19/03): 2473 1992
Since "Mission Accomplished" (5/1/03) (the list) 2336 1895
Since Capture of Saddam (12/13/03): 2008 1686
Since Handover (6/29/04): 1607 1360
Since Election (1/31/05): 1037 875
American Wounded Official Estimated
Total Wounded: 17648 18000 - 48100
Latest Fatality May 31st, 2006

Isn't it wonderful that this twat gets all of the attention.

Stats:

[url:eca6b]http://www.antiwar.com/casualties/[/url:eca6b][/quote:eca6b]
its funny why people care about news reporters anyway, they distort the news most of the time.

06-02-2006, 08:02 PM

I think it was a thoughtful thing to do.

Proteus · 06-02-2006, 08:02 PM

[quote="Sgt. Paine":a794d]its funny why people care about news reporters anyway, they distort the news most of the time.[/quote:a794d]

WTF? Explain me one case of when a reporter from Iraq distorted the news.

Unknown_Sniper · 06-02-2006, 08:06 PM

Reporters do not distort the news. The only thing reports have going for them is their reputation and if they distort the stories they are reporting on then they lose that reputation and most possibly their jobs. A reporter may however show one side of a story and not the other there for giving you the impression they are distorting the news when they are not. They do this sometimes do to time constraints, some times due to pressure from their boss'.

Whatada · 06-02-2006, 08:46 PM

How the fuck did this turn into a discussion? The soldier thought it would be thoughtful to donate his Purple Heart to a friend. Nobody's creaming their pants over it. It's just heart warming. Chill yourselves. rolleyes:

Nyck · 06-02-2006, 08:49 PM

SRSLY maybe this guy took a Stepped on a piece of glass back at HQ and got the medal and thought that someone who took a carbomb to the face was a little more deserving.

GGs to that guy

Tystnad · 06-03-2006, 04:57 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Nyck

SRSLY maybe this guy took a Stepped on a piece of glass back at HQ and got the medal and thought that someone who took a carbomb to the face was a little more deserving.

GGs to that guy

Heh, nein. He got it for getting his arm full of shrapnel two years ago.