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Medal of Honor
Leadership
Heroes
Native Americans
Responses: 7
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SGT Anthony Bussing
I wont lie...I cant stand sarah palin...but Id tap it...lol...just more proof...Marines will "F" anything...loll
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SGT Anthony Bussing
I guess I step on someone's toes....lol....not a down vote...oh heavens my....whatever will I do?
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MSG Gary Gordon and SFC Randy Shughart from the Battle of Mogadishua, Operation Gothic Serpent
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MAJ Robert (Bob) Petrarca
I left there in February 1993. I had been to all the places made famous in the battle - the Bakara market, the stadium, and the hangar that TF Ranger would eventually occupy and operate out of. When the poop hit the propeller in October it really hit home for me! I have utmost respect for what these 2 did and like I said, having been there really resonated (and still does) with me. I remember following the whole ordeal and the aftermath with then CW2 Mike Durrant like a hawk glued to the TV and couldn't wait for Mark Bowden's book to come out.
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Will have to flip a coin:
Heads - Lance Corporal Kyle Carpenter, USMC
Tails - Colonel Wesley Fox, USMC
Heads - Lance Corporal Kyle Carpenter, USMC
Tails - Colonel Wesley Fox, USMC
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SCOTT, ROBERT R.
Rank and Organization:: Machinist's Mate First Class, U.S. Navy. Born: 13 July 1915, Massillon, Ohio. Accredited to Ohio.
Citation:
For conspicuous devotion to duty, extraordinary courage and complete disregard of his own life, above and beyond the call of duty, during the attack on the Fleet in Pearl Harbor by Japanese forces on 7 December 1941. The compartment, in the U.S.S. California, in which the air compressor, to which Scott was assigned as his battle station, was flooded as the result of a torpedo hit. The remainder of the personnel evacuated that compartment but Scott refused to leave, saying words to the effect "This is my station and I will stay and give them air as long as the guns are going.''
Rank and Organization:: Machinist's Mate First Class, U.S. Navy. Born: 13 July 1915, Massillon, Ohio. Accredited to Ohio.
Citation:
For conspicuous devotion to duty, extraordinary courage and complete disregard of his own life, above and beyond the call of duty, during the attack on the Fleet in Pearl Harbor by Japanese forces on 7 December 1941. The compartment, in the U.S.S. California, in which the air compressor, to which Scott was assigned as his battle station, was flooded as the result of a torpedo hit. The remainder of the personnel evacuated that compartment but Scott refused to leave, saying words to the effect "This is my station and I will stay and give them air as long as the guns are going.''
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Mitch Paige, COL USMC Retired, CMH, Guadacanal, Oct 1942.
COL Paige counseled me when I was irate, (totally pissed), over seeing that "Japanese Self-Defense Forces" were allowed access to the 3rd compartment on the USS Arizona for the purpose of placing a wreath to the dead sailors. My "retired" card couldn't provide access for me! Yet, the people that attacked Pearl Harbor were allowed in!
COL Paige counseled me when I was irate, (totally pissed), over seeing that "Japanese Self-Defense Forces" were allowed access to the 3rd compartment on the USS Arizona for the purpose of placing a wreath to the dead sailors. My "retired" card couldn't provide access for me! Yet, the people that attacked Pearl Harbor were allowed in!
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