Posted on Apr 11, 2015
Ultimate Sacrifice, Ultimate Honor --- VA Tech Hero Officially Recognized
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Almost eight years after Virginia Tech’s Corps of Cadets marched into Westview Cemetery to bury their slain comrade, Air Force Cadet Matthew J. La Porte, they did so once more. This time, as those in the long line of gray and white synchronized their footsteps to the rap of two lone snare drums, they came not to mourn La Porte but to celebrate his heroism.
On Thursday, with the thousand-strong Corps of Cadets stretched out along the cemetery’s hill, the Air Force posthumously awarded La Porte, of Dumont, N.J., the Airman’s Medal for his actions on the morning of the massacre at Virginia Tech on April 16, 2007.
http://www.northjersey.com/news/ultimate-sacrifice-ultimate-honor-virginia-tech-hero-from-dumont-hailed-1.1306132
On Thursday, with the thousand-strong Corps of Cadets stretched out along the cemetery’s hill, the Air Force posthumously awarded La Porte, of Dumont, N.J., the Airman’s Medal for his actions on the morning of the massacre at Virginia Tech on April 16, 2007.
http://www.northjersey.com/news/ultimate-sacrifice-ultimate-honor-virginia-tech-hero-from-dumont-hailed-1.1306132
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Would have been an outstanding officer! If you're going to go, go putting up a fight! Tragic and well deserved honors!
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Matthew La Porte honored for final heroic actions on April 16th
Matthew La Porte, who died trying to save lives during the Virginia Tech shootings on April 16, 2007, was honored with the Airman’s Medal on Thursday by the U.S. Air Force, according to a news release.
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I'm glad to see the Air Force did the right thing. My salute goes to you Sir, for taking the lead and showing what a leader is all about! SALUTE!
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This is an unprecedented time where the very thing that JFK espoused is not only being disregarded but encouraged. No presidential legacy is worth this unless you do not care about the country.
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http://www.roanoke.com/news/education/higher_education/virginia_tech/air-force-awards-airman-s-medal-to-cadet-victim-of/article_eb324003-e0f6-5398-914e-6f488c48af6a.html
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