Posted on Sep 17, 2018
What would you say if someone asked you if you were a war hero?
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Also, what do you think when you hear, or hear about, someone else claiming that they are a war hero? You know, the guys who have the long, elaborate war stories that put Hollywood to shame.
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MSgt Glenn (Eddie) Barker
There are true Heroes fallen all over the world. They lay in ships in the depths and jungle trees. Their bodies are buried on beaches unmarked, in the beautiful fields of Normandy or in the punch bowl volcano of Oahu. Far too many lie where they fell but they also are in the hearts and memories of their Comrades and the Familys left behind. It doesn't matter where they ended their journey, it matters that the journey was begun and traveled faithfully.
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MGySgt Jerry Suarez
I would disagree Sgt Reynolds. Anyone who gave the ultimate sacrifice is a hero but they could be buried anywhere not just Arlington, and second some may have returned. I think all who have worn the uniform are heroes.
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Sgt Frank Staples
I agree with you wholeheartedly MGySgt. Suarez. The conflict would come in when someone called me a hero for serving...and I wasn't. And I've had people say that I was a hero for being a fireman...and I'm not. However, my attitude is that all who serve are heroes...I would certainly hope that dying is not a requirement for heroic actions. I've known several actual heroes, some who got medals and some who didn't, some from as long ago as WW2 ( yeah, I'm almost that old ) and some from our current military. Being called heroes embarrassed them.
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Capt Daniel Goodman
My wife's Dad got a Bronze Star charging a minefield at the Battle of Nancy with the 90th Div Tough Hombres from France into Germany at the Moselle River, her stepdad had been WW2/Korea combat Navy surface enlisted common tech on destroyer escorts, bullets whizzing, shells flying, kamikazes falling, neither said much either....
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Lt Col Scott Shuttleworth
My wifes uncle stormed the beach at Normandy and was extrmeley active in VFW...We didn't know any of this until he was onhis death bed. We knew he served but we didn't know he did all that...Heroes don't have to brag.
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No, most people asked were you in Iraq or Afghanistan I say yeah, and leave it at that. They say thank you and I move the topic on or just try to stay away from it. I did have one woman after she heard where I had deployed say your a hearo, I told her I just did my job the hearos are the ones that did not come home.
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What would I say, if asked?
No, but I have the privilege of taking care of them.
And as far as what do I think when folks claim to be heroes?
I think of Medal of Honor recipient, MSG William J Crawford. Who was, after retirement, a janitor at the Air Force Academy.
No, but I have the privilege of taking care of them.
And as far as what do I think when folks claim to be heroes?
I think of Medal of Honor recipient, MSG William J Crawford. Who was, after retirement, a janitor at the Air Force Academy.
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My husband will tell you he isn't a hero, he's just a grunt who did his job. Heroes are those who are buried or those whose jobs did not demand they go into harm's way, but they did it anyway.
In my experience, the more they saw of combat, the less they talk about it. Once at the VFW in Peoria, IL. my husband had brought in his DD214 to sign up for the VFW and for me to sign up for the Auxiliary. There were a couple of braggarts there, both Marines, who demanded to see his DD214 just to see what he had seen. As they liked to say, only Marines had walked the walk in Nam unlike the Army (my husband's branch). And they were always bragging about whatever battle, blah, blah, blah. Soooo annoying. He let them see it. I had to stifle a laugh when I watched the expressions on their faces turn to amazement and their jaws dropped when they started reading the citations (which ran onto a second page). They never talked about their "war hero" experiences near him or I again.
In my experience, the more they saw of combat, the less they talk about it. Once at the VFW in Peoria, IL. my husband had brought in his DD214 to sign up for the VFW and for me to sign up for the Auxiliary. There were a couple of braggarts there, both Marines, who demanded to see his DD214 just to see what he had seen. As they liked to say, only Marines had walked the walk in Nam unlike the Army (my husband's branch). And they were always bragging about whatever battle, blah, blah, blah. Soooo annoying. He let them see it. I had to stifle a laugh when I watched the expressions on their faces turn to amazement and their jaws dropped when they started reading the citations (which ran onto a second page). They never talked about their "war hero" experiences near him or I again.
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I would just laugh and laugh,my Heros reside on a black granite Wall in Washington D.C.
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