Man’s best friend adopted by his family
Here’s a heartwarming holiday story that will be sure to tug at your heartstrings:
Meet Lieutenant Michael P. Murphy
He was posthumously awarded with the Medal of Honor by the President today. Via AP:
Meet Maj. David Rozelle
Just got done reading this wonderful story about Maj. David Rozelle, who lost his right foot in a landmine explosion in Iraq on June 21, 2003. Via Griff’s Notes:
Christopher Hitchens writes about an American hero: Army 2nd Lt. Mark Daily
If you don’t read anything else this weekend, please do read this piece by Christopher Hitchens where he talks about the life of Army 2nd Lt. Mark Daily, who was killed by an IED explosion in Mosul in January.
Honoring 1st Lt. Travis Manion
Bill at INDC Journal has posted a moving story about 1st Lt. Travis Manion, who was killed by a sniper in Iraq on April 29th. As you’ll see from the story, 1st Lt. Manion’s heroics started early on his life, and continued on the battlefield. He was well-liked and respected by his fellow Marines, as well as members of the Iraqi army, who he fought alongside and who named a combat outpost after him.
ST reader NC Cop: A true inspiration for all of us
Longtime readers of this blog and I have come to know, like, and respect greatly ST reader NC Cop. As I wrote in this post shortly after I met him, he started visiting this blog in November 2005, commented for a little over a month, sent pictures of some of the sights he was seeing while he was in Iraq helping train the Iraqi police force, and then we didn’t hear from him for a few months after late December 2005.