Submitted Without Comment
Via Red this piece by Bill at INDC, a review of Mike Durant's In the Company of Heroes, caught me.
Durant was an Army Blackhawk pilot who was shot down during the battle in Mogadishu, Somalia immortalized in Mark Bowden's Black Hawk Down. Two Delta Force commandos, Gary Gordon and Randy Schughart, earned posthumous Congressional Medals of Honor by defending the injured Durant against thousands of attackers; Durant was giving a speech in Gordan's hometown:
In honoring these men, I always remind my listeners that I probably would not have survived if not for a soldier named Gary Gordan and his friend Randy Schughart, who were both posthumously awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor for their heroic actions in Mogadishu. In 1994, I myself was reminded that such men are not just born with these qualities of courage but are at times inspired to emulate them. I had been invited to Gary Gordon's hometown of Lincoln, Maine, to participate in honoring his memory with a ceremony and monument to his courage and professionalism. In order to prepare some remarks for my statement, I got a book on the Medal of Honor from the local library. The book was full of interesting historical facts, and its record of heroic deeds was quite overwhelming. But when I got to the back of the book, what I found truly astounded me. There, located in a small pocket, was the library checkout card. Apparently, the book had been checked out only a few times since its publication, and the last reader had taken it home almost twenty years before. The last person to sign out that book on the Congressional Medal of Honor would in fact become the next recipient of our nation's highest military award, a young teenager named Gary Gordan.
Posted by Mitch at
April 12, 2006 08:27 AM
| TrackBack
Does God guide some people through life, if they're willing to listen. I think he does.
Posted by: RBMN at April 12, 2006 12:06 PMEither cue Twilight Zone music. . . . . or Paul Harvey.
Flash
Posted by: Flash at April 12, 2006 12:45 PMRemarkable. You just can't make this stuff up; nobody would believe it.
Posted by: Beeeej at April 12, 2006 01:31 PMI gotta confess, the urge to Snopes it is there. Years online have made me into that much a cynic.
But it's not like I'm going to quibble with Durant...
Posted by: mitch at April 12, 2006 01:42 PM"I gotta confess, the urge to Snopes it is there. Years online have made me into that much a cynic."
Likewise, particularly because I have to wonder why Durant would wait until he arrived in town before preparing his remarks. But this is coming from a guy who, two years in a row, made the finals of a constitutional oratory competition after starting the first draft of each speech the morning of the competition.
Posted by: Beeeej at April 12, 2006 03:28 PM"I have to wonder why Durant would wait until he arrived in town before preparing his remarks"
Most soldiers I've known - especially career guys like Durant - have not been especially focused on public speaking.
Posted by: mitch at April 12, 2006 04:13 PMOh, criminy Beeeej...lemme guess.
Cornell?
:)
B
Posted by: Brian Jones at April 12, 2006 08:45 PMOh, wait--sorry, I thought you were saying Durant did that, not you.
So...nevermind.
Posted by: Brian Jones at April 12, 2006 08:46 PM"Most soldiers I've known - especially career guys like Durant - have not been especially focused on public speaking."
Also a fair assumption - except that he was invited there specifically to give a speech.
Anyway, a great story either way.
And hi, Brian. :-)
Posted by: Beeeej at April 13, 2006 12:06 PMOh, and he says, "...in order to prepare some remarks for my statement..."
Taking this at face value, it seems reasonable to believe he had a statement prepared, and decided to punch it up with some Medal of Honor material.
Posted by: Brian Jones at April 13, 2006 01:34 PMIndeed, it does.
Posted by: Beeeej at April 13, 2006 01:43 PMNathaniel Micah Ronan Keenan Roderick Hugo
Posted by: Leonardo at April 26, 2006 05:56 PM
Posted by: vzndayiy at May 4, 2006 09:37 PMvhwcvrvx dhnknjmh http://iaottrmi.com sfthyhxa zkqxprvr
chubby banged chubby girl galleries
Posted by: Tqrmtlr at October 8, 2006 08:57 PMkinky redhead whores hot redhead pussy
Posted by: Eoopkc at October 9, 2006 08:50 AMkinky redhead whores hot redhead pussy
Posted by: Eoopkc at October 9, 2006 08:53 AMextreme anal toys tip gay anal sex how to
Posted by: Qsdxsfpgwvo at October 9, 2006 09:50 PMextreme anal toys tip gay anal sex how to
Posted by: Qsdxsfpgwvo at October 9, 2006 09:50 PMextreme anal toys tip gay anal sex how to
Posted by: Qsdxsfpgwvo at October 9, 2006 09:50 PMhot hardcore lesbian sex free xxx hardcore movie clips
Posted by: Sufcqgopuzw at October 10, 2006 09:24 AMhot hardcore lesbian sex free xxx hardcore movie clips
Posted by: Sufcqgopuzw at October 10, 2006 09:25 AMhot hardcore lesbian sex free xxx hardcore movie clips
Posted by: Sufcqgopuzw at October 10, 2006 09:26 AMaustralian porn natalie portman porn
Posted by: Sxeqrrej at October 30, 2006 07:29 AMporn stars in stockings stockings sex lingerie porn garder belt pics nude girls
Posted by: Piadvola at October 30, 2006 01:30 PM