Medal of honor recipients

2010-05-04 13:03:40

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steelie34: pub hero!; +603|6785|the land of bourbon

Check out this website... tells the stories of all the recipients of the MoH throughout the years.

http://www.homeofheroes.com/moh/war/1_a_main.html

some of these guys are legend... check out this one:

http://www.homeofheroes.com/moh/citatio … uford.html

hand firing mortar shells? fuckin crazy

and we all know about these two:

http://www.homeofheroes.com/moh/war/18_somalia.html

anyone find any other extraordinary ones?

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2010-05-04 13:09:29

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Blade4509: Wrench turnin' fool; +202|5913|America

Good find steelie! This is pretty fucking awesome.

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2010-05-04 13:10:51

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FloppY_: +1,010|6690|Denmark aka Automotive Hell

steelie34 wrote:
Check out this website... tells the stories of all the recipients of the MoH throughout the years.

http://www.homeofheroes.com/moh/war/1_a_main.html

some of these guys are legend... check out this one:

http://www.homeofheroes.com/moh/citatio … uford.html

hand firing mortar shells? fuckin crazy

and we all know about these two:

http://www.homeofheroes.com/moh/war/18_somalia.html

anyone find any other extraordinary ones?

And goddamn that sergeant is tougher than chuck Norris... but yeah isn't it common knowledge that mortar shells can be used as grenades when you slam the rear first...

Those two "we all know about" are the events of Black Hawk Down, right?

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2010-05-04 13:15:44

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ghettoperson: Member; +1,943|7053

steelie34 wrote:
hand firing mortar shells? fuckin crazy

Pah, they did that shit in Saving Private Ryan.

2010-05-04 13:17:18

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steelie34: pub hero!; +603|6785|the land of bourbon

holy shit look at this dude

http://www.homeofheroes.com/moh/citatio … elvin.html

a fucking shovel? chuck norris should cook this dude breakfast everyday.

and yes those other two are from the black hawk down disaster.

ghettoperson wrote:
steelie34 wrote:
hand firing mortar shells? fuckin crazy
Pah, they did that shit in Saving Private Ryan.

real life > hollywood

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2010-05-04 13:25:33

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Blade4509: Wrench turnin' fool; +202|5913|America

He ownd 10-12 of them with that damn shovel. Sick

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2010-05-04 13:29:00

#7

FloppY_: +1,010|6690|Denmark aka Automotive Hell

Blade4509 wrote:
He ownd 10-12 of them with that damn shovel. Sick

Shovel tastic

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2010-05-04 13:29:41

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Blade4509: Wrench turnin' fool; +202|5913|America

FloppY_ wrote:
Blade4509 wrote:
He ownd 10-12 of them with that damn shovel. Sick
Shovel tastic

Yeah you could say his platoon really digs him.

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2010-05-04 13:47:27

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FloppY_: +1,010|6690|Denmark aka Automotive Hell

Blade4509 wrote:
FloppY_ wrote:
Blade4509 wrote:
He ownd 10-12 of them with that damn shovel. Sick
Shovel tastic
Yeah you could say his platoon really digs him.

Only thing that saddens me is that 80% of the Medal of Honors are awarded along with a purple heart

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2010-05-04 14:13:39

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Trotskygrad: бля; +354|6403|Vortex Ring State

FloppY_ wrote:
Blade4509 wrote:
FloppY_ wrote:

Shovel tastic
Yeah you could say his platoon really digs him.

Only thing that saddens me is that 80% of the Medal of Honors are awarded along with a purple heart

It's sorta hard to be heroic without being wounded...

2010-05-04 14:16:05

#11

Trotskygrad: бля; +354|6403|Vortex Ring State

steelie34 wrote:
ghettoperson wrote:
steelie34 wrote:
hand firing mortar shells? fuckin crazy
Pah, they did that shit in Saving Private Ryan.
real life > hollywood

And in CoD5

2010-05-04 14:23:21

#12

FloppY_: +1,010|6690|Denmark aka Automotive Hell

Trotskygrad wrote:
FloppY_ wrote:
Blade4509 wrote:

Yeah you could say his platoon really digs him.

Only thing that saddens me is that 80% of the Medal of Honors are awarded along with a purple heart
It's sorta hard to be heroic without being wounded...

I was thinking more of the kind of purple heart they send to your loved ones...

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2010-05-04 15:07:32

#13

Ty: Mass Media Casualty; +2,398|7179|Noizyland

Should be a website for Victoria Cross recipients too, some of their stories are pretty epic. Look up a bloke called Charles Upham - only combat soldier to ever win two Victoria Crosses.

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2010-05-04 15:29:10

#14

Arc: silly one-liner; +24|6863|Ontario

Ty wrote:
Should be a website for Victoria Cross recipients too, some of their stories are pretty epic. Look up a bloke called Charles Upham - only combat soldier to ever win two Victoria Crosses.

http://www.mysteriesofcanada.com/VC_Rec … pients.htm
This one is only Canadian recipients and all the stories aren't compiled.

Then there's always wikipedia

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Vi … ationality

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