Wednesday, September 28, 2011
Marine Staff Sgt. Christopher Diaz - USMC
Marine Staff Sgt. Christopher Diaz
Died September 28, 2011— Operation Enduring Freedom
https://thefallen.militarytimes.com/marine-staff-sgt-christopher-diaz/6568004
Rank: Staff Sgt. Age: 27 Home State: New Mexico (Albuquerque)
Unit: Headquarters Battalion, Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, Calif.
Saturday, September 24, 2011
Marine Lance Cpl. Franklin N. Watson - USMC
Marine Lance Cpl. Franklin N. Watson - Honor The Fallen - Honoring those who fought and died in Iraq and Afghanistan - MilitaryTimes.com
Sunday, August 28, 2011
Navy Hospitalman Riley Gallinger-Long
Navy Hospitalman Riley Gallinger-Long
Died August 11, 2011 Serving During Operation Enduring Freedom
19, of Cornelius, Ore.; assigned to 1st Battalion, 6th Marines, Regimental Combat Team 1, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force at Camp Lejeune, N.C.; died Aug. 11 in Marjah district, Helmand province, Afghanistan, while conducting a dismounted patrol.
https://thefallen.militarytimes.com/navy-hospitalman-riley-gallinger-long/6567943
Sunday, August 7, 2011
Marine Sgt. Adan Gonzales Jr.
Marine Sgt. Joshua J. Robinson
Marines 10: Helicopter Shot Down in Afghanistan
Marines 10: Helicopter Shot Down in Afghanistan: "KABUL, Afghanistan - Insurgents shot down a U.S. military helicopter during fighting in eastern Afghanistan, killing 30 Americans, most o…"
Monday, August 1, 2011
Marine Staff Sgt. Leon H. Lucas Jr.
Tuesday, July 12, 2011
Marine Lance Cpl. Christopher L. Camero
Sunday, July 10, 2011
Marine Lance Cpl. Norberto Mendez-Hernandez
Thursday, June 30, 2011
Marine Sgt. Chad D. Frokjer
Tuesday, June 28, 2011
Marine Lance Cpl. John F. Farias
Marine Cpl. Mark R. Goyet
Wednesday, June 22, 2011
Marine Cpl. Gurpreet Singh
Marine Cpl. Gurpreet Singh
📅 Died: June 22, 2011 — Operation Enduring Freedom
https://thefallen.militarytimes.com/marine-cpl-gurpreet-singh/6567829
Rank: Corporal Age: 21 Home State: California (Antelope)Unit: 1st Battalion, 5th Marines, 1st Marine Division, Camp Pendleton, Calif.
Tuesday, June 21, 2011
Marine Lance Cpl. Jared C. Verbeek
Saturday, June 11, 2011
Marine Lance Cpl. Jason D. Hill
Thursday, June 9, 2011
Marine Lance Cpl. Nicholas S. O'Brien
Friday, June 3, 2011
Tuesday, May 17, 2011
Friday, May 13, 2011
New details in Afghan police center killings - Military News | News From Afghanistan
New details in Afghan police center killings - Military News News From Afghanistan, Iraq And Around The World - Military Times
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| Lt. Col. Benjamin J. Palmer, left, and Sgt. Kevin B. Balduf, right, died May 12 in Helmand province, Afghanistan, while supporting combat operations. Palmer was assigned to Marine Wing Headquarters Squadron 2, 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing, II Marine Expeditionary Force, Cherry Point, N.C. Balduf was assigned to 8th Communications Battalion, II Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Lejeune, N.C. |
Sunday, May 8, 2011
Remember the guy who wouldn't take the flag down?
Remember the guy who wouldn't take the flag down?
You might remember a news story several months ago about a crotchety old man who defied his homeowners association and refused to take down the flagpole on his property and the large flag that flew on it Now you can find out who, exactly, that old man was.
Read on.
On June 15, 1919, Van T. Barfoot was born in Edinburg -- probably didn't make much news back then.
Twenty-five years later, on May 23, 1944, near Carano , Italy , Van T. Barfoot, who had enlisted in the US Army in 1940, set out to flank German machine gun positions from which fire was coming down on his fellow soldiers. He advanced through a minefield, took out three enemy machine gun positions and returned with 17 prisoners of war.
If that wasn't enough for a day's work, he later took on and destroyed three German tanks sent to retake the machine gun positions.
That probably didn't make much news either, given the scope of the war, but it did earn Van T. Barfoot, who retired as a colonel after also serving in Korea and Vietnam, a Congressional Medal of Honor.
What did make news last week was a neighborhood association's quibble with how the 90-year-old veteran chose to fly the American flag outside his suburban Virginia home. Seems the rules said a flag could be flown on a house-mounted bracket, but, for decorum, items such as Barfoot's 21-foot flagpole were unsuitable.
He had been denied a permit for the pole, erected it anyway and was facing court action if he didn't take it down. Since the story made national TV, the neighborhood association has rethought its position and agreed to indulge this old hero who dwells among them.
"In the time I have left I plan to continue to fly the American flag without interference," Barfoot told The Associated Press.
As well he should.
And if any of his neighbors still takes a notion to contest him, they might want to read his Medal of Honor citation. It indicates he's not real good a backing down.
This 1944 Medal of Honor citation, listed with the National Medal of Honor Society, is for Second Lieutenant Van T. Barfoot, 157th Infantry, 45th Infantry:
"For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of life above and beyond the call of duty on 23 May 1944, near Carano , Italy . With his platoon heavily engaged during an assault against forces well entrenched on commanding ground, 2d Lt. Barfoot moved off alone upon the enemy left flank. He crawled to the proximity of 1 machinegun nest and made a direct hit on it with a hand grenade, killing 2 and wounding 3 Germans. He continued along the German defense line to another machine gun emplacement, and with his tommygun killed 2 and captured 3 soldiers. Members of another enemy machinegun crew then abandoned their position and gave themselves up to Sgt. Barfoot. Leaving the prisoners for his support squad to pick up, he proceeded to mop up positions in the immediate area, capturing more prisoners and bringing his total count to 17. Later that day, after he had reorganized his men and consolidated the newly captured ground, the enemy launched a fierce armored counterattack directly at his platoon positions. Securing a bazooka, Sgt. Barfoot took up an exposed position directly in front of 3 advancing Mark VI tanks. From a distance of 75 yards his first shot destroyed the track of the leading tank, effectively disabling it, while the other 2 changed direction toward the flank. As the crew of the disabled tank dismounted, Sgt. Barfoot killed 3 of them with his tommygun. He continued onward into enemy terrain and destroyed a recently abandoned German fieldpiece with a demolition charge placed in the breech. While returning to his platoon position, Sgt. Barfoot, though greatly fatigued by his Herculean efforts, assisted 2 of his seriously wounded men 1,700 yards to a position of safety.
Sgt. Barfoot's extraordinary heroism, demonstration of magnificent valor, and aggressive determination in the face of point blank fire are a perpetual inspiration to his fellow soldiers."
If you got this email and didn't pass it on - guess what? You deserve to get your butt kicked! I sent this because I didn't want to get MY butt kicked.
WE ONLY LIVE IN THE LAND OF THE FREE
BECAUSE OF THE BRAVE!
You might remember a news story several months ago about a crotchety old man who defied his homeowners association and refused to take down the flagpole on his property and the large flag that flew on it Now you can find out who, exactly, that old man was.
Read on.
On June 15, 1919, Van T. Barfoot was born in Edinburg -- probably didn't make much news back then.
Twenty-five years later, on May 23, 1944, near Carano , Italy , Van T. Barfoot, who had enlisted in the US Army in 1940, set out to flank German machine gun positions from which fire was coming down on his fellow soldiers. He advanced through a minefield, took out three enemy machine gun positions and returned with 17 prisoners of war.
If that wasn't enough for a day's work, he later took on and destroyed three German tanks sent to retake the machine gun positions.
That probably didn't make much news either, given the scope of the war, but it did earn Van T. Barfoot, who retired as a colonel after also serving in Korea and Vietnam, a Congressional Medal of Honor.
What did make news last week was a neighborhood association's quibble with how the 90-year-old veteran chose to fly the American flag outside his suburban Virginia home. Seems the rules said a flag could be flown on a house-mounted bracket, but, for decorum, items such as Barfoot's 21-foot flagpole were unsuitable.
He had been denied a permit for the pole, erected it anyway and was facing court action if he didn't take it down. Since the story made national TV, the neighborhood association has rethought its position and agreed to indulge this old hero who dwells among them.
"In the time I have left I plan to continue to fly the American flag without interference," Barfoot told The Associated Press.
As well he should.
And if any of his neighbors still takes a notion to contest him, they might want to read his Medal of Honor citation. It indicates he's not real good a backing down.
Van T. Barfoot's Medal of Honor citation:
This 1944 Medal of Honor citation, listed with the National Medal of Honor Society, is for Second Lieutenant Van T. Barfoot, 157th Infantry, 45th Infantry:
"For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of life above and beyond the call of duty on 23 May 1944, near Carano , Italy . With his platoon heavily engaged during an assault against forces well entrenched on commanding ground, 2d Lt. Barfoot moved off alone upon the enemy left flank. He crawled to the proximity of 1 machinegun nest and made a direct hit on it with a hand grenade, killing 2 and wounding 3 Germans. He continued along the German defense line to another machine gun emplacement, and with his tommygun killed 2 and captured 3 soldiers. Members of another enemy machinegun crew then abandoned their position and gave themselves up to Sgt. Barfoot. Leaving the prisoners for his support squad to pick up, he proceeded to mop up positions in the immediate area, capturing more prisoners and bringing his total count to 17. Later that day, after he had reorganized his men and consolidated the newly captured ground, the enemy launched a fierce armored counterattack directly at his platoon positions. Securing a bazooka, Sgt. Barfoot took up an exposed position directly in front of 3 advancing Mark VI tanks. From a distance of 75 yards his first shot destroyed the track of the leading tank, effectively disabling it, while the other 2 changed direction toward the flank. As the crew of the disabled tank dismounted, Sgt. Barfoot killed 3 of them with his tommygun. He continued onward into enemy terrain and destroyed a recently abandoned German fieldpiece with a demolition charge placed in the breech. While returning to his platoon position, Sgt. Barfoot, though greatly fatigued by his Herculean efforts, assisted 2 of his seriously wounded men 1,700 yards to a position of safety.
Sgt. Barfoot's extraordinary heroism, demonstration of magnificent valor, and aggressive determination in the face of point blank fire are a perpetual inspiration to his fellow soldiers."
If you got this email and didn't pass it on - guess what? You deserve to get your butt kicked! I sent this because I didn't want to get MY butt kicked.
WE ONLY LIVE IN THE LAND OF THE FREE
BECAUSE OF THE BRAVE!
Sunday, April 24, 2011
Marine Lance Cpl. Joe M. Jackson
Thursday, April 21, 2011
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Monday, April 18, 2011
Monday, April 4, 2011
Sunday, April 3, 2011
Saturday, April 2, 2011
Thursday, January 20, 2011
Marine Sgt. Jason G. Amores
Friday, January 7, 2011
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