ko300zx
09-15-2011, 06:32 AM
Gotta love stories like this.
"Dakota Meyer was ambling through the cafeteria of his Kentucky high school in 2006 when he came upon a recruiter for the Marines. Curious, he struck up a conversation but told the military man he was hoping to play college football after graduation. "Yeah that's what I would do, because there's no way you could be a Marine," the recruiter told him. Meyer walked away, the taunting words ringing in his ears. He returned five minutes later, ready to enlist.On Wednesday, he shared a beer with President Barack Obama at the White House and today will receive the military's highest award, the Medal of Honor, for charging five times through heavy gunfire to rescue comrades ambushed by insurgents in Afghanistan in September 2009."
http://www.tampabay.com/incoming/kentucky-marine-to-receive-medal-of-honor-on-sept-15/1191614
More about the story from Afghanistan in the link below.
"Meyer saved the lives of 13 U.S. troops and 23 Afghan soldiers that day, Sept. 8, 2009.
Next week, President Obama will award him the Medal of Honor, the nation's highest medal for bravery. During the ceremony Sept. 15, Meyer will become the third living recipient of the Medal of Honor for actions in Iraq and Afghanistan..."
http://www.usatoday.com/news/military/story/2011-09-06/Medal-of-Honor-recipient-saved-36-lives-during-battle/50288284/1?csp=hf
"Dakota Meyer was ambling through the cafeteria of his Kentucky high school in 2006 when he came upon a recruiter for the Marines. Curious, he struck up a conversation but told the military man he was hoping to play college football after graduation. "Yeah that's what I would do, because there's no way you could be a Marine," the recruiter told him. Meyer walked away, the taunting words ringing in his ears. He returned five minutes later, ready to enlist.On Wednesday, he shared a beer with President Barack Obama at the White House and today will receive the military's highest award, the Medal of Honor, for charging five times through heavy gunfire to rescue comrades ambushed by insurgents in Afghanistan in September 2009."
http://www.tampabay.com/incoming/kentucky-marine-to-receive-medal-of-honor-on-sept-15/1191614
More about the story from Afghanistan in the link below.
"Meyer saved the lives of 13 U.S. troops and 23 Afghan soldiers that day, Sept. 8, 2009.
Next week, President Obama will award him the Medal of Honor, the nation's highest medal for bravery. During the ceremony Sept. 15, Meyer will become the third living recipient of the Medal of Honor for actions in Iraq and Afghanistan..."
http://www.usatoday.com/news/military/story/2011-09-06/Medal-of-Honor-recipient-saved-36-lives-during-battle/50288284/1?csp=hf