Celebrate the Heroes

[DBCooper]

Lake Jackson teen earns Silver Star in Afghanistan | Chron.com - Houston Chronicle

Monica Lin Brown, thanks for your service.

[DBCooper]

Michael Monsoor, a Navy Seal, sacrificed his life for his buddies on Sept 29th. Just like Marine Corps Sgt Rafael Peralta before him he jumped on a grenade to save the lives of the other Navy Seals in his snipers nest:

A Navy SEAL sacrificed his life to save his comrades by throwing himself on top of a grenade Iraqi insurgents tossed into their sniper hideout, fellow members of the elite force said.
Petty Officer 2nd Class Michael A. Monsoor had been near the only door to the rooftop structure Sept. 29 when the grenade hit him in the chest and bounced to the floor, said four SEALs who spoke to The Associated Press this week on condition of anonymity because their work requires their identities to remain secret.
“He never took his eye off the grenade, his only movement was down toward it,” said a 28-year-old lieutenant who sustained shrapnel wounds to both legs that day. “He undoubtedly saved mine and the other SEALs’ lives, and we owe him.”
Monsoor, a 25-year-old gunner, was killed in the explosion in Ramadi, west of Baghdad. He was only the second SEAL to die in Iraq since the war began.
[…]Prior to his death, Monsoor had already demonstrated courage under fire. He has been posthumously awarded the Silver Star for his actions May 9 in Ramadi, when he and another SEAL pulled a team member shot in the leg to safety while bullets pinged off the ground around them.
Monsoor’s funeral was held Thursday at Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery in San Diego. He has also been submitted for an award for his actions the day he died.

He has now been awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor.

Thank you Michael for keeping us safe.

[Maximus]

That guy is a true hero.

[pingtheduck]

Thank you DB for posting this!

[DBCooper]

Navy SEAL paid ultimate price to save buddies - CNN.com

[TDS]

This video has been around since January 2008. I just found it today.
MA2(SEAL) Michael Monsoor was posthumously awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor for his actions on September 29, 2006.

Here is the video. Click to view the video.

YouTube - Rare Mikey Monsoor memorial footage

[Luke]

Summary of Acrtion MA2 Monsoor

[Maximus]

TDS, I like the thought anyway. In keeping with the title of this thread, here is an article of another Medal Of Honor winner from the Iraq War, Paul R. Smith who may have saved up to 100 Americans. There is also a nice little explanation of the history of the Medal of Honor with the article.

USATODAY.com - Valor in Iraq earns Medal of Honor