Larry Colburn passed. A man you really should know!

[Are_grits_groceries]

At 18 years old, he aimed his M-60 machine gun at fellow US soldiers to stop the My Lai massacre in Vietnam
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/16/world/asia/larry-colburn-my-lai-massacre-dies.html

RIP Larry Colburn. You are the epitome of courage.
We should hope to exhibit half of your bravery.

[Mendocino]

1. ...

[Nay]

2. They were the real heroes. I had forgotten that that monster Calley got off so lightly.

[sdfernando]

3. RIP to a TRUE American

He, along with his mates showed us what the Amercan soul is and should always be.

[spanone]

4. K&R...

[Hoyt]

5. Those three guys are heroes of the highest order. To confront other soldiers like that isn't just

putting your life on the line at the moment, it's setting you up for harassment, intimidation, even physical harm later and, as the article indicates, hatred decades later.

[Are_grits_groceries]

6. The courage to do that is beyond measure.

It is an act that is harder to do than most might imagine.

[rug]

7. He honored his oath.

RIP.

[Guilded Lilly]

8. 18 years old. And a genuine hero. 18.

I was a very young teen when the massacre happened. My horrified recollection is hazy at best but the vile ugliness of war was only beginning to touch my generation through the nightly black and white broadcasts of war horror stories laid out before a very conflicted nation. My future brother-in-law was serving in Vietnam in a non-combat technical position and when he returned safely, he would never speak of his experiences. Ever.

We didn't want to understand the horror at that age.

I've tried to explain a lot to my children what living through that turmoil was like, but I often find it hard to convey. Probably because I found it hard to comprehend. The ugliness and hate everywhere was...soul battering. (No wonder we clung so passionately to our generation's music)

War had, mostly, up to then, been portrayed through glamorized Hollywood editions of honor and patriotic glory. The realities had yet to be flashed on many silver screens.

No. It was and is the worst of humanity fighting the best of humanity under the ugliest, most inhumane conditions imaginable. Individually so, regardless of nationality.

I HAD forgotten this history and Larry Coburn's bravery, soul and character.
Today, I will remember him.
And am thankful for him.

[lame54]

9. Electoral college voters...

Are you listening?

[Achilleaze]

10. I salute his honor, his integrity, his courage and his patriotism

Mr. Coburn is the kind of US military hero that Republican Draft Dodger Donald Trump and his Cabal of Republican Chickenhawks like to insult and demean.

[onethatcares]

11. I salute Mr Colburn

Sir, you are an honorable man.

[cwydro]

12. Thanks for posting this.

K and r.

[niyad]

13. requiescat in pace brave soul.

[Stinky The Clown]

14. As an old guy and a vet who served in that time . . . .

. . . . these stories bring it home about who we were, who we are, and who we should all strive to be.

[mountain grammy]

15. Rest in peace. Thank you for your service and your integrity and your honesty.