President Obama awards Medal of Honor posthumously to Army Specialist Leslie Sabo Jr. - pics

[Kadie]

US President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama arrive to presenet Rose Mary Sabo-Brown with a Medal of Honor for her late husband, US Army Specialist Leslie H. Sabo, Jr. , in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC, May 16, 2012. On May 10, 1970 during heavy fighting in Cambodia as part of the Vietnam War, Sabo picked up a live enemy grenade thrown toward him and his comrades, threw it back toward the enemy while shielding a wounded comrade with his own body, thus absorbing the brunt of the blast. He then charged the enemy position, launching another grenade into an enemy bunker, which halted incoming enemy fire, but also killing himself.


US President Barack Obama speaks prior to presenting Rose Mary Sabo-Brown with a Medal of Honor for her late husband, US Army Specialist Leslie H. Sabo, Jr. , during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC, May 16, 2012. On May 10, 1970 during heavy fighting in Cambodia as part of the Vietnam War, Sabo picked up a live enemy grenade thrown toward him and his comrades, threw it back toward the enemy while shielding a wounded comrade with his own body, thus absorbing the brunt of the blast. He then charged the enemy position, launching another grenade into an enemy bunker, which halted incoming enemy fire, but also killing himself.


U.S. President Barack Obama recognizes Vietnam veteran Alton "Tony" Mabb before he presented Rose Mary Sabo-Brown the Medal of Honor posthumously to her husband for his actions in Cambodia in May 1970, in the East Room of the White House in Washington, May 16, 2012. Mabb is responsible for finding the lost paperwork that recommended Sabo for the award.


Fellow soldiers from the same unit as Army Specialist Leslie Sabo Jr. watch as U.S. President Barack Obama presents Rose Mary Sabo-Brown the Medal of Honor posthumously to her husband for his actions in Cambodia in May 1970, in the East Room of the White House in Washington, May 16, 2012. Sabo served as a rifleman with the 101st Airborne Division during the Vietnam War before he was killed in action.






US military veterans of the Vietnam War from Company B stand to be recognized as US President Barack Obama presents Rose Mary Sabo-Brown with a Medal of Honor for her late husband, US Army Specialist Leslie H. Sabo, Jr. , during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC, May 16, 2012. On May 10, 1970 during heavy fighting in Cambodia as part of the Vietnam War, Sabo picked up a live enemy grenade thrown toward him and his comrades, threw it back toward the enemy while shielding a wounded comrade with his own body, thus absorbing the brunt of the blast. He then charged the enemy position, launching another grenade into an enemy bunker, which halted incoming enemy fire, but also killing himself.




U.S. President Barack Obama holds Rose Mary Sabo-Brown before awarding the Medal of Honor posthumously to her husband, Army Specialist Leslie Sabo Jr. , for his actions in Cambodia in May 1970, in the East Room of the White House in Washington, May 16, 2012.













US President Barack Obama, alongside First Lady Michelle Obama, hugs Rose Mary Sabo-Brown, after a ceremony in the East Room presenting her with a Medal of Honor for her late husband, US Army Specialist Leslie H. Sabo, Jr. , in Cross Hall of the White House in Washington, DC, May 16, 2012. On May 10, 1970 during heavy fighting in Cambodia as part of the Vietnam War, Sabo picked up a live enemy grenade thrown toward him and his comrades, threw it back toward the enemy while shielding a wounded comrade with his own body, thus absorbing the brunt of the blast. He then charged the enemy position, launching another grenade into an enemy bunker, which halted incoming enemy fire, but also killing himself.









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[zbdent]

1. So, how long before the Repugs/Faux "reporters" find that the guy Obama awarded the

Medal of Honor to was a "commie double agent spy"?

You know that will soon be the e-mail going around ...