Ex-Marine who saved dozens to receive Medal of Honor

[nadinbrzezinski]

Dept. of Defense via AP, file
Marine Corps Cpl. Dakota Meyer while deployed in support of Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan’s Kunar province. Meyer will receive the Medal of Honor from President Barack Obama on Thursday.

WASHINGTON — In 2009, Dakota Meyer made five death-defying forays into a heavy-fire zone in Afghanistan's Ganjgal Valley to save American and Afghan troops.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/44523883/ns/us_news-life/

[Wait Wut]

1. Semper Fi, Corporal.

And thank you.


And to the "people" that unrecced this...fuck it. Nevermind.

[dtexdem]

2. He's a Marine. Marines don't leave their own behind.

Even if their own aren't themselves Marines.

[Yon_Yonson]

3. That be former Marine and Semper FI Corporal

[nadinbrzezinski]

4. Ceremony now on a news channel

[kentuck]

5. This guy is a real hero.

We should all be proud of him.

[nadinbrzezinski]

6. I will paraphrase HIM

No he is not... like all CMH winners... vets get it.

:hi:

[kentuck]

7. He actually doesn't think of himself as a hero.

Which makes him even more one.

[nadinbrzezinski]

8. Very common

:hi:

[Uncle Joe]

9. Now this is an example of successful "reverse psychology."

In 2006, Meyer was ambling through his high school cafeteria when he came upon a Marines recruiter. Curious, the beefy senior 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.

Semper Fi, Corporal Meyer.:patriot:

Thanks for the thread, nadinbrzezinski.

[pinboy3niner]

10. CORRECTED headline: Marine who saved dozens receives Medal of Honor

As Sgt. Meyer still serves in the Reserves, he is not an "ex-Marine." NBC News/MSNBC made the correction a couple of minutes ago at the OP link.

Semper Fi, Sgt. Meyer

:patriot:

[nadinbrzezinski]

11. I just post, no longer call the media for lazy

reporting... not here at least.

:patriot: indeed...