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HerdROTC
9 April 2005, 19:04
No idea why this should have taken so long!

http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/04/09/overdu ... index.html (http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/04/09/overdue.honors.ap/index.html)
Un4given
9 April 2005, 19:08
It's sad.
Ya know, we had our mil ball lastnight and we had our empty POW table... That's just a sad part of the ceremony to know that our brothers are missing. Tortured, killed, missing, etc... Could happen to any one of us.
Un4given
9 April 2005, 19:09
Oh to add to that... All other countries dont have to worry 'bout their POWs with us because they know the worse that they'll receive is someone taking naked pictures of them, while our boys lose heads and get tortured.
Ezmartini
10 April 2005, 18:44
My neighbor is a WWII vet, and in 2000 he FINALLY received the Distinguished Service Cross that he was awarded for his actions in New Guinea. He was always pretty modest about it, but it's good to see him and others like him get the respect and recognition that they deserve.
Cyc6300
11 April 2005, 04:30
Grats to him
ccarmycadet
12 April 2005, 14:09
Yeh, I've never understood why it takes so long for them to be recognized. Congrats to both of them and to all our brothers in arms who never recieved the full recognition they deserved. But what most impresses me most is that although they know they deserved an award, they dont complain not getting it because they themselves know, and the men they served with knew he deserved it, I guess thats all that counts. (I too know of a man who after years recieved full recognition of his actions).
Un4given
12 April 2005, 15:39
I dont know about these scenarios, I do know that some medals are given but never publically awarded due to the confidentiality of the mission that the medal was earned on.
So maybe some of these are declassified missions now?
Ezmartini
12 April 2005, 16:21
I doubt it, they probably just got lost in the bureaucracy.
EGRS_LTW
15 April 2005, 01:24
Well, the first Medal of Honor from OIF was awarded recently. It was awarded posthumously to SFC Smith (an Engineer btw, ENGINEERS LEAD THE WAY!) about 2 years after the events that earned him the Medal. Although, relatively speaking, that's pretty damn quick. Read about it here: http://www.army.mil/medalofhonor/
Wes
15 April 2005, 01:39
No disrespect to SFC Smith, but I'm pretty sure Enginers aren't the ones who "lead the way".
Associate289
15 April 2005, 08:46
Well, the first Medal of Honor from OIF was awarded recently. It was awarded posthumously to SFC Smith (an Engineer btw, ENGINEERS LEAD THE WAY!) about 2 years after the events that earned him the Medal. Although, relatively speaking, that's pretty damn quick. Read about it here: http://www.army.mil/medalofhonor/

Its been posted before.


No disrespect to SFC Smith, but I'm pretty sure Enginers aren't the ones who "lead the way".

Ahh yes, but we CAN spell....
Jake the Skillet
15 April 2005, 13:01
It was posted by some skillet dude I think......
Cyc6300
15 April 2005, 13:48
Rangers lead the way