"Greater love has no man than this, that he lay down his live for his friend."

Thanks Jonny and Jimi. 

This country has been blessed for over 200 years with young men who are willing to lay it down not only for their closest friends that they are serving with, but for us as a whole as well. 

Jerry

I count 44 Tridents on that coffin, as far as I know you will only find that many SEAL's together on a battle field or a grave site!

RIP Mike.

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As a Dutchman, I do not fully understand the entire contend of your post, Jonny, as I don´t know the story behind it. But I do agree on the fact that we, as the west, should be very proud of what our boys and girls are doing in Iraq and Afghanistan instead of ripping on ´em. It´s mostly leftwing biased mainstream media who seem to be very cuddly cozy with the terrorists. These kids are out there not to bully those people, as the media would have us believe, but to defend our western values of freedom and democracy against scum who seem to hate us for no apparent reason.... scum who bring their unfunded hatred to the US, Spain, London, The Netherlands, Denmark.
Our freedom is a vulnarable thing right now, and I praise those who are willing to fight for it, even sacrificing their own lives so we can continue to feel safe.
Damn, this issue always gets to me.

Pascal.

Receiving his Medal of Honor from President Ronald Reagan, MSG Benavidez was honored for actions during the Viet Nam conflict. Benavidez, a native Texan, was born 5 August 1935. On May 2, SSG Benavidez was assigned to Detachment B-56, 5th SFG(A). After a 12-man reconnaissance team had been inserted west of Loc Ninh, they encountered enemy resistance and requested emergency extraction. After three helicopters had unsuccessfully attempted to extract them, SSG Benavidez volunteered to return with the helicopters for another attempt. Directing the helicopters to a protected clearing, Benavidez ran to the crippled team. Even though he was severely wounded in his right leg, face and hands, he dragged or carried the dead and wounded to the helicopters. In order to recover the remaining team members, Benavidez threw smoke canisters directing the helicopters to the site. As the enemy fire intensified, he hurried to recover classified documents on the dead team leader. Hit in the abdomen and back, he continued to gather the classified documents. Simultaneously, the pilot of the helicopter was killed and the chopper crashed. Although in extremely critical condition, Benaaidez assisted the wounded out of the overturned aircraft, and gathered the stunned survivors into a defensive perimeter. Under increasing enemy fire, Benavidez went around the perimeter distributing ammunition and water, instilling in them the will to live. He, although extremely weak, began calling in tactical air strikes and directing fire from supporting gunships to suppress the enemy's fire and to permit another extraction attempt. Again wounded in the thigh, Benavidez kept administering first aid to the team members until the extraction helicopter was able to land. He then began ferrying the wounded into the helicopter. Upon his second trip, he was clubbed from behind and he became involved in hand-to-hand combat with the enemy whom he subsequently killed. He continued to carry wounded to the aircraft. Upon reaching the aircraft the last time, Benavidez spotted two enemy soldiers and killed them. Only after all the wounded had been placed on the helicopter did he allow himself to be treated. Benevidez died in El Campo, Texas 1999.

U.S. Navy Ship named after Roy Benavidez

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Osama bin hidin. 

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