• President Obama presents Medal of Honor to 24 minority soldiers. Largest Medal Ceremony in history.
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[quote](CNN) -- If not for the hue of their skin or their ethnicity, 24 soldiers who faced death in service to their nation would have received the most prestigious medals for their valor long ago. But they were born and fought in a time when such deeds were not always fairly acknowledged. On Tuesday, the U.S. government corrected the oversight. President Barack Obama honored 24 Army veterans with the Medal of Honor -- the country's highest military award, given to American soldiers who display "gallantry above and beyond the call of duty " -- for their combat actions in Vietnam, Korea and World War II. "Some of these soldiers fought and died for a country that did not always see them as equal," Obama said during a ceremony at the White House. "...Their courage almost defies imagination." Only three of the soldiers are alive to receive the recognition.[/quote] [url=http://www.cnn.com/2014/03/18/politics/medal-of-honor-vets/]Source[/url] [img]https://scontent-a-sjc.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-frc3/t1.0-9/993028_10152102014148558_1706317739_n.jpg[/img] [url=http://www.armytimes.com/article/20140318/NEWS/303180030/24-receive-Medal-Honor-today-White-House]The stories[/url] [quote]Staff Sgt. Manuel V. Mendoza, Hispanic American, WWII Staff Sgt. Manuel Mendoza single-handedly broke up a German counterattack on Oct. 4, 1944, in Mt. Battaglia, Italy. While wounded, he grabbed a submachine gun, crested a hill and fired on 200 heavily armed enemy troops who were charging the hill from the other side, killing 30 of them. After the enemy withdrew, he retrieved many enemy weapons, captured a wounded enemy soldier and returned to a friendly position.[/quote] [quote]Sgt. Jesus Duran, Hispanic American, Vietnam War On April 10, 1969, in Tay Ninh, Vietnam, Duran, a machine gunner with E Company, 2nd Battalion, 5th Cavalry, 1st Cavalry Division, was on a search and clear operation. As the soldiers moved into an elaborate enemy bunker complex, the lead elements began taking fire from every side. With his M-60 machine gun blazing from his hip, Duran rushed forward and assumed a defensive position near the command post. As the hostile forces stormed the post with small arms fire and grenades, Duran thwarted their efforts with devastating streams of machine-gun fire. Learning that two seriously wounded troopers were pinned down by harassing enemy fire, Duran assaulted the enemy positions, firing deadly bursts on the run. Duran climbed onto a log and fired directly into the enemy’s foxholes, eliminating four fighters and several others as they fled. He then continued to pour effective fire on the disorganized and fleeing enemy.[/quote] Seriously, some of these actions sounds like something straight from the movies.
Jesus was pulling some Rambo shit there, M-60 on his hip.
[QUOTE=Pvt. Martin;44283373]Jesus was pulling some Rambo shit there, M-60 on his hip.[/QUOTE] Yeah jumping over logs with his m60 blazing from his hip; that sounds like some serious Rambo material. Is it time for a Hispanic Rambo movie?
Veterans*
[QUOTE=seano12;44283624]Yeah jumping over logs with his m60 blazing from his hip; that sounds like some serious Rambo material. Is it time for a Hispanic Rambo movie?[/QUOTE] Machete?
[QUOTE]Morris immediately reorganized the force into an effective assault posture and moved them forward before he and two other men went to recover the body of a fallen team commander. Enemy fire wounded the two men with Morris, so he helped them back to the main force and then charged alone into the hail of fire. He threw grenades into the nearest enemy bunker. While his men provided suppressive fire, Morris destroyed four more enemy positions to get to his fallen comrade. Morris was wounded three times but he did not stop until he brought the fallen soldier back to safety. [/QUOTE] These guys are pretty incredible. Something you would see in a MoH game.
Did they not get their medals sooner because they're minorities?
[quote]While wounded, he grabbed a [B]submachine gun[/B], crested a hill and fired on 200 heavily armed enemy troops who were charging the hill from the other side, [B]killing 30[/B] of them.[/quote] what the fuck wow
[QUOTE=Agoat;44283640]Machete?[/QUOTE] Needs more dual wielding akimbo M-60s [editline]18th March 2014[/editline] [QUOTE=Rofl_copter;44283701]what the fuck wow[/QUOTE] Yeah man that's kind of weird how did he kill 30 with his SMG? I guess they just didn't have any cover.
[QUOTE=Rangergxi;44283644]These guys are pretty incredible. Something you would see in a MoH game.[/QUOTE] Well that's the point of it being called "Medal of Honor" isn't it? In all seriousness, war stories get pretty fantastical at times, it can seem quite unreal the type of stuff that some soldiers pull off.
[QUOTE=asteroidrules;44283774]Well that's the point of it being called "Medal of Honor" isn't it? In all seriousness, war stories get pretty fantastical at times, it can seem quite unreal the type of stuff that some soldiers pull off.[/QUOTE] too bad medal of honor went to shit, it used to be so awesome in its glory days.
[quote]Pfc. William F. Leonard, Caucasian, WWII On Nov. 7, 1944, near St. Die, France, Pfc. William F. Leonard braved machine-gun fire to assault a hill after his platoon was reduced to eight men, killing two snipers 50 and 75 yards away. [b]Shot in the neck and back,[/b] he destroyed a machine gun with grenades, killing its two-man crew. [b]Stunned by an exploding bazooka shell,[/b] he advanced to knock out a second machine gun.[/quote] Holy shit. Walking goddamn tank.
[QUOTE=Raxas;44284679]Holy shit. Walking goddamn tank.[/QUOTE] Adrenaline is one hell of a drug.
[quote]killing 30 of them.[/quote] Holy hell
[QUOTE=Raxas;44284679]Holy shit. Walking goddamn tank.[/QUOTE] That's some serious Khorne Berzerker shit right there. [quote][B]1st Lt. Donald K. Schwab, Caucasian, WWII[/B] Schwab led his company over 400 yards of bare, coverless ground against a formidable line of machine-guns and machine-pistols, made three charges with his dwindling group of men before he charged the enemy alone in Lure, France on Sept. 17, 1944. Ultimately, he took out a German pistol nest by ripping off its shelter cover, bludgeoning the gunner with his carbine and dragging him behind friendly lines amid a hail of gunfire. The action so disorganized the enemy troops that they abandoned their defenses and withdrew.[/quote] [quote][B]Spc. Leonard Alvarado, Hispanic American, Vietnam War[/B] On Aug. 12, 1969, while serving as a rifleman during a mission to relieve a sister platoon in Phuoc Long Province, Vietnam, Alvarado recognized and disrupted an enemy raid. Despite his quick reaction, he and his comrades were quickly pinned down by the enemy force that blocked the path to the trapped platoon. As Alvarado rushed forward to engage the enemy, a grenade exploded nearby, wounding and momentarily stunning him. Alvarado killed the grenadier just as another enemy barrage wounded him again. He crawled forward to pull several soldiers back within a hastily formed perimeter. Realizing that his element had to break away from the enemy force, Alvarado began moving forward alone. Exploding satchel charges kept throwing him to the ground, but Alvarado continued to move and fire, silencing several enemy positions. He continued to lay down suppressive fire on the hostile forces. After the enemy broke contact, his comrades discovered Alvarado had died from his wounds.[/quote] [quote][B]Sgt. Jack Weinstein, Caucasian, Korea[/B] Citation summary: Weinstein, of Lamar, Mo., was serving with Company G, 21st Infantry Regiment, 24th Infantry Division on Oct. 19, 1951, near Kumson. Weinstein was in the lead as the first platoon of Company G attempted to take an enemy-held position. After gaining the ground, the platoon, consisting of two five-man squads, was hit by a fierce counterattack by about 30 fanatical Chinese Communist troops. Most of the members of the platoon had been wounded in the previous action and withdrew. Weinstein continued to fight off the rushing enemy. At least six were killed by Weinstein’s M-1 rifle before he ran out of ammo. Although under extremely heavy enemy fire, he refused to withdraw and continued fighting by throwing enemy hand grenades which were lying near his position. Alone and unaided he held the ground his platoon had fought hard to take. He held out against overwhelming odds until another platoon was able relieve him and drive back the enemy. Weinstein’s leg had been broken by an enemy grenade and old wounds suffered in previous battles had reopened, but he refused to withdraw until wounded comrades could reach friendly lines. Weinstein died on April 20, 2006, at the age of 77.[/quote]
[QUOTE=Midas22;44283651]Did they not get their medals sooner because they're minorities?[/QUOTE] Yeah. That's basically the whole point of this event. Medals awards to those who didn't get one because of race, or religion. Mostly race.
[QUOTE=Wizards Court;44284153]too bad medal of honor went to shit, it used to be so awesome in its glory days.[/QUOTE] What? It still requires alot of courage and sacrifice to get the reward.
Look at all the service ribbons the guy on the left has, wow. These guys are true heroes.
[QUOTE=Rangergxi;44285726]What? It still requires alot of courage and sacrifice to get the reward.[/QUOTE] I think he meant the series of games.
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