Re: Navy Petty Officer Mike Monsoor
Date: Wednesday, December 3, 2008.
Navy Petty Officer Mike Monsoor
PO2 (EOD2) Mike Monsoor, a Navy EOD Technician, was awarded
the Congressional Medal of Honor posthumously for jumping on a grenade in Iraq , giving his life to save his fellow SEALs.
During Mike Monsoor's funeral in San Diego , as his coffin was
being moved from the hearse to the grave site at Ft. Rosecrans National Cemetery , SEALs were lined up on both sides of the pallbearers route forming a column of twos, with the coffin moving up the center.
As Mike's coffin passed, each SEAL,
having removed his gold Trident from his uniform, slapped it
down embedding the Trident in the wooden coffin. The slaps
were audible from across the cemetery; by the time the coffin
arrived grave side, it looked as though it had a gold inlay from
all the Tridents pinned to it. This was a fitting send-off for a
warrior hero.
This should be front-page news instead of the crap we see
every day.
Since the media won't make this news, I choose to make it
news by forwarding it on. I am proud of our military and the
men and women who serve in it. They represent the highest
and finest values of this country.
This has never been reported that we know of by the media.
Surprise, surprise. You can help by sending this on to a few
of your friends. God bless the men and women of the United
States military.
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