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never heard of him
« on: June 06, 2013, 10:29:29 PM »
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It is much more powerful to seek Truth for one's self.  Seeing and hearing that others seem to have found it can be a motivation.  With me, I was drawn because of much error and bad judgment on my part. Confronting one's own errors and bad judgment is a very life altering situation.  Confronting the errors and bad judgment of others is usually hypocrisy.


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Re: never heard of him
« Reply #1 on: June 06, 2013, 11:12:07 PM »
A conscientious objector like him I can truly respect.  God bless him.   
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Re: never heard of him
« Reply #2 on: June 07, 2013, 12:39:27 AM »
When I was a wee youngster my grandfather gave me a book with all (to that time) the MOH citations and personal histories of the folks who had received the citation.  All of them were for gallantry "above and beyond the call of duty" - yet I can't recall a single one who considered what they did anything special, let alone above and beyond.  That seems to hold true for those who received the MOH in the years since that book was published.

I think the point I'm trying to make is that these folk had a sense of duty that was greater than the rest of us.  Of those that lived to receive the citation and thus could comment about it, it seems their attitude was "it needed doing and I was the closest one" rather than claiming any special bravery or courage.  It's a darned high bar they set for the rest of us.

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« Reply #3 on: June 07, 2013, 01:45:57 AM »
Reading the citation, I'd say he earned it, and then some.
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Re: never heard of him
« Reply #4 on: June 07, 2013, 01:51:57 AM »

Dude.

That's a serious dose of humility.
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Re: never heard of him
« Reply #5 on: June 07, 2013, 08:13:05 AM »
Quote from: sumpnz on June 07, 2013, 01:45:57 AM
Reading the citation, I'd say he earned it, and then some.

My thoughts exactly. The first episode they listed, I thought, "he sure earned that"... and then the citation continued.

He deserved two or three medals of honor. (I know it doesn't work like that, I'm just sufficiently amazed.)
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« Reply #6 on: June 07, 2013, 09:49:35 AM »
Was watching a documentary about him. They tried to section 8 him. He had several run ins with his command. Show had footage from guys he served with as well as some of him. Worth watching

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Re: never heard of him
« Reply #7 on: June 07, 2013, 09:57:22 AM »
Quote from: sumpnz on June 07, 2013, 01:45:57 AM
Reading the citation, I'd say he earned it, and then some.

That is what I thought as well.
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Re: never heard of him
« Reply #8 on: June 07, 2013, 10:15:59 AM »
Wow, just wow! What an incredible human being he was!
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« Reply #9 on: June 07, 2013, 01:20:42 PM »
Yea you get the feeling at the annual banquet the other guys might let him go first. He does a good interview.  He believed he could be as good a soldier as anyone , without a gun.one of his commanders with whom he had trouble did a classy interview where he acknowledged how wrong he was

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Re: never heard of him
« Reply #10 on: June 08, 2013, 09:51:54 PM »
Anyone else read that,  subconsciously add the "Attention to orders",  and proceed to get chills on reading the citation?   

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Re: never heard of him
« Reply #11 on: June 08, 2013, 11:36:25 PM »
Quote from: makattak on June 07, 2013, 08:13:05 AM
My thoughts exactly. The first episode they listed, I thought, "he sure earned that"... and then the citation continued.

He deserved two or three medals of honor. (I know it doesn't work like that, I'm just sufficiently amazed.)

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But wait, there's MORE!...

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