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"The true soldier fights not because he hates what is in front of him, but because he loves what is behind him."
Some of the names below may be familiar to you, others perhaps less so. These are a few of the heroes we - or our fellow milbloggers - found time to recognize. I only regret we couldn't do more. In many of the below accounts you'll find first-person narratives, or comments from people who were there. In other cases you'll find comments from those left behind.
Here's a tip on reading milblog posts: don't miss the comment sections. There you'll often encounter those folks mentioned above. I'm always humbled to find remarks left by the subject of these posts - or the relatives of the fallen. As I noted in one of the earliest such efforts here, I hope we've done right by them.
Some time off we'll look back and realize that there were heroes among us in these days, though many of us didn't know it, and few of them would claim the title.
Coach - if you're in uniform, ordinary heroes are more than names.
Hostage rescue - John Lucas of Knoxville Tn., emails to clarify events surrounding the resue of Egyptian hostages by US soldiers... since Mr Lucas' son was one of those soldiers involved in the rescue, we'll let him take it from here...
TSgt John Chapman - OEF, Roberts Ridge. The Navy has announced it will name a ship for Air Force Technical Sergeant (E6) John A. Chapman...
Gunnery Sergeant Darrell Carver: On one side of the doors stood men who believed they would be judged how they lived. On the other lay men who believed they would be judged on how they died.
Lance Cpl Thomas R. Adametz - Silver Star. Outnumbered, pinned down and under attack from three directions, the Marines of Echo Company were in danger of being overrun by Iraqi insurgents hurling grenades and firing rockets and AK-47s... "I looked out there and saw this crazy maniac firing away so all the Marines could come back alive," said Lance Cpl. Carlos Gomez-Perez, who was severely wounded in the attack.
Spc Kevin Pannell If Kevin Pannell doesn't answer his cell phone, you'll get the message, "You've reached the coolest amputee in the world." More: The gentleman went on to ask Kevin if he thought that war was inevitable, and if he thought there would be more of it in the future.
"Yeah, oh yeah" says Kevin and he went on to explain why we're not speaking German at this very moment.
Sgt Peter Damon - Pete Damon will go to the Fenway Park mound this afternoon to throw out the first ball before the Red Sox-Orioles game with his wife at his side. Jenn Damon will tote a backpack stuffed with the necessities: a screwdriver, a piece of Kevlar string, a cable, and a spare arm.
Sergeant P.G. Crittenden, Royal Australian Air Force, WWII
Marine Sgt. Leandro Baptista
Berge Avadanian: When Berge Avadanian jumped into France as part of the 82nd Airborne on D-Day, 6 June, 1944 he was sure he was going to die that day.
Katrina: But as the Black Hawk helicopter approached the flooded hotel in the New Orleans East area on Sept. 2, he was stunned by what he saw on its balcony.
"For a minute, we sort of looked at each other and didn't say anything," Sergeant Sorjonen said. "It was something - something you wouldn't expect to see here. Something you wouldn't want to see here."
Katrina: Dr Stanley Tillinghast, M.D.
Katrina: Med 1
Katrina: Sheepdogs in wet shoes
Attacks on multiple positions: Your search for Marine Corporal Joshua Butler in all fields returned 0 results.
The return of the 3/25: Despite the national attention, the Marines arrived to little fanfare.
John Eade and Larry Gwin, the Ia Drang valley, Vietnam, 40 years later.
The crews of Jolly 11 and Jolly 12.
Marine lieutenant Ryan McGlothlin: "My son told us, to our faces, 'I won't vote for Mr. Bush, but I'll take a bullet for him,' " Donald McGlothlin said in an interview Wednesday.
SGT Michael "Mike" James Stokely: Came across your blog this morning, and thought I'd share my thoughts as the dad of an American Soldier killed in action four months ago.
Some distant sunset, vision fading
Memories remain
And tired eyes gaze 'pon folded flags
While distant drums beat their refrain
Saluting fallen friends whose names
And youth will never fade
Here's to those on other shores,
for them live well, the price is paid
