Posted by
M*A on Wednesday, January 21, 2009 12:17:01 AM
Petty Officer 2nd Class Mike A. Monsoor
29 years old from Garden Grove, California
September 29, 2006
In April 2008, Michael Monsoor (who had already been
posthumously awarded the Silver Star for his actions in a May 9, 2006
incident, when he and another SEAL pulled a wounded team member to
safety amidst gunfire) was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor. His
funeral, attended, in the words of President Bush, by “nearly every
SEAL on the West Coast,” was held on October 12, 2006 at Fort Rosecrans
National Cemetery in San Diego. During Monsoor’s funeral service, as
the casket was taken from the hearse to the gravesite, fellow SEALs
lined up in two columns to slap and embed the gold Tridents (a pin
awarded for successful completion of SEAL Qualification Training) from
their uniforms onto the top of Monsoor’s coffin.
Petty Officer 2nd Class Mike A. Monsoor’s Summary Of Action.
“The procession went on nearly half an hour, and when it was all over,
the simple wooden coffin had become a gold-plated memorial to a hero
who will never be forgotten.” - President George W. Bush
These brave men and women sacrifice so much in their lives so that
others may enjoy the freedoms we get to enjoy everyday. For that, I am
proud to call them Hero.
We Should Not Only Mourn These Men And Women Who Died, We Should Also Thank God That Such People Lived
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