Mike Monsoor, was Awarded "The Congressional Medal Of Honor" last week for giving his life in Iraq, as he jumped on and covered with his body, a live hand grenade that was accidentally dropped by a Navy Seal,saving the lives of a large group of Navy Seals that was passing by!
During Mike Monsoor's funeral, at Ft. Rosecrans National Cemetery in San Diego, California the six pallbearers removed the rosewood casket from the hearse.
Lined up on each side of Mike Monsoor's casket were his family members, friends, fellow sailors and well-wishers.
The column of people continued from the hearse, all the way to the grave site.
What the group didn't know at the time was every Navy Seal(45 to be exact)that Mike Monsoor saved that day was scattered through-out the column!
As the pallbearers carried the rosewood casket down the column of people to the grave site the column would collapse forming a group of people that followed behind.
Every time the rosewood casket passed a Navy Seal, he would remove his gold Trident Pin from his uniform and slap it down hard causing the gold Trident Pin to embed itself into the top of the wooden casket! Then the Navy Seal would step back from the column and salute!
Now for those who don't know what a Trident Pin is or what it looks like here is the definition and photo!
Basic Navy Seals training lasts for three weeks and is followed by Navy Seal Qualification Training which is 15 more weeks of training. This training is necessary to continue improving basic skills and to learn new tactics and techniques which is required prior to assignment to a Navy Seal Platoon.
After successful completion,trainees are given their Naval Enlisted Code,
and are awarded the Navy Seal Trident Pin.
With this Gold Pin they are now officially Navy Seal's!
It was said that you could hear each of the 45 slaps from across the cemetery!
By the time the rosewood casket reached the grave site it looked as though it had a gold inlay from the 45 Trident Pins that lined the top!
This was a fitting end to an eternal send-off for a warrior hero!
This should be front-page news!
Instead of the garbage we listen to and see every day.
GOD BLESS AND KEEP OUR TROOPS SAFE!
I do recall the story. In fact, I did see it on the "6:00 News" (Channel 3 - WFSB).
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His heroism was reported on the CBS Evening News
CBS News:
http://www.cbsnews.com/2316-100_162-558812-1.html
It was in the local paper,The New Haven Register
New Haven Register
http://www.nhregister.com/articles/2008/04/09/past_stories/19921471.txt
And, of course, it was in the New York Times.
New York Times
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/09/washington/09medal.html
It was in big and small newspapers throughout the country - from Portland, ME to LaCrosse, WS to L. A.
The story of this man's heroism was everywhere
Sadly, it appears that someone is using the death of a true hero to make a political point to promote their own bias, e.g. "I bet you didn't see this in the newspaper or on the 6:00 News".
It sounds like they have a grudge against the media.
Isn't it sad that someone would use the death of a man who made the ultimate sacrifice to make a political point?
Isn't it sad that someone would charge that the story wasn't carried by print or broadcast news when it actually was covered?
I'm not a liberal. I'm pro-life. I voted for George W. Bush. I believe in the right to bear arms (I own a gun myself.).
Yet, I can't tolerate a lies like these.
The men and women that make up our military are fighting for us - not for lies.
They deserve better.