Who woulda thunked it!! OInk and I actually agree on something!!! :D

Michale.....

Michale.....

You may be on to something with your first sentence. Maybe the quality of "selflessness" must be present in a person in order for them to ever become a hero in the first place. Maybe a "selfish hero" is a true oxymoron. Hmmm, now you've made me think...

As for the rest of your comment, hey, sometimes Hollywood makes a movie about you when you get home. But even Sergeant York initially didn't want his movie made, from what I understand.

:-)

-CW

I really liked how President Obama went "off script" today just to say that he really likes this guy.

All Iowans and all Americans can be very justly proud of army Staff Sergeant Giunta.

But this is also the end of Giunta's exciting career; it sinly won't do for him to get killed. Medal of Honor winner Franklin D. Miller actually went AWOL from his unit to remain in the fight after being decorated by Nixon. Unit command wouldn't put him in the field after that, so he absconded with some pals from a Special Operations Group (SOG). You may also remember, Chris, that the crew of the Memphis Belle were brought home after completing 25 missions. Richard Bong was awarded the Medal of Honor after downing 40 Japanese planes, but died testing a first-generation jet fighter at almost the same moment Hiroshima was atom-bombed.

Giunta can look forward to desk jobs and training positions from now on. Glory days end with that medal.