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Michael Alan McAninch, Corporal, United States Marine Corps, First Marine Division, May 24, 1947, to August 28, 1969
“At 9:00 a.m. on August 28th, 1969, near Da Nang, his platoon came under mortar fire. He was the squad leader and got all his men to safety in time — all but one. One young man was hit in the open before he could reach cover and was calling for help. Michael went back for him. As he was pulling the wounded man into the cover, they were both killed by a mortar. I buried him on September 9th, the day we were supposed to meet on his R&R and six months before he was supposed to come home. He was twenty-two.”
http://www.vietvet.org/jsmicmca.htm
A respectful and poignant reminder of the hard work our servicemen and women do every day. You’ve won me over again (I’ve been away from Rocketboom for a while) with this episode.
“I have often asked myself why human beings have any rights at all. I always come to the conclusion that human rights, human freedoms, and human dignity have their deepest roots somewhere outside the perceptible world. These values are as powerful as they are because, under certain circumstances, people accept them without compulsion and are willing to die for them.”
~Vaclav Havel
Buzz up!
http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/15234
10 Things to Remember About
Memorial Day
http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/05/26/iraq.main/index.html
Brits to outlaw discrimination against military: http://blog.wired.com/defense/2008/05/british-to-outl.html