Thursday, August 4, 2022

Rest In Peace PFC Simanek

Awarded the Medal of Honor in Korea for falling on a grenade to save his buddies.  Lived another 70 years.  As you'd expect, Dwight has the details

Semper Fi, Marine.  Ave atque vale.

5 comments:

  1. Jumping on a live grenade takes cojones....big brass clanky cojones.

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  2. Self preservation is one of the most intrinsic pre-programmed modes for humans.
    How does a person in that mili second make that decision??

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  3. I'll bet he made that decision long before then.

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  4. I've read that the MOH is typically awarded for two main categories:
    Falling on a grenade, and one man attacking a group of the enemy, IOW, acting as a warrior.

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