Re: OT - Victoria Cross

Kinda makes you wish for the days of old Rome... at least then if their
heroes waited years for an award or honor, it was for a statue or
something similar. Nowadays, the best these deserving heroes will get
is a small slab in DC's garden of the fallen.... or a maybe a statue
that honors a group... or a wall with their names on it... You'd think
that with our advancement of killing the living, we'd advance in our
way of honoring the dead....

--- Alan and Carmel Brain <aebrain@webone.com.au> wrote:

> > 
> > On a simillar note, the US Army's first Medal of Honor has been
> > awarded to SFC Paul R. Smith, a Combat Engineer platoon sergeant
> with
> > the 11th Engineer Batallion.
> > 
> >
>
http://www.sptimes.com/2005/02/02/Tampabay/Iraq_hero_joins_hallo.shtml
> 
> Alas, posthumous. :-(
> 
> -- 
> Alan & Carmel Brain
> http://aebrain.blogspot.com
> mailto:aebrain@webone.com.au
> 

Remember, even light is shaped by the darkness that surrounds it, and
the true crafters are seldom ever seen. Welcome to the shadows kid.

		
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