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Met a Vietnam-era Medal of Honor recipient last weekend.

Posted on: May 25, 2017 at 11:33:13 CT
Tigrrrr! MU
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Nicest guy and very humble, but he uses his status and notoriety to continue to serve other veterans.

He bought a Veteran's cemetery out of bankruptcy to run it as a not for profit to provide reasonably priced funeral and burial services. They cemetery he manages is private, so he can let family members be buried with their spouses unlike the cemeteries at Higginsville or Leavenworth.

His MOH citation said as a corpsman assigned to a Marine unit he threw himself on a grenade to protect a wounded Marine he'd moved to in order to treat him. When the grenade didn't go off, he tossed it back at the enemy and continued to direct the other Marines to help evacuate the injured soldier.

http://www.cmohs.org/recipient-detail/3222/ballard-donald-e.php
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Anyone here eligible for burial at Arlington? - Silas MU - 5/25 10:40:43
     Met a Vietnam-era Medal of Honor recipient last weekend. - Tigrrrr! MU - 5/25 11:33:13
          "tossed it back at the enemy" - pickle MU - 5/25 12:06:47
     Not I. Served but didn't retire from service - tman KC - 5/25 10:58:18
          You are eligible for inurnment at Arlington if you served - Spanky KU - 5/25 11:06:51
     my brother is a Chaplain there - cnk ATL - 5/25 10:52:36
          Good friend of mine was a guard at Tomb of Unkown - mu7176grad MU - 5/25 11:08:33
     I think everyone here is alive. So, no. nm - hokie VT - 5/25 10:42:36
          Well done(nm) - raskolnikov MU - 5/25 11:00:14
     Myself, GAT, mu7176grad...I'm sure I'm missing some (nm) - Salty Dog MU - 5/25 10:42:31
          Just give my family a flag - mu7176grad MU - 5/25 10:49:23
               You really want a flag? You were forced against your will - ummmm MU - 5/25 11:09:35
                    Just like Lincoln did to Irish Immigrants (nm) - Salty Dog MU - 5/25 11:14:25
                         Yes, like that. (nm) - ummmm MU - 5/25 11:24:37
                    Yes I do - mu7176grad MU - 5/25 11:14:17
                         Same reason I fly a flag at my house. - Tigrrrr! MU - 5/25 11:35:56
                              State worship - pickle MU - 5/25 11:41:22
                                   I knew you would love it. - Tigrrrr! MU - 5/25 11:52:18
                                        Do you even understand the point being made? (nm) - pickle MU - 5/25 12:02:38
                         That makes absolutely no sense whatsoever (nm) - pickle MU - 5/25 11:22:40
                              There isn't much that makes sense to you (nm) - Salty Dog MU - 5/25 11:23:24
                         Interesting. I cannot supplant my feelings for yours - ummmm MU - 5/25 11:21:58
                              Perspective may be a factor, so serious question. Were you - Mo Texan MU - 5/25 11:37:29
                                   That doesn't really get to the issue here (nm) - pickle MU - 5/25 11:42:13
                                        It was a simple question to ummmm, but feel free to answer (nm) - Mo Texan MU - 5/25 11:48:40
                                             Yes, I know it was a question to ummmm - pickle MU - 5/25 11:53:06
                                                  Regardless of your opinion I asked the question - Mo Texan MU - 5/25 12:34:37
                    How do you know he was forced? Maybe he volunteered(nm) - Mo Texan MU - 5/25 11:12:33
                         He's mentioned many times on here that he was drafted (nm) - ummmm MU - 5/25 11:12:52
                              OK, missed that(nm) - Mo Texan MU - 5/25 11:13:43
                    Would it be OK if he killed people he knew?? - Salty Dog MU - 5/25 11:11:47
                         No. (nm) - ummmm MU - 5/25 11:13:10
               My dad got a flag. I still have it(nm) - raskolnikov MU - 5/25 11:00:53
                    Good for you (nm) - mu7176grad MU - 5/25 11:03:29
                    Communist flag? (nm) - Evenflow MU - 5/25 11:01:31
                         What is a "communist flag"?(nm) - raskolnikov MU - 5/25 11:08:15
                              It has a sickle and hammer on it (nm) - Salty Dog MU - 5/25 11:12:29
                                   That is the flag of the former Soviet Union - raskolnikov MU - 5/25 11:38:32




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