McGinnis To Receive Medal Of Honor
Now why should the likes of a Hussein, be Commander in Chief of warrior heroes like this? Spoiled “international-set” elitists who are bitter towards their country and white people? I really don’t fucking think so. That Harvard puke who can’t bowl and probably can’t park a bicycle, but can take a bribe from a Syrian to help criminal Muslims has no business leading the best men of America at the most dangerous and critical of its tasks.
Army Times:
By Michelle Tan - Staff writer
Posted : Friday Apr 25, 2008 16:54:10 EDT
Spc. Ross McGinnis, who was killed Dec. 4, 2006, in Iraq when he smothered a grenade with his body, will receive the Medal of Honor, sources told Army Times.
McGinnis, 19, is the second soldier to receive the nation’s highest valor award for actions while serving in Operation Iraqi Freedom. Sgt. 1st Class Paul Ray Smith, who was killed April 4, 2003, fighting off insurgents in a fierce firefight south of Baghdad, was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor two years after he died.
McGinnis, of 1st Platoon, C Company, 1st Battalion, 26th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade, 1st Infantry Division, is credited with saving the lives of four fellow soldiers.
On Dec. 4, 2006, McGinnis was manning the turret in the last Humvee of a six-vehicle patrol in Adhamiyah in northeast Baghdad when an insurgent threw a grenade from the roof of a nearby building.
“Grenade!” yelled McGinnis, who was manning the vehicle’s M2 .50-caliber machine gun.
McGinnis, facing backwards because he was in the rear vehicle, tried to deflect the grenade but it fell into the Humvee and lodged between the radios.
As he stood up to get ready to jump out of the vehicle, as he had been trained to do, McGinnis realized the other four soldiers in the Humvee did not know where the grenade had landed and did not have enough time to escape.
McGinnis, a native of Knox, Pa., threw his back against the radio mount, where the grenade was lodged, and smothered the explosive with his body.
The grenade exploded, hitting McGinnis on his sides and lower back, under his vest. He was killed instantly. The other four men survived.
McGinnis, who was laid to rest at Arlington National Cemetery, will be honored during a ceremony at the White House. The ceremony is expected to take place sometime in June.
It’s longstanding Army policy not to comment on the status of Medal of Honor nominations. The sources who confirmed the information to Army Times asked to remain anonymous.
When contacted by Army Times, McGinnis’s parents declined to comment.
In addition to McGinnis and Smith, two other service members have received the Medal of Honor for actions in Iraq: Marine Cpl. Jason Dunham and Master-at-Arms 2nd Class (SEAL) Michael Monsoor. Only one Medal of Honor has been awarded for actions in Afghanistan, to Lt. Michael Murphy, a Navy SEAL.
Each of those awards was presented posthumously.
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sad that someone so young had to go, but it is well deserved. Where do people like him come from? I just wish we could clone them and make them run for office-we need those like him.
April 25th, 2008 at 5:37 pmThat is one hell of a kick-ass military St. Michael is drafting up there …
April 25th, 2008 at 5:48 pmIf I remember correctly the motto of the 1st Inf Div is: “No Mission Too Difficult, No Sacrifice Too Great—Duty First.”
No greater honor could be bestowed on a member of the ist Inf than one who’s self-less actions so exemplify that motto.
Duty, honor and country are just words to pinheads like BHO. To this unit, to this young warrior, words mean something.
“Greater love hath no man than this, in that he would lay down his life for his friends.”
My prayers go out to the family and to his fellow warriors in the 1st Inf Div.
April 25th, 2008 at 7:41 pmThis nation would not stand without such brave souls.
Rest well Soldier.
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It’s hard, I feel so sorry for the family. Yes he is a hero to his fellow soldiers and he is a hero to me and others.
They lost their little boy.
April 25th, 2008 at 7:47 pmHe’ll be waiting on Fiddler’s Green.
April 25th, 2008 at 7:47 pmThis hero deserves this medal but most of all our respect and that we remember his and all of our militarys sacrifice. His parents raised a fine man and should be very proud. so young yet so heroic
April 25th, 2008 at 7:56 pmThank you Spc. Ross McGinnis.
God Speed.
April 25th, 2008 at 8:19 pmPrevious comments,
I can’t say it any better than you have 
Don’t ever doubt your writing ability. Your short paragraph spoke volumes about our Military and that Dim. prick Hussein.
for you Pat 
April 25th, 2008 at 8:23 pm“LET ME NOT MOURN FOR MEN WHO HAVE DIED FIGHTING, BUT RATHER LET ME BE GLAD THAT SUCH HEROS HAVE LIVED”- General Patton.
April 25th, 2008 at 10:00 pmIt’s getting too much for me. This 19 year old deserves the Medal of Honor, but I bet his mom would rather have him.
April 26th, 2008 at 2:21 amBoo Boo:
In every society there are those who step up to the plate…and those who haven’t the stomach for it. This society doesn’t teach self-lessness anymore. Yet it still remains in the genetic code of some individuals.
And Thank God it does. Without such warroirs as this young stud, this free society of ours would cease to exist.
In war and in peacetime all of us who’ve worn the uniform understand the risks of doing so. We take it….gladly.
This warrior’s actions reflect great credit upon himself, his family, his unit, squad and platoon and this country.
His life, though short, was beatiful.
His legacy for his family will live on long after they are gone. And his name will be rembered as long as this nation exists…hollowed, honored and revered.
He gave of his life freely when he could have run and lived.
He thought more of his fellow soldiers than himself. That’s greatness bud.
When that fact seaps in, his family will be comforted beyond any words from a preacher.
April 26th, 2008 at 8:13 am