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Two SEALs who were posthumously awarded Congressional Medals of Honor were remembered here at SOCOM at MacDill AFB, Tampa, yesterday. The names of Petty Officer 2nd Class Michael Mansoor and Lt. Michael Murphy were etched into the granite wall that pays tribute to all fallen special operators.
Mansoor, as part of a sniper team working in Iraq, threw himself on a live grenade that had bounced off his chest. He was nearest the door of the room and could have exited prior to detonation but his teammates would not have had time to leave the room. His action saved the lives of his fellow SEALs.
Lt Murphy was leading a small team of SEALs in the mountains of Afganistan when they came under intense fire from a numerically superior Taliban force. Pinned down and heavily outnumbered, Murphy left the cover afforded by their position to get a workable radio signal to call for react...in spite of wounds he continued to communicate the team's position clearly and calmly until his message had been copied...he then returned to his team's position and died of his wounds.
It is always more than stamina and muscle and what you learned in training. It is love and respect for your brothers, the men around you, that inspires the greatest acts of self-sacrifice.
Mansoor, as part of a sniper team working in Iraq, threw himself on a live grenade that had bounced off his chest. He was nearest the door of the room and could have exited prior to detonation but his teammates would not have had time to leave the room. His action saved the lives of his fellow SEALs.
Lt Murphy was leading a small team of SEALs in the mountains of Afganistan when they came under intense fire from a numerically superior Taliban force. Pinned down and heavily outnumbered, Murphy left the cover afforded by their position to get a workable radio signal to call for react...in spite of wounds he continued to communicate the team's position clearly and calmly until his message had been copied...he then returned to his team's position and died of his wounds.
It is always more than stamina and muscle and what you learned in training. It is love and respect for your brothers, the men around you, that inspires the greatest acts of self-sacrifice.