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September 11 – what Oliver Stone left out

September 11th, 2009 | Comments Off

This item was first printed here on October 9, 2003. U.S. Army Lt. Gen. James R. Helmly, Chief, Army Reserve, will present the Soldier’s Medal, the highest peacetime award for heroism, to Captain John Chovanes, an Army Reservist with the Army Medical Corps. The ceremony will be held today, 1 December 2003, at the Pentagon in Room 2B548 at 2 pm. In the aftermath of the attack on the Twin Towers on September 11th, 2001, Captain Chovanes at risk to his own life, voluntarily rendered medical aid, and assisted in the rescue of a New York Port Authority officer. The officer was buried well below the surface of the collapsed buildings. Rescue efforts involved slowly digging free the buried officer due to debris being above and around the rescue site. Captain Chovanes administered … Read entire article »

Filed under: Heroes, Military, War on Terror, WOT Heroes

September 11 – Rick Rescorla

September 11th, 2009 | Comments Off

The following was first printed here on September 9, 2003. Lt. Rick Rescorla, Platoon Leader, B Co 2/7 Cav A hero for our time, England and Cornwall’s finest! Lt Rescorla survived that engagement and many others. He had grown up in a village on England’s southwest coast and left at age sixteen to join the British military. He’d fought against Communists in Cyprus and Rhodesia. He then came to America, he said, so that he could enlist in the Army and go to Vietnam. He welcomed the opportunity to join the American cause in Southeast Asia. He worked his way up through the ranks to Sergeant before being commissioned… After fighting in Vietnam, he returned to the United States and used his military benefits to study creative writing at the University of Oklahoma. Literary minded, … Read entire article »

Filed under: Heroes, September 11, War on Terror, WOT Heroes