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True American Heroes
September 15, 2011

White House Ceremony to Award Congressional Medal of Honor to Kentucky's Dakota Meyer

Dakota Meyer received his Congressional Medal of Honor today at the White House.

Sergeant Meyer is only one of a handful of living recipients to receive the Congressional Medal of Honor since the Viet Nam War.   He is honored for his selfless effort to try to save fellow Marines, Sgt. Aaron Kenefick, Lt. Michael Johnson,  and Hospitalman 3rd Class James Layton.

Meyer takes no credit for himself.  He directs all the honor to the soldiers who

Sgt. Aaron kenefick, 1st Lt. Michael Johnson, Corporal Dakota Meyer, Hospital man 3rd Class James Layton, all but Meyer lost their lives.

were lost in Afghanistan when enemy attacks isolated part of his unit with horrendous gunfire.   Three Marines and one Afghan solider were surrounded by enemy gunfire for hours in an early-morning ambush on Sept. 8, 2009.   Meyer and a staff sergeant had already been turned back twice under heavy fire while trying to get to the Marines in a Humvee.  After helicopter pilots said the fighting on the ground was too fierce to get to the pinned-down team, Corporal Dakota Meyer went in alone, uncertain whether his friends were alive.   The 21-year old Meyer ran on foot directly into a “Kill Zone” to search for the four missing men.   Dakota found his friends dead in a ditch, stripped of their weapons, radios, and body armor. The story is memorialized here at the Marine Times.

Watch Dakota Meyer talk about how the wrenching experience has challenged his life.

 

 

       


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Filed under: Featured, Inside The KC, Uncategorized by Sonja Eddings Brown, Sep 15, 2011

2 Responses to “True American Heroes
September 15, 2011”

  1. Joy Thompson, on September 17th, 2011 at 12:56 am Said:

    I loved reading this.  However, I wish these brave heroes didn’t get any publicity.  They don’t want it.  And, I think it puts them in jeopardy from the radicals.  Look what happened to Seal Team Six.  Also, I don’t like looking at Obamanation’s face if I can help it.

  2. Sonja Eddings Brown, on September 17th, 2011 at 9:04 am Said:

    Joy…I agree that we can’t be insensitive to the ugliest thoughts of the enemy. This story and photos are worldwide however, and that is just a function of the internet. I would hate to ignore such an event. It inspires young men like my son, who is considering the Navy, to also serve. I guess we just have to balance our responsibilities. Thanks for your thoughts.