evil_gop_liars Posted May 28, 2010 Share Posted May 28, 2010 John W. Finn, the last survivor of the 15 Navy men who received the Medal of Honor for heroism during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, died Thursday at a nursing home in Chula Vista, Calif. He was 100 and had been the oldest living recipient of the medal, the nation’s highest award for valor. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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TimC Posted May 28, 2010 Share Posted May 28, 2010 Bless him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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DMD Posted May 28, 2010 Share Posted May 28, 2010 we live in a society where many of the youth want to be "respected" and thought of as bad-asses and not one of them can hold a candle to a guy like that. When Chief Finn arrived at the hangars, many of the planes had already been hit. He recalled that he grabbed a .30-caliber machine gun on a makeshift tripod, carried it to an exposed area near a runway and began firing. For the next two and a half hours, he blazed away, although peppered by shrapnel as the Japanese planes strafed the runways with cannon fire. As he remembered it: “I got shot in the left arm and shot in the left foot, broke the bone. I had shrapnel blows in my chest and belly and right elbow and right thumb. Some were just scratches. My scalp got cut, and everybody thought I was dying: Oh, Christ, the old chief had the top of his head knocked off! I had 28, 29 holes in me that were bleeding. I was walking around on one heel. I was barefooted on that coral dust. My left arm didn’t work. It was just a big ball hanging down.” Chief Finn thought he had hit at least one plane, but he did not know whether he had brought it down. When the attack ended, he received first aid, then returned to await a possible second attack. He was hospitalized the following afternoon. When I see the American flag, I think of guys like him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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westvirginia Posted May 28, 2010 Share Posted May 28, 2010 It's a wonder that sumbeach could walk carrying balls that big... Man, o man... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Chief Dick Posted May 28, 2010 Share Posted May 28, 2010 we live in a society where many of the youth want to be "respected" and thought of as bad-asses and not one of them can hold a candle to a guy like that. When I see the American flag, I think of guys like him. Yep. RIP. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hugh B Tool Posted May 29, 2010 Share Posted May 29, 2010 RIP A true Patriot and absolute definition of a Man's Man Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
millerx Posted May 29, 2010 Share Posted May 29, 2010 can't have too many of these on here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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