Originally posted by Cincy'sMom
I'm torn on this one...


Does she derserve the medal/recognition she is getting? Yes, but so do many, many other named heroes who have fought and do fight to defend our country.


How many soldiers can you name who gave the ultimate sacrifice...their life?
Lynch received a Purple Heart, everyone wounded in battle gets one. This is a very interesting story
but when I start to think about American military
prisoners I think about The Pueblo, the Baatan Death March, the Iran hostages (a majority of them were civvies) The Hanoi Hilton, the POWs and MIAs from all the wars since the turn of the century.

There are times I wonder if the soldiers that were killed would gladly accept that anonimity knowing that they would not be remembered individually, but collectively for the part they played, dying for their country, so we could enjoy and freely discuss a story like Lynch's?

I'm sure we could do a better job at remembering names, not just deeds of the fallen soldiers, but
that's why we have Vet's day and Memorial day.

We celebrate them as a group on those days, families remember them as individuals-
and even tho we have had some great men and women
lead us to where we are today-i sometimes get the feeling that people who have died and fought for this country would be a little embarrassed about having people fuss over what a great many of them
see as a a privilege, the privilege to do something for their country.

I am sure that we could do better remembering them when we hear about cutbacks in the VA benefits, hospital, medicines they need, housing or maybe
even just shaking their hand and saying, 'Thanks for giving your country some of your time, sweat, tears and blood.'

There is nothing like seeing the appreciation in a person's eyes when you thank them for doing something some of us can't or won't do.

I think that more important than remembering each and every name is not forgetting them and their anonymous service to America.