Pretty much sums up going beyond the call of duty. He recieved the Navy Cross for his efforts. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bradley_KasalIn a fire fight in a house in Fallujah, although wounded by seven 7.62 mm AK-47 rounds and hit by more than 40 pieces of hot fragmentation from a grenade while using his body to shield an injured fellow Marine, Kasal refused to quit fighting and is credited with saving the lives of several Marines during the U.S. assault on insurgent strongholds in Fallujah in November 2004.
By the time he was carried out of the house by LCpl. Chris Marquez and LCpl. Dan Shaffer, Kasal had lost approximately 60 percent of his blood.
The photograph of Kasal, taken by photographer Lucian Read — blood soaked and still holding his pistol and K-Bar knife — being helped from the building by fellow Marines, has become one of the iconic pictures of the war.
The night before the burial of her husband's body, Katherine Cathey refused to leave the casket, asking to sleep next to his body for the last time. The Marines made a bed for her, tucking in the sheets below the flag. Before she fell asleep, she opened her laptop computer and played songs that reminded her of "Cat," and one of the Marines asked if she wanted them to continue standing watch as she slept. "I think it would be kind of nice if you kept doing it," she said. "I think that's what he would have wanted."
I found a video years ago on youtube that had all the pictures and the soundtrack was "In this River" by The Black Label Society. The bastard took down the video.Zombie_Affair wrote:
The night before the burial of her husband's body, Katherine Cathey refused to leave the casket, asking to sleep next to his body for the last time. The Marines made a bed for her, tucking in the sheets below the flag. Before she fell asleep, she opened her laptop computer and played songs that reminded her of "Cat," and one of the Marines asked if she wanted them to continue standing watch as she slept. "I think it would be kind of nice if you kept doing it," she said. "I think that's what he would have wanted."
Pretty sure I saw it. Very emotional. The first pic in the OP is apart of that set.S3v3N wrote:
I found a video years ago on youtube that had all the pictures and the soundtrack was "In this River" by The Black Label Society. The bastard took down the video.Zombie_Affair wrote:
The night before the burial of her husband's body, Katherine Cathey refused to leave the casket, asking to sleep next to his body for the last time. The Marines made a bed for her, tucking in the sheets below the flag. Before she fell asleep, she opened her laptop computer and played songs that reminded her of "Cat," and one of the Marines asked if she wanted them to continue standing watch as she slept. "I think it would be kind of nice if you kept doing it," she said. "I think that's what he would have wanted."
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You havent got the correct format from imageshack, try uploading them again and grabbing the right BBcode.trex1210 wrote:
For fuck sakes! I don't know how to get the pics to show up. Sorry.
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This pic is very depressingAussieReaper wrote:
http://i27.tinypic.com/244wex3.jpg
I heard that the guy who took tis picture later committed suicide because of his guilt in doing nothing for the child.trex1210 wrote:
This pic is very depressingAussieReaper wrote:
http://i27.tinypic.com/244wex3.jpg
ya that don't surprise me. That would be a fucked up thing to see in person.Ty wrote:
I heard that the guy who took tis picture later committed suicide because of his guilt in doing nothing for the child.trex1210 wrote:
This pic is very depressingAussieReaper wrote:
http://i27.tinypic.com/244wex3.jpg
Wow that second pic is... just wow!Zombie_Affair wrote:
http://img91.imageshack.us/img91/2077/dday1.jpg
http://img91.imageshack.us/img91/6889/germansx.jpg
It was hard for both sides..
