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2006-10-02 Iraq
California soldier dies after trying to save others in Iraq
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Posted by GolfBravoUSMC 2006-10-02 12:09|| || Front Page|| [11132 views since 2007-05-07]  Top

#1 Seems like he should've received a higher award than a certain Senator who ran down an injured guy and finished him off...

And that was .... a Silver Star, right?

I was thinking the CMH - you can't hardly get more "above and beyond the call of duty" than he did. See John 15:13.
Posted by Bobby 2006-10-02 16:50||   2006-10-02 16:50|| Front Page Top

#2 *Much* more selfless and heroic than being brainwashed for weeks, and strapping an explosive belt to blow up oneself in a kiddie pizzeria to finally get laid with 72 sluts... yet, the americans are the effeminated and decadent westerners who can't fight without overhelming firepower, and the Lions of Islam(Tm) are the brave desert warriors who love death more than we love life... if we believe the narratives.
Go figure.
Posted by anonymous5089 2006-10-02 17:03||   2006-10-02 17:03|| Front Page Top

#3 This guy personifies the difference between us and them. A taliwhacker will fire on coalition troops and then run into a crowd of schoolchildren to cover his escape. This guy pulls his unders from an exploded tank to get them to the ambulance all the while on fire.
Posted by Spiting Thuger9995 2006-10-02 19:15||   2006-10-02 19:15|| Front Page Top

#4 Montes was born in Mexicali, Mexico

All like him are welcome to come here. A hero without question. The Army's loss, America's loss.
Posted by Besoeker 2006-10-02 19:16||   2006-10-02 19:16|| Front Page Top

#5 Amen, RIP.
Posted by RD 2006-10-02 19:30||   2006-10-02 19:30|| Front Page Top

#6 Wow! God rest your soul, young soldier and God bless your family. Not a finer act of bravery to be had.
Posted by BA 2006-10-02 21:03||   2006-10-02 21:03|| Front Page Top

#7 my son's football team played El Centro Southwest last friday. Small world. RIP soldier, patriot, and friend to his fellow soldiers
Posted by Frank G 2006-10-02 22:12||   2006-10-02 22:12|| Front Page Top

#8 He died a full American citizen and a hero -- both choices consciously made. A man to be proud of.
Posted by trailing wife 2006-10-02 22:49||   2006-10-02 22:49|| Front Page Top

#9 Remember, not all Californians are nutbags or liberal loons.
Posted by Zenster">Zenster  2006-10-02 23:59||   2006-10-02 23:59|| Front Page Top

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