Navy Petty Officer Mike Monsoor
By Todd Lohenry
Mike Monsoor, a Navy EOD Technician, was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor posthumously for jumping on a grenade in Iraq, giving his life to save his fellow Seals. (Notice: Mike was not a Navy SEAL, he was EOD. He gave his life to save a group of Navy SEALS. Please note this has been corrected and revised in the comments below.)
During Mike Monsoor’s funeral in San Diego, as his coffin was being moved from the hearse to the grave site at Ft. Rosecrans National Cemetery, SEAL’s were lined up on both sides of the pallbearers route forming a column of two’s, with the coffin moving up the center. As Mike’s coffin passed, each SEAL, having removed his gold Trident from his uniform, slapped it down embedding the Trident in the wooden coffin.
The slaps were audible from across the cemetery; by the time the coffin arrived grave side, it looked as though it had a gold inlay from all the Tridents pinned to it.
This was a fitting send-off for a warrior hero and it should be front-page news instead of the crap we see every day. Since the media won’t make this news, I choose to make it news by posting it.
I am very proud of our military. If you are proud too, please pass this link on. If not then rest assured that these fine men and women of our military will continue to serve and protect.
Thanks to Todd Lohenry for making this available for all to read.
http://rightsideofwisconsin.com/2009/03/28/navy-petty-officer-mike-monsoor/
04/19/09 Correction: as Lew has politely pointed out below, Mike Monsoor was indeed a Navy Seal. Additionally he was also a MA2, not a EOD. The coffin in the photo above is also believed to be that of fellow SEAL James Suh, who gave his life in Afghanistan on 28 June 2005.
RJ,
Thanks for posting. I read about his heroic and selfless actions last year. Glad his memory and deeds live on due to folks like you. Kind of tempers the AIG bonuses and other issues on which the focus is trained.
Have a great weekend!
RFS
Thank you so much for posting this story and stories like it! Our heroes ask do not ask for recognition, yet as you mention, they are the ones who should be on the front page of the news.
total bullshit!
Try doing some research before you sully the name and accomplishments of a fine Navy Seal! Yes, he WAS a Navy Seal.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_A._Monsoor
http://www.blackfive.net/main/2008/04/us-navy-seal-mi.html
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,376243,00.html
http://www.military.com/NewsContent/0,13319,116817,00.html
you people disgust me when you perpetuate such lies about such a fine and heroic man. It’s so much easier to cut-n-paste lies from someone else’s web site instead of actually doing 2 minutes worth of research. Yeah, it only took me 2 minutes to find the 4 links above. There are dozens more, but I think you get the point, you bone-head.
Dear Lew,
Thank you for focusing so intensely on only the facts, making your point and ruining the spirit of the article in spite of the errors. I’m sure this has made readers of it feel much better. You may want to show some consideration of others yourself and approach corrections in a more polite manner.
Hope you have a more pleasant day in the future.