Anyone else watching Obama award Sgt. Giunta the Medal of Honor?

[gateley]

What an amazing young man. A true patriot.

I'm so sorry we have subjected our young men and women to the horrors of war. :hug:

[ProudToBeBlueInRhody]

1. I saw him on 60 Minutes the other night

He's humble and clearly uncomfortable with being labeled a hero in any way.

[PBS Poll-435]

2. Agreed.

Recommended.

[the redcoat]

3. Watching.

But I'm going to have to assume it won't be long before someone on the right finds something from this ceremony to criticize Obama on.

[nmbluesky]

4. I do

He is very humbled

[Subdivisions]

5. I watched. And I am proud of Sgt. Giunta. n/t

[Oceansaway]

6. i went to school with Richard

Giunta from Dubuque Iowa....i wonder if they are related.

[1776Forever]

12. From Wikipedia.........Salvatore Giunta

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salvatore_Giunta

Personal life

Born in Clinton, Iowa, on January 21, 1985, in a family of Italian descent,<1> Giunta grew up in Cedar Rapids and Hiawatha. His parents, Steven, a medical equipment technician, and Rosemary, a preschool teacher, live in Hiawatha. He has two younger siblings, Mario and Katie. Giunta attended John F. Kennedy High School in Cedar Rapids and enlisted in the Army in November 2003. He married Jennifer Lynn Mueller, a native of Dubuque, in October 2009 after several years of dating.<2><3>

(more at link)

[Oceansaway]

13. thanks...n/t

[Posteritatis]

7. This is the first non-posthumous one in a few decades too, no? (nt)

[jaxx]

8. I watched the ceremony, very moving.

from the news:

WASHINGTON — An Army staff sergeant who stepped into the line of fire to help a pair of comrades on the Afghan battlefield has been given a Medal of Honor, the nation's top military award.

President Barack Obama awarded the medal to Salvatore Giunta (jee-UN'-tah) Tuesday. That makes the 25-year-old Iowan the first living service member from the Iraq or Afghanistan wars to be so honored. Seven others have received the award posthumously.

<snip> Giunta, who was previously awarded a Bronze Star and Purple Heart, among other medals, called his parents after hearing from the president, his father said.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/40219122/ns/us_news-life

[rubberducky]

9. Very touching ceremony. He looks so youngand a trifle nervous.

[KT2000]

10. Everyone in the US should listen

to what that man went through and remember his friends who died.
So sad.

[A-Long-Little-Doggie]

11. Yes, a true patriot

:patriot: