Navy Petty Officer Mike
Monsoor
Mike Monsoor was
awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor
posthumously for jumping on a grenade in Iraq,
giving his life to save his fellow Seals.
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, SEALs 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..
This should be front-page news instead of the crap we see every
day.
We are proud of our military. If you are proud too, please pass
this on. If not then rest assured that these fine men and women of
our military will continue to serve and protect.
God Bless our Troops
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