OT- Great Ceremony

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I had the opportunity today to watch the presentation of the Medal of Honor to several military members that had been killed in action or passed since their time in Viet Nam, Korea, or WWII. It was very inspiring to watch, and very humbling to hear about the bravery and dedication to their comrades that each of the warriors exhibited. Only one honoree was still alive, the rest were received by sons, daughters, sisters, brothers, and a nephew. A Japanese that had been interned in WWII, a Hispanic, a black, with the rest white guys. It was emotional to me hearing about their exploits, and seeing some relatives come up to accept the award that needed a lot of help themselves.

I will add that although the President did stumble through his part a bit, he did do a good job with appearing to give comfort to the the acceptees (is that a word?) and handling the medal in the display case for pictures with them.

If it is out there on video anywhere I would consider it a useful few minutes of your time to give it a watch.

 

[95coug]

I had the opportunity today to watch the presentation of the Medal of Honor to several military members that had been killed in action or passed since their time in Viet Nam, Korea, or WWII. It was very inspiring to watch, and very humbling to hear about the bravery and dedication to their comrades that each of the warriors exhibited. Only one honoree was still alive, the rest were received by sons, daughters, sisters, brothers, and a nephew. A Japanese that had been interned in WWII, a Hispanic, a black, with the rest white guys. It was emotional to me hearing about their exploits, and seeing some relatives come up to accept the award that needed a lot of help themselves.

I will add that although the President did stumble through his part a bit, he did do a good job with appearing to give comfort to the the acceptees (is that a word?) and handling the medal in the display case for pictures with them.

If it is out there on video anywhere I would consider it a useful few minutes of your time to give it a watch.

I think protocol for the MOH is that they are “recipients.” I imagine that “honorees” is also acceptable. They’re not referred to as “winners.”

 

[ttowncoug]

Stretch. Did you see this live? If so, very cool

 

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I think protocol for the MOH is that they are “recipients.” I imagine that “honorees” is also acceptable. They’re not referred to as “winners.”

Yes, I think you are correct. Recipient is the perfect word, and it just didn't come to mind when I posted. Thanks.

And I know that nobody should or would ever refer to them as winners. Heroes would be an apt description, winners would not.

 

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Stretch. Did you see this live? If so, very cool

No, I didn't have that kind of luck, no connection to any of the recipients. Being there in person would be quite an honor, for sure. I had the TV on FNC in the other room and walked by as it was just starting, so I sat down to watch it. Just a bit of luck for me to walk by and notice it just then.

BTW, I did check to see what the other channels were doing and neither CNN or MSNBC covered the ceremony, figuring that it would then devolve into a political mud fight instead of just giving credit to the brave heroes that were being honored. At the risk of that happening here now, I wonder if CNN and MSNBC will cover the Medal of Freedom ceremony today as Biden honors Hillary Clinton and George Soros? Because in my mind, if there is anyone other than murderers and child molesters that do not deserve a Medal of Freedom, it is George Soros. Sorry for sharing that thought.