Tag: video
Welcome Home Soldier
by admin on Nov.02, 2009, under Support Our Soldiers
Cute video of a soldier surprising his daughter. I’m always excited when I hear word that a town’s troop is coming home to their wives, husbands, son and daughters.
Michael Monsoor – Video
by admin on Oct.19, 2009, under Combat, Tribute
Last month I posted about Michael Monsoor, a young SEAL who threw himself on a grenade to save his comrades. Today I ran across a touching memorial video on YouTube.
What a brave young man. I’m sure his family is proud of him and his selfless actions, but I’m also sure they wish he could be with them today.
Freedom Has Its Cost
by admin on Sep.29, 2009, under Tribute
They will always be heroes, because only heroes can give so much. And we will always remember those gifts that they ultimately gave.
The Price of Freedom from Chuck Holton on Vimeo.
On August 16, I posted a blog called “They Call them Heroes” about a medevac mission to Wardak province. On that mission, two men from the 101st Airborne were killed and three more wounded in an IED blast during a combat resupply mission. I related that the dead are referred to over the radio net as “Heroes”, and rightly so.
Later, I found out that the hero who was carried back to Bagram Airfield on my aircraft was a 29-year-old 1st Lieutenant named Donald C. Carwile. Donnie was formerly a policeman from Oxford, Miss., and joined the Army because he believed it was the honorable thing to do. Donnie left Jennifer, his wife of four years and two daughters, ages 3 and 5.
I told the story of this mission when I was asked to speak at a church in Columbus, Ga., a few weeks ago. For that service, I put together the above video from that mission. Donnie’s feet are the last thing you see.(source)
