Posts Tagged ‘Medal of Honor’

Col. Jack Jacobs on “Moral Courage”

By Jamie McIntyre on Saturday, May 29th, 2010

Col. Jack Jacobs on “Moral Courage”

“Moral courage is not a complicated concept, really, for in it’s undistilled form it is merely the act of doing the right thing when it is much easier to do otherwise… The freedom that we enjoy today has been purchased with the blood and sacrifice of countless men and women who were simply doing the right thing, what they were supposed to do, when they needed to do it…For every person who has been recognized, there are countless others who have not, legions who performed extraordinary acts under fire with nobody surviving to witness them.”

Twice A Hero

By Jamie McIntyre on Friday, May 28th, 2010

For Memorial Day: Highlights from an hour-long documentary about the life of Lt. Col. Jimmie Dyess, USMC, the only American to earn America’s two highest honors for heroism: The Medal of Honor and the Carnegie Medal. Narrated by his son-in-law, Maj. Gen. Perry Smith, USAF, (Ret.). Used by permission.