ON MY RECENT TRIP TO WASHINGTON DC, WE MADE A STOP AT ARLINGTON CEMETERY. THE BUS WAS QUITE. NO ONE REALLY SAID MUCH, JUST SAT AND STAIRED OUT THE WINDOW. WHILE WE WERE DRIVING THREW, THEY PASSED AORUND A PICTURE OF A YOUNG MAN IN HIS COMBAT GEAR. IN THE CORNER OF THE PIC IT SHOULD A MEDAL, THE MEDAL OF HONOR. THE PICTURE WAS OF SPC ROSS A. McGINNIS. AS THE BUS CAME TO A STOP I SOON FOUND OUT WHERE WE WERE. SEC 60. THE SECTION DEDICATED TO ALL THE HEROS FROM OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM. AS WE ALL STOUD THERE TO LISTEN, THEY TOLD A STORY OF A YOUNG SOLIDER. ON DEC 4, 2006 DURING PATROL SOMEONE THREW A FRAGMENTATION GRENADE INTO HIS VECHILE. WITHOUT SECOND GUESSING OR THINKING OF JUST HIMSELF, HE THREW HIS BODY OVER TOP OF THE GRENADE. WITH HIM DOING SO, HE SAVED 4 LIVES THAT DAY. WE LAYED 12 ROSES AT HIS PLOT. PLAYED TAPS AND SAID A PRAYER. I DIDNT HAVE THE HONOR TO KNOW ROSS MCGINNIS, WEATHER I GOT TO MEET HIM OR NOT, HE IS A HERO TO ME. ALL THE SOLIDERS PAST AND PRESENT. WITHOUT THEM WHO KNOWS WHERE WE'D BE TODAY. EVERYTIME I LOOK AT THE FLAG ALL I CAN THINK ABOUT WHAT THEY'RE GOING THREW FOR US HERE BACK AT HOME. MY HEART AND BEST WISHES GO OUT TO HIS FAMILY AND EVERY FAMILY THAT HAS LOST SOMEONE TO THIS WAR AND EVERY WAR. TO ALL THE SOLIDERS THANK YOU. IM PROUD OF EVERYTHING YOU DO. AND THANKFUL NON THE LEAST

• published: 08 Sep 2009
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