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Heroic Last Stand, Camp Lejeune Marines Save 54 Other Lives
patdollard.com — It was a typical quiet morning on April 22, with the temperature intensifying as a bright orange sun emerged high from the horizon. Lance Cpl. Jordan Haerter, a rifleman with 1st Battalion, 9th Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 1, and Cpl. Jonathan T. Yale, a rifleman with 2nd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, RCT-1, were standing post. .
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- cashman57, on 05/11/2008, -0/+11FTA:In the face of a committed enemy, Haerter and Yale stood their ground, in turn saving the lives of numerous Marines, sailors, Iraqi Policemen, and civilians. Both Marines displayed heroic, self-sacrificing actions and truly lived up to the Corps values of honor, courage, and commitment.
“They saved all of our lives, if it wasn’t for them that gate probably wouldn’t have held,” Tupaj said. “The explosion blew out all of the windows over 150 meters from where the blast hit. If that truck had made it into the compound, there would’ve been a lot more casualties. They saved everyone’s life here.”
According to official reports the heroic actions of Haerter and Yale’s saved the lives of the 33 Marines and 21 Iraqi Police as well as numerous civilians at the entry control point. - pitlord, on 05/11/2008, -0/+6MOAR!!!
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We need more stories like this out of Iraq. I love to see the stories about the true heroism and kindness our men and women are giving their lives up to share with the good Muslims and Arabs in the Middle East.
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Every day, for every Coalition life lost 100's of Iraqi civilian lives are not only saved but elevated to a level of freedom and liberty that they could not have even imagined 8 years ago. We are rebuilding their schools, hospitals, libraries and fire departments protecting their towns so they can go about their lives safe in the knowledge that if some radical, terrorists try to attack them, the bravest, most self-sacrificing men and women in the world will risk their LIVES to protect the civilians.
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Yet, somehow, the liberal media manages to only cover the stories of death and destruction.
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