Yesterday, President Obama awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor posthumously to a Green Beret who sacrificed his life to save his fellow soldiers while battling insurgents in Afghanistan.
Staff Sergeant Robert Miller's unit was ambushed on Jan. 25, 2008, during a predawn reconnaissance mission in Gowardesh, by enemy fighters who assaulted them from above. Under withering fire, Staff Sergeant Miller charged forward and drew fire away from his fellow soldiers. Even after he was shot, he continued returning fire to allow his team to pull back.
President Obama presented the medal to Staff Sergeant Miller's family in a ceremony in the East Room of the White House. "you gave your oldest son to America," he told the soldier's parents, Phil and Maureen Miller, "and America is forever in your debt."
Too often real heroes get overlooked in favor of Hollywood celebrities, the real heroes are those like Staff Sergeant Miller and the thousands of men and women serving in Iraq and Afghanistan, and many other places around the globe. They should not be relegated to second tier status behind the entertainment industry. Let's remember that some gave all while others gave nothing!
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