Comments for Today's Medal of Honor Moment for 15 November We're the Military and Airpower Guys of Jonah Goldberg of National Review Online + a stray we found wandering around looking lost. All original material JHD, BHD, JR, WT, and KA 2003-2010 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2009/11/todays_medal_of_173.html Sat, 24 Mar 2012 15:10:51 Z Movable Type 4.12 en Copyright 2012 http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification Today's Medal of Honor Moment for 15 November http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2009/11/todays_medal_of_173.html http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2009/11/todays_medal_of_173.html Sun, 15 Nov 2009 10:14:13 -0600 Comment from John of Argghhh! on 2009-11-15 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2009/11/todays_medal_of_173.html#comment-95503 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2009/11/todays_medal_of_173.html#comment-95503 Sun, 15 Nov 2009 21:55:09 -0600 Comment from Cortillaen on 2009-11-15 ]]> http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2009/11/todays_medal_of_173.html#comment-95502 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2009/11/todays_medal_of_173.html#comment-95502 Sun, 15 Nov 2009 21:00:13 -0600 Comment from John of Argghhh! on 2009-11-15
The ruthless foe refers to the Chinese.  I was just observing that the ruthless one in this citation was Jordan.

That's all.]]> http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2009/11/todays_medal_of_173.html#comment-95499 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2009/11/todays_medal_of_173.html#comment-95499 Sun, 15 Nov 2009 18:46:45 -0600 Comment from Cortillaen on 2009-11-15 Citation:
Upon orders for the platoon to withdraw and reorganize, Pfc. Jordan voluntarily remained behind to provide covering fire. Crawling toward an enemy machine gun emplacement, he threw 3 grenades and neutralized the gun. He then rushed the position delivering a devastating hail of fire, killing several of the enemy and forcing the remainder to fall back to new positions. He courageously attempted to move forward to silence another machine gun but, before he could leave his position, the ruthless foe hurled explosives down the hill and in the ensuing blast both legs were severed.
John:
I find the phrase "the ruthless foe hurled explosives down the hill" just a little jarring, considering the ruthless foe in this piece was PFC Jordan!
I don't read it that way.  Following the use of the pronoun "he", it should still be meaning "PFC Jordan" from the first sentence quoted, so the last sentence should be:  "[PFC Jordan] courageously attempted to move forward to silence another machine gun but, before [PFC Jordan] could leave his position, the ruthless foe hurled explosives down the hill and in the ensuing blast both legs were severed."  The "ruthless foe" being PFC Jordan doesn't make sense there, does it?]]> http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2009/11/todays_medal_of_173.html#comment-95497 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2009/11/todays_medal_of_173.html#comment-95497 Sun, 15 Nov 2009 16:50:40 -0600