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Originally Posted by evangilder  Very true. I am proud of the ones I got, I guess. But they are stuffed away in a drawer somewhere. It was never about getting a medal for doing anything anyway. Getting home with everyone safe was the real reward. Having someone pin a medal on you for it is a nice gesture. But when the fit hit the shan, as things sometimes do, the medal is no substitute for lost friends. And unfortunately can serve as a reminder of something painful. |
I agree. To me the biggest reward that I ever recieved was when we returned from Iraq and to see all the wives and girlfriends there to greet there soldiers coming home because we lost no one. Our Brigade came home in one piece.
I look at pictures before and after and see the same faces. That is the most important thing to me. The friendship, the familiy and the trust. Only someone who has served will understand that too. My wife does not even understand it. She asked if I would do it over again and I told her that with same bunch of guys I would be back there in a heartbeat to serve by there side and watch there back. I know they had mine. We were a family.
Those memories mean more to me than awards.
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