The event took place on January 23, 1945, near Tettingen, Germany.

Master Sergeant Oresko’s official Medal of Honor citation was read to him on October 30^th 1945 by  Harry S. Truman.

M/Sgt. Oresko was a platoon leader with Company C, in an attack against strong enemy positions. Deadly automatic fire from the flanks pinned down his unit. Realizing that a machinegun in a nearby bunker must be eliminated, he swiftly worked ahead alone, braving bullets which struck about him, until close enough to throw a grenade into the German position. He rushed the bunker and, with pointblank rifle fire, killed all the hostile occupants who survived the grenade blast. Another machinegun opened up on him, knocking him down and seriously wounding him in the hip. Refusing to withdraw from the battle, he placed himself at the head of his platoon to continue the assault. As withering machinegun and rifle fire swept the area, he struck out alone in advance of his men to a second bunker. With a grenade, he crippled the dug-in machinegun defending this position and then wiped out the troops manning it with his rifle, completing his second self-imposed, 1-man attack. Although weak from loss of blood, he refused to be evacuated until assured the mission was successfully accomplished. Through quick thinking, indomitable courage, and unswerving devotion to the attack in the face of bitter resistance and while wounded, M/Sgt. Oresko killed 12 Germans, prevented a delay in the assault, and made it possible for Company C to obtain its objective with minimum casualties.

The event took place on On September 8, 2009, near the village of Ganjgal, Afghanistan.

Corporal Dakota L. Myer’s official Medal of Honor citation was read to him on September 15^th, 2011, by Barack Hussein Obama.

For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the repeated risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty as a member of Marine Embedded Training Team 2-8, Regional Corps Advisory Command 3-7, in Kunar Province, Afghanistan, on 8 September 2009. When the forward element of his combat team began to be hit by intense fire from roughly 50 Taliban insurgents dug-in and concealed on the slopes above Ganjgal village, Corporal Meyer mounted a gun-truck, enlisted a fellow Marine to drive, and raced to attack the ambushers and aid the trapped Marines and Afghan soldiers. During a six hour fire fight, Corporal Meyer single-handedly turned the tide of the battle, saved 36 Marines and soldiers and recovered the bodies of his fallen brothers. Four separate times he fought the kilometer up into the heart of a deadly U-shaped ambush. During the fight he killed at least eight Taliban, personally evacuated 12 friendly wounded, and provided cover for another 24 Marines and soldiers to escape likely death at the hands of a numerically superior and determined foe. On his first foray his lone vehicle drew machine gun, mortar, rocket grenade and small arms fire while he rescued five wounded soldiers. His second attack disrupted the enemy’s ambush and he evacuated four more wounded Marines. Switching to another gun-truck because his was too damaged they again sped in for a third time, and as turret gunner killed several Taliban attackers at point blank range and suppressed enemy fire so 24 Marines and soldiers could break-out. Despite being wounded, he made a fourth attack with three others to search for missing team members. Nearly surrounded and under heavy fire he dismounted the vehicle and searched house to house to recover the bodies of his fallen team members. By his extraordinary heroism, presence of mind amidst chaos and death, and unselfish devotion to his comrades in the face of great danger, Corporal Meyer reflected great credit upon himself and upheld the highest traditions of the Marine Corps and the United States Naval Service.

On November 11^th, 2011, 94 year old Nicolas Oresko, our nation’s oldest living recipient of the Medal of Honor and Dakota Myer, our nation’s most recent living recipient of the Medal of Honor met at the annual Veteran’s Day Parade in New York City.

Take a good look.

These are the sorts of people Conservatives call heroes. They span generations and hundreds of years. They come in all colors but they fought, and fight, for only 3 colors.

Red…White and Blue.

These are OUR heroes. They fight for freedom and liberty. They fight for us and for others around the world. They do not seek personal gain from their efforts nor do they seek fame. They were doing their jobs.

They don’t regard themselves as heroes. It’s our job to honor them as such and to never forget what they have done. We call them what they will not call themselves.

Liberals have heroes too.

Take a good look.

They fight for what others have. They DO seek personal gain and/or fame.

Liberal heroes feel entitled to their status and will shout about it until they are recognized and they wear their arrest record as their badge of honor.

Conservatives also have martyrs.

Take a good look.

They come in all colors. Those pictured above are but a small handful of the hundreds of thousands who went before them over the decades and centuries. These are the ones who fought for the exact same ideals as did our heroes but never made it back alive.

Liberals have martyrs too.

Take a good look.

A liberal martyr is the flavor of the day or the week. They will be left behind by liberal heroes just as soon as a new and more politically expedient martyr comes along.

The heroes of Conservatives give of themselves to their country to provide us freedom.

The heroes of liberals feel entitled that their country provide for them what others have earned.

The martyrs of conservatives gave all they had.

The martyrs of liberals are exploited for all they’re worth.

Who we honor and hold in high regard and how we do it is a direct reflection of the regard with which we hold our nation.

Some time today, stand in front of a mirror.

Take a good look.

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