January 08, 2007
This brave Marine will recieve the honor posthumously. Uncommon valor is a common virtue in the Marines, and Cpl. Dunham will continue to carry on the legitimacy of that motto.
The WSJ requires a subscription for its archived stories, so Scott at Powerline excerpted thusly from a 2004 WSJ article on Cpl. Dunham:
"As far back as boot camp, his superiors spotted the quality that would mark this young American as an outstanding Marine: His willingness to put the needs of others before his own," Mr. Bush said. "As long as we have Marines like Cpl. Dunham, America will never fear for its liberty."May a flight of angels sing thee to thy rest, Cpl. Dunham. ht: Jules CrittendenOn patrol on April 14, 2004, Cpl. Dunham found himself engaged in hand-to-hand combat with an insurgent near the Syrian border. When his attacker dropped a live hand grenade, the Marine made the split-second decision to cover the weapon with his own helmet, shielding two of his men from its full explosive force.
The other Marines staggered away from the blast, injured but alive. Cpl. Dunham suffered deep shrapnel wounds to the brain. He survived eight days in a coma, only to die with his parents at his bedside. He was 22 years old.
"There's not a day that goes by that I don't think about it," said Cpl. William Hampton, one of the Marines fighting beside Cpl. Dunham when the grenade exploded. The explosion left Cpl. Hampton, a 24-year-old from Woodinville, Wash., peppered with shrapnel. "I see my arms, I see my leg. I'm always reminded of it."
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As a veteran myself, Im proud.
Posted by: Madcap at January 08, 2007 01:43 PM (JF5DO)
Posted by: Greyrooster at January 08, 2007 02:12 PM (ovoks)
We have the Dept of War but not the Dept of Peace.Wonder what Hans "Christian" Anderson would make of this fairy tale of romantic warriors who die for oil that no one wants to conserve because they are so used to having it.
Sad sad tale of woe.
Posted by: civilbehavior at January 08, 2007 02:53 PM (aaS4R)
Assholeism is a deadly disease and you have the worse case I have ever heard of. You are also a fucking liar. We haven't taken shit for oil. What we get from the middle east we pay for like everyone else. The price is set by Opec. You are a idiot. Worse you are a traitorous idiot. Go to hell, TRAITOR.
Posted by: Greyrooster at January 08, 2007 10:11 PM (ovoks)
Civilbehavior:
What Greyrooster said, plus ...
I hope you get hit by a train 
and stuff.
You are utter trash to come and mock a Marines sacrifice, and sprinkle around your lies.
You can't become worm food soon enough. I don't even care about your history of weak arguements. I am noticing you for your absolute lack of respect for the HERO described above.
Who will miss you, or post something in memory of you when your gone, or are you really what you seem to be? A worthless maggot?
Of course you would be a maggot, because that is what maggots do. They go to where the dead are, and they get fat off of them. Well are you done nibbling here? Have you had enough?
I'd like to say more, but my inner lawyer advises otherwise. Hope to see you some day, 'pal'.
USA, all the way!
Posted by: Michael Weaver at January 09, 2007 04:56 AM (2OHpj)
Neither can I.
Thank you Snivel Behaviour for displaying the infamous compassion of the moral left. Your movement is every bit the despicable enemy of mankind that the islamopithecines are. Decent human beings said a prayer for Cpl. Dunham. You gave us a glimpse into the abyss the left has planned for all of us.
Fuck you very much for the unintended insight.
Posted by: Jeff Bargholz at January 09, 2007 02:09 PM (abVz3)
Long gone the need to prove his manhood
Long gone the need to prove his red-blooded American genealogy
And only the stars twinkle at our foolish pride.
Posted by: tbone at January 09, 2007 04:05 PM (HGqHt)
Posted by: Greyrooster at January 09, 2007 08:15 PM (w+w6p)
As a hateful little coward, belittling the service of a real man is the only way you can garner attention.
You don't deserve to live in the sluttish luxury ensured by men like Cpl. Dunham. You don't deserve to live in this country. You probably don't deserve to live at all.
Posted by: Jeff Bargholz at January 09, 2007 08:53 PM (abVz3)
Posted by: tbone at January 11, 2007 01:23 PM (HGqHt)
You would know this if you ever served instead of talked, that boy died saving his buddies, not for your twisted ideology.
Posted by: tbone at January 11, 2007 01:56 PM (HGqHt)
Posted by: Greyrooster at January 11, 2007 09:14 PM (w+w6p)
Posted by: tbone at January 11, 2007 09:54 PM (iK3oF)
Your comment that drew all of this fire was percieved as undermining the values for which this young patriot served, and ultimately died. If you look hard at what you said, with honesty, you will see a political statement, whether you only intended praise for the man, or not. Like civilbehavior, who I have little use for, your remark attached itself to a political position, and a disparaging one at that. Even in the sugestion that he died to prove something other than love for his country. Your first comment, by itself, seems to mock the man, and his country. That is called 'picking a fight'. If you got jumped on by other commenters, you asked for it.
USA, all the way!
Posted by: Michael Weaver at January 12, 2007 12:17 AM (2OHpj)
Posted by: ozjdkx hscqgur at January 17, 2007 02:47 AM (IoKB7)
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