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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsDon't know who may have seen President Biden award the Korean War veteran the Medal of Honor
today, but it was a very moving ceremony.
After the ceremony, the President asked for the veteran's family to come up
The President, VP, and Secretary of Defense were there, and were personally speaking with the veteran, and you could the gratitude and warm acknowledgments between everyone
As I said, it was quite moving
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Diamond_Dog
(32,006 posts)Prefer that hateful orange Shitstain over a decent and compassionate man like Biden? Ill never understand it as long as I live.
JohnSJ
(92,219 posts)multiple ways to cheat and con people, and our government out of money
JI7
(89,252 posts)3auld6phart
(1,048 posts)Agree with you 100% That orange filth isnt worth a maggots turd.Absolute
waste of O2.
samnsara
(17,622 posts)moondust
(19,993 posts)It's been a long time.
Also, South Korean President Moon Jae-in was there (front row) and spoke though I didn't see that part.
JI7
(89,252 posts)mcar
(42,334 posts)And look, a granddaughter(?) also in service?
Prof. Toru Tanaka
(1,967 posts)His first reaction was "why all the fuss?". He said he would have have been fine if they had just mailed him the award.
Very nice that they had his family join him for the ceremony. The President of South Korea, Moon Jae-in was in attendance and thanked Col. Puckett and other Korean War veterans.
Colonel Ralph Puckett. U.S. Army Ranger and Medal of Honor recipient.
WA-03 Democrat
(3,050 posts)First this man is hero and everyone in the picture looks really happy. Honor is back in the White House. This is political shock. Rather meeting with Kim Jong-un on the enemy's turf we have our Korean allies in during a veteran's MOH for the war we fought for South Korea. We fought for capitalism and democracy. The 2 geographically small countries of South Korea and Taiwan are responsible for 80% of the entire world's semiconductors production. The Biden Administration is a tight machine working double time and getting great results.
IcyPeas
(21,893 posts)Link to tweet
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senseandsensibility
(17,066 posts)the Army Rangers had been recently integrated and Col. Puckett purposely chose minority soldiers for his unit. The entire ceremony, including the speech by the Korean Prime Minister, was moving. I did feel a little worried when the medal recipient had trouble standing for so long at the end but he endured, and a younger female soldier came up to hold his arm.