This Veteran's Spotlight posting will be primarily to highlight Medal of Honor recipient Dakota Meyer, but I felt a need to include his brothers here Juan Rodriquez- Chavez and Adeomola Fabayo (who both received Navy Crosses), because of how this crew operated together on the decision of then Cpl. Meyer to defy order's and all else to do the moral thing and save their brother's that they could. I have been reading so much about this over the last two week's, that I could probably write a short story on Meyer ... but I also lack formal writing background/ education, so it was hard enough to try to select just what to put in this posting too!
Meyer since all this rise to atencion, had also turned down corporate job offer's and quit from contracting to such after seeing what he called the "politic's" that were involved, and the pay was much more than working last I heard as a inde mechanic, who just want's one day to have his own small business ... and this is what you frankly dont see much of in our society and it's overall mindset, this also show's his want for freedom and independence ... he said in one interview ... why should he work for some of these folk's and have to listen to them tell him what to do, if they dont even know how to do their own job's? ... which is right on the money. Some folk's just dont get that though heh, heh, heh, heh, heh : )
However ... what stood out to me so much about Meyer is his defiance and integrity, and this has went on not only in the Corp, but in his everyday life even before and after his active duties in the Corp, and once a Marine, alwayz a Marine. Despite repeated orders to stand back, Meyer defied order's and WOULD NOT leave his brother's dead or alive, no matter even the consequence's of charge's against him ... he said in one interview I recalled ... that it was no decision to make, he would either save his brother's or go to jail trying, for disobeying. He has had run in's time and again for being so straight spoken and an independent thinker even in the Corp with commanding officer's, and was told even by a recruiter once, that he could never make it as a Marine ... well ... so much for the formal bullshit, eh? I have heard some war stories myself, and this one really stood out as well ... but enough from me, and let the rest of this and link's tell. And a damn good JOB!
WASHINGTON POST NATIONAL: At Medal of Honor event, the story left untold
VETERAN'S SPOTLIGHT PART'S 12 THRU 1
MEDAL OF HONOR: SGT. DAKOTA MEYER ... Thanx to MARINES
MARINES SGT. JUAN RODRIQUEZ- CHAVEZ & CAPT. ADEOMOLA FABAYO RECEIVE NAVY CROSSES ... Thanx to MARINES
And a lil music piece here to dedicate to those, from Jason Reed ... "MARINES HYMN" (as you've never heard it before!) ... Thanx to JTREED05
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