I think EVERYONE who serves in the military is a hero. Period-dot.
However, the one thing I believe we as civilians, and those who serve count on is trust.
Trust that our government will have our back when we reach out to help. When the odds are stacking up so high against us, you hope the Calvary will arrive.
In the military, you hope political correctness and politics won't cost lives...won't stop that Calvary from arriving....
That's what happened to these men.
When they realized there was no hope, they did what American's do...they rose up to the occasion and tried with all their might to make it right.
These ARE true American heroes.....
"But, in a larger sense, we can not dedicate -- we can not consecrate -- we can not
hallow -- this ground. The brave men, living and dead, who struggled here, have
consecrated it, far above our poor power to add or detract. The world will
little note, nor long remember what we say here, but it can never forget what
they did here. It is for us the living, rather, to be dedicated here to the
unfinished work which they who fought here have thus far so nobly advanced. It
is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us --
that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for
which they gave the last full measure of devotion -- that we here highly resolve
that these dead shall not have died in vain -- that this nation, under God, shall
have a new birth of freedom -- and that government of the people, by the people,
for the people, shall not perish from the earth."
In his final moments, he lived and fought as he always did. Ty responded to the attack on the Benghazi consulate on September 11, 2012. He fought his way through the enemy and into the compound to defend State Department personnel from attack. Setting up a defensive position, Ty and his colleagues helped evacuate dozens of Americans from the consulate and to a safer position while continuing to defend against the onslaught.
Fighting until his last breath, Ty did what he always had; he inspired, led, helped and fought for the defenseless, for our country, and for us. Ty died as he would have wanted - with his sword in his hand. Ty leaves behind a wife and his young child.
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