SF in battle, story not told till now.

CatFish Driver · Post by **CatFish Driver** » October 4th, 2008, 4:44 pm

LINK

CPT Eric Jacobson is a friend of both PocketKings and I. He is a fucking stud and doesn't bullshit anything or anyone.

With all the embedded reporters, I can't believe that this didn't make it to print until now.

Fine job gents.

GoldCoast · Post by **GoldCoast** » October 4th, 2008, 8:39 pm

The Shiite militiamen were going after Muqtada al Sadr... Maybe we could have just kept an eye on them for a while and THEN taken them out.

RTO · Post by **RTO** » October 4th, 2008, 10:01 pm

I tip my Beret to all who were involved and am raising a shot tonight to honor those who were lost.
Awesome story. Thanks for sharing.

RRDTm3 · Post by **RRDTm3** » October 5th, 2008, 4:28 am

As I have said before. How can there not be more MOH awards for actions during the GWOT?

Civil War 1,522
Indian Wars 426
Korean Expedition 15
Spanish-American War 110
Samoan Civil War 4
Philippine-American War 86
Boxer Rebellion 59
Mexican Expedition 56
Haiti (1915â€“1934) 8 Dominican Republic Occupation 3
World War I 124
Occupation of Nicaragua 2
World War II 464
Korean War 133
Vietnam War 246
Battle of Mogadishu 2
Operation Iraqi Freedom 4 Operation Enduring Freedom 1
Unknowns 9

IDon'tCare · Post by **IDon'tCare** » October 5th, 2008, 7:54 am

Great post CatFish Driver. Thanks.

garyedolan · Post by **garyedolan** » October 5th, 2008, 9:10 am

Fascinating read--amazing how the terrain, the weather and the technology might change, but the emotions & experiences are exactly always the same...

CatFish Driver · Post by **CatFish Driver** » October 5th, 2008, 10:36 am

RRDTm3 wrote:As I have said before. How can there not be more MOH awards for actions during the GWOT?

Civil War 1,522
Indian Wars 426
Korean Expedition 15
Spanish-American War 110
Samoan Civil War 4
Philippine-American War 86
Boxer Rebellion 59
Mexican Expedition 56
Haiti (1915â€“1934) 8 Dominican Republic Occupation 3
World War I 124
Occupation of Nicaragua 2
World War II 464
Korean War 133
Vietnam War 246
Battle of Mogadishu 2
Operation Iraqi Freedom 4 Operation Enduring Freedom 1
Unknowns 9

Good point.

ANGRYCivilian · Post by **ANGRYCivilian** » October 6th, 2008, 5:46 am

That was amazing. The battle sounds like something out of a movie.

Horned Toad · Post by **Horned Toad** » October 6th, 2008, 7:47 am

Just a tidbit but in the Civil War days you could get a MOH just for grabbing the other guys flag.

PocketKings · Post by **PocketKings** » October 6th, 2008, 8:22 am

Jake is a stud and a very smart dude. He came to 2-502 as a prior service 18 series, so naturally he jumped to the top of the heap.

I hadn't heard about this CatFish, thanks for posting.

Oh, and no baby yet. We are now 3 days past due date. I need to school my wife on proper time management.

RRDTm3 · Post by **RRDTm3** » October 6th, 2008, 10:08 am

Horned Toad wrote:Just a tidbit but in the Civil War days you could get a MOH just for grabbing the other guys flag.

Good point Negative Nancy

KW Driver · Post by **KW Driver** » October 6th, 2008, 1:12 pm

RRDTm3 wrote:
Horned Toad wrote:Just a tidbit but in the Civil War days you could get a MOH just for grabbing the other guys flag.

Good point Negative Nancy

and just how easy was it to grab a battle standard?

I got assigned a paper in college english on the MOH. yes, during the Civil War, the MOH was the only valorous award. that and a letter (can't remember the term, but a Certificate of Valor essentially) to pick from.

During the Civil War, approx 40% were awarded posthumously. mostly for securing a battle standard. eight-ish double awards given. Col. Custer's younger brother got two.

in Vietnam, 80%.

since Vietnam, 100%.

and another piece of trivia, a female nurse was awarded one in the 1890s-1910 for actions during the Civil War.

CatFish Driver · Post by **CatFish Driver** » October 6th, 2008, 11:01 pm

PocketKings wrote:Jake is a stud and a very smart dude. He came to 2-502 as a prior service 18 series, so naturally he jumped to the top of the heap.

I hadn't heard about this CatFish, thanks for posting.

Oh, and no baby yet. We are now 3 days past due date. I need to school my wife on proper time management.

You ain't shittin bro. She realizes that every day the baby is in there it gets bigger and thus harder to pass the basketball thru the hole the size of a quarter. Oh, and you wouldn't have liked the Preds game much anyway, lots of rowdy behavior and beer drinking going on.