Thursday, February 22, 2007

Soldier Refuses Purple Heart

Until his men get theirs. Great story from Stryker Brigade News:

(U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Chess) Johnson wants to go back to Iraq, where he served on an Army Interim Brigade Combat Team and worked on a Stryker, a versatile, wheeled armored vehicle that combines firepower with battlefield mobility.
“First, (I want to go back) because my men out there are family, not like family, but family I would do anything for, and second, because I want to end this war so no other men or women have to go back over there,” Johnson said.
Johnson refused to accept the Purple Heart, saying he would take it when the rest of his unit gets theirs, said his aunt, Katie Banks of Dove Creek.


A selfess hero which we all should take a lesson from. God bless the troops!