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Father wonders why his fallen son doesn't merit Sacrifice Medal


Military | 206890 hits | Sep 16 10:36 pm | Posted by: Hyack
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A Regina man is asking why his son and other indirect casualties of war will not be awarded a new Sacrifice Medal to honour fallen soldiers

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  1. by avatar Blahgzilla
    Wed Sep 17, 2008 9:02 am
    The military is dropping the ball here. I realize that this didn't happen under direct enemy fire, but were it not for the fact that he was in a war zone he might still be alive. Such deaths are attributed to the "fog of war", but this doesn't lessen the sacrifice made by this Canadian boy, dead on a foreign battlefield.

  2. by avatar commanderkai
    Wed Sep 17, 2008 9:07 am
    Is the Sacrifice Medal like the Purple Heart? I'm not really used to British/Canadian war medals yet.

  3. by avatar Scape
    Wed Sep 17, 2008 9:08 am
    Your american?

  4. by avatar commanderkai
    Wed Sep 17, 2008 9:15 am
    No, I was born in Montreal, but spent about...7 years in the United States. So growing up in both history and video games, I'm more used to the US medal systems.

  5. by avatar PENATRATOR
    Wed Sep 17, 2008 12:31 pm
    So this means that the guys who were "on the job" and happened to get in the way of a couple of retard trigger happy pilots don't qualify also? Really fucked up. Jeff Walsh was a great Royal!

  6. by roger-roger
    Wed Sep 17, 2008 1:19 pm
    I actually read up on the requirements for the medal while waiting in the OR the other day. Some requirements are pretty weak, like if you were injured/in the MIR for more then 7 days due to a tour related injury you get it. But if the reservist in the room next to you has an ND and puts one in your neck you dont get it. The CF has always been a little fucked with their medals, on the other side of the coin the US gives medals out for almost anything.

  7. by avatar Pseudonym
    Wed Sep 17, 2008 1:28 pm
    "Eisensapper" said
    I actually read up on the requirements for the medal while waiting in the OR the other day. Some requirements are pretty weak, like if you were injured/in the MIR for more then 7 days due to a tour related injury you get it. But if the reservist in the room next to you has an ND and puts one in your neck you dont get it. The CF has always been a little fucked with their medals, on the other side of the coin the US gives medals out for almost anything.

    Hey! Sometimes they deserve it!

    Check out the Medal of Honor citations sometime. I love these stories.
    http://www.cmohs.org/recipients/photo-citations.htm

    And I know, sometimes it seems a bit boring to read about another person jumping on a grenade, saving his buddies, and earning the medal of honor, but how about someone who jumped on a grenade, pulled another underneath himself, and . I love this story. http://www.homeofheroes.com/jacklucas/3_mcl_story.html
    He actually passed away a little earlier this year.

  8. by roger-roger
    Wed Sep 17, 2008 2:07 pm
    Oh Im not talking about real honour medals I completely support those.
    Its the Instructor and Efficiency Award medals I think are silly

  9. by avatar PENATRATOR
    Wed Sep 17, 2008 3:16 pm
    Canada 125
    Queens Jubilee

  10. by avatar Pseudonym
    Wed Sep 17, 2008 3:41 pm
    "Eisensapper" said
    Oh Im not talking about real honour medals I completely support those.
    Its the Instructor and Efficiency Award medals I think are silly

    I just thought I would use your comment as an opportunity to endorse a website that I consider to be awesome. I wasn't offended at all. :D



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