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<blockquote data-quote="Pokinfun" data-source="post: 2897316" data-attributes="member: 28113"><p>I would like to say I agree with you, doing your duty as a citizen does not qualify you as a hero. Even dying for your country does not make you a hero. I spent 20 years in the Army and a few times I risked my life to help others, but that does not make me a hero either. I was mostly doing my job or I was not thinking about the danger, not because bravery, just not that bright, or I did not perceive an immediate risk.</p><p>I wrote a couple guys awards for valor, because they decided to run into danger when they could of just watched.</p><p>I knew a young soldier, that was out walking around one morning, after a rain. He heard a child scream from a nearby flood control canal. He ran over looked and saw a little girls being carried away by the water from the rain. He said he stopped and thought, I guess its a good time to learn how to swim and jumped into the flooded canal to save the girl. He grabbed her and they both made it out. It made me proud to know him, which is why he is a hero.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Pokinfun, post: 2897316, member: 28113"] I would like to say I agree with you, doing your duty as a citizen does not qualify you as a hero. Even dying for your country does not make you a hero. I spent 20 years in the Army and a few times I risked my life to help others, but that does not make me a hero either. I was mostly doing my job or I was not thinking about the danger, not because bravery, just not that bright, or I did not perceive an immediate risk. I wrote a couple guys awards for valor, because they decided to run into danger when they could of just watched. I knew a young soldier, that was out walking around one morning, after a rain. He heard a child scream from a nearby flood control canal. He ran over looked and saw a little girls being carried away by the water from the rain. He said he stopped and thought, I guess its a good time to learn how to swim and jumped into the flooded canal to save the girl. He grabbed her and they both made it out. It made me proud to know him, which is why he is a hero. [/QUOTE]
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