A Real Warrior and Hero vs. a popular….

This is something a friend of mine, a combat veteran himself, wrote, and I agree with him.  I don’t understand why people pay so much attention to some, that are not worth a moment’s notice, and a hero like Mr. Dolby is not even mentioned and no one knows about.  Sgt. Dolby provides an example of acting as a warrior.  This is what I got from my friend Jack:

On August 6, David C. Dolby passed away suddenly in Spirit Lake, Idaho at
the age of 64. Childless, Mr. Dolby had lived in virtual seclusion in the
town of Barto, PA since the passing of his wife in 1997. Barto is so
small and insignificant the Rand McNally Atlas doesn’t even list it in its
appendix. Mr. Dolby’s passing went so unnoticed that even his hometown paper
didn’t acknowledge it. His passing was announced by an organization to
which he belonged. Evidently most felt Mr. Dolby’s death didn’t merit any
notice at all and almost nobody gave it a thought. He apparently hadn’t done
anything in his life to merit any special attention.

Three days later, on Monday, August 9, Steven Slater, a childish, immature
loser who up until that day had pretty much gone as unnoticed as David
Dolby, threw a temper tantrum on a Jet Blue airplane at John F. Kennedy
airport because his personal pet peeve is luggage that shifts during flight (or
maybe it was tray tables not being in their upright and locked position).
Since acting like a spoiled 16 year old, he has been featured on every major
news network in the country, his face is on the front page of numerous
national publications, Facebook pages have been established to “honor” him,
and Mr. Slater has been called a “hero” by people we are supposed to
believe know what that term means. Only in today’s America, Mr. Slater will, in
all likelihood, stretch his 15 minutes of infamy into 30 and end up making
an obscene amount of money from, and revered by, some folks in our great
nation who believe that Mr. Slater’s parents actually DIDN”T pollute the
gene pool. He will be interviewed by Today, the Early Show, Good Morning
America. He’ll appear on Leno, Conan, Letterman. He’ll become what we in
America these days view as “somebody”. He’ll be given praise he doesn’t
deserve and labels he never earned. He apparently has done something that
merits special attention.

In the meantime, later this week a funeral service will be held at
Arlington National Cemetery. There won’t be any press there and likely only a
handful of mourners who had the privilege to know David Dolby. And there
will probably be a few guys there that are fellow members of the organization
that announced his passing: the Congressional Medal of Honor Society.

I would like to salute Mr. David Dolby and thank him for his service.  He is a real hero that deserves our respect and thanks for his sacrifice.

Dolby’s official citation reads:
For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of life above and beyond the call of duty, when his platoon, while advancing tactically, suddenly came under intense fire from the enemy located on a ridge immediately to the front. Six members of the platoon were killed instantly and a number were wounded, including the platoon leader. Sgt. Dolby’s every move brought fire from the enemy. However, aware that the platoon leader was critically wounded, and that the platoon was in a precarious situation, Sgt. Dolby moved the wounded men to safety and deployed the remainder of the platoon to engage the enemy. Subsequently, his dying platoon leader ordered Sgt. Dolby to withdraw the forward elements to rejoin the platoon. Despite the continuing intense enemy fire and with utter disregard for his own safety, Sgt. Dolby positioned able-bodied men to cover the withdrawal of the forward elements, assisted the wounded to the new position, and he, alone, attacked enemy positions until his ammunition was expended. Replenishing his ammunition, he returned to the area of most intense action, single-handedly killed 3 enemy machine gunners and neutralized the enemy fire, thus enabling friendly elements on the flank to advance on the enemy redoubt. He defied the enemy fire to personally carry a seriously wounded soldier to safety where he could be treated and, returning to the forward area, he crawled through withering fire to within 50 meters of the enemy bunkers and threw smoke grenades to mark them for air strikes. Although repeatedly under fire at close range from enemy snipers and automatic weapons, Sgt. Dolby directed artillery fire on the enemy and succeeded in silencing several enemy weapons. He remained in his exposed location until his comrades had displaced to more secure positions. His actions of unsurpassed valor during 4 hours of intense combat were a source of inspiration to his entire company, contributed significantly to the success of the overall assault on the enemy position, and were directly responsible for saving the lives of a number of his fellow soldiers. Sgt. Dolby’s heroism was in the highest tradition of the U.S. Army.

Found Here.

Thank you Sgt. Dolby!

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