Tex -USMC- 0 Posted March 27, 2002 What he meant was that soldiers who receive the VC, because of the extreme amount of danger one has to go through to receive the VC, are usually dead by the time they are awarded the medal. No, you dont HAVE to be dead to get it, but the things you have to do to receive the VC will, more often than not, get a man killed. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Paratrooper 0 Posted March 27, 2002 Not at all, take the Riflemen in Crimea for example. And there certainly hasn't only been two awarded to living people!!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
madmike 0 Posted March 27, 2002 I went on the official site and there are way more than 2 that recieved it whilst still alive. Thats the papers for you bloodly daily mail What I ment was that most people that get it died for their bravery official site @ vc Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ex-RoNiN 0 Posted March 28, 2002 </span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (Erex @ Mar. 27 2002,23:02)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">There is lot of sad storie to read </span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote </td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">*YOUNG, RODGER W. Rank and organization: Private, U.S. Army, 148th Infantry, 37th Infantry Division. Place and date: On New Georgia, Solomon Islands, 31 July 1943. Entered service at: Clyde, Ohio. Birth: Tiffin, Ohio. G.O. No.: 3, 6 January 1944. Citation: On 31 July 1943, the infantry company of which Pvt. Young was a member, was ordered to make a limited withdrawal from the battle line in order to adjust the battalion's position for the night. At this time, Pvt. Young's platoon was engaged with the enemy in a dense jungle where observation was very limited. The platoon suddenly was pinned down by intense fire from a Japanese machinegun concealed on higher ground only 75 yards away. The initial burst wounded Pvt. Young. As the platoon started to obey the order to withdraw, Pvt. Young called out that he could see the enemy emplacement, whereupon he started creeping toward it. Another burst from the machinegun wounded him the second time. Despite the wounds, he continued his heroic advance, attracting enemy fire and answering with rifle fire. When he was close enough to his objective, he began throwing handgrenades, and while doing so was hit again and killed. Pvt. Young's bold action in closing with this Japanese pillbox and thus diverting its fire, permitted his platoon to disengage itself, without loss, and was responsible for several enemy casualties. <span id='postcolor'> Anyone who has ever read the Starship troopers book (not seen the sh..y movie) does know what im talking about. <span id='postcolor'> I hear you man, I read the book and saw the movie, and I went off to read about him. Only found out that he was in the infantry and got the CMOH. But I didn't his exact story Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
