Green Beret Staff Sgt. Robert Miller, RIP, will receive the Medal of Honor shortly (1:45 EST) in the White House. His parents are accepting the award on his behalf. We all need to take a few moments to honor this amazing young man. Here is what he did:
“Staff Sgt Robert Miller was the youngest member of his squad. The 24 year-old Green Beret was on his second tour to Afghanistan when his unit was ambushed while moving through Kunar Province near the Pakistan border on January 25, 2008.
On a mission to find high-value enemy insurgents, Miller’s team of eight elite American soldiers and 15 Afghan troops were moving along a rocky, snow covered trail when the first shots rang out. Miller’s captain was injured almost immediately.
As the squad took cover Robert realized they were badly outnumbered from above. Rather than retreat to safer ground he ran directly at the enemy, killing numerous militants and providing his men with the cover they needed to escape.
His parents were told he saved the lives of 22 men, seven of them fellow members of the US Army Special Forces.”
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