Uncommon valor
It seems that uncommon valor is quite common in one place–America’s military:
By the end of the six-hour battle deep within the Shok Valley, Walton would bear witness to heroics that on Friday would earn his team 10 Silver Stars, the most for a single battle in Afghanistan.
Walton, a Special Forces team leader, and his men described the battle in an interview with The Associated Press last week. Most seem unimpressed they’ve earned the Army’s third-highest award for combat valor.
Despite all of the screwed up stuff in this country, we continue to produce warriors such as these. There is hope.