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medal awarded to wrong person

posted 18 years ago by paulnjrotc
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that part really got me PO'd. why did that one sailor earn the navy/marine corps medal when brashear was the one who truly deserved it, since he didnt back out from helping his team mate. so why didnt he earn that medal.

*and for the record, if they had awarded him that medal the first time, he'd have gotten a bronze star on it because of his second heroic action. so i say he should have earned it*

[–] elizmixa 18 years ago

I believe he didn't earn it because he was black.

[–] womble25190708 18 years ago

Thing is though, who did that incident hurt more? Was it Brashear, who would have been fairly used to the racism, and it would have maybe been a case of "same old", I doubt he ever really expected to get a medal at the time. It could also have served as a fitting punishment to the racist coward that got the medal. He whimped out, had to be saved by a "n***er" and got a medal for it. The look De Niro gives him (utter contempt and disgust), the shame on his face etc all show that he has been completely dishonoured and humiliated. He's getting a medal that he knows he doesn't deserve, and everybody present knows he ddidn't earn it.

[–] caseyonnehemiah 18 years ago

Um, you OBVIOUSLY missed the whole point of the movie. Watch it again minus the making out with your girlfriend part.

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[–] Basiclife_0 18 years ago

and I'm OBVIOUSLY not paying enough attention to either of you but thanks for making me smile :)

[–] what_are_my_choices 18 years ago

um, im pretty sure he was replying to the original poster. apply that knowledge to his post, and maybe you'll understand womble.... he wasn't talking to you. maybe he doesn't understand the difference between replying to one poster vs. another. chill dude.

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[–] elitematrix_zuiwesidle 18 years ago

OBVIOUS OBVIOUS OBVIOUS MORONS LOL LMAO ROFL

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[–] jack_spicer 16 years ago

He whimped out, had to be saved by a "n***er" and got a medal for it.

The one who was saved is not the one who got the medal, dummy.

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[–] osbornewj 17 years ago

You have to remember the time frame. Pres. Harry S. Truman "officially" integrated the military service of the US in 1948. Prior to that, it was all but impossible for a black to be more than a cook/steward/officers valet in the United States Navy. In the Army a black could be a stable hand for the calvary, a cook, a truck driver. etc.; anything but an armed combatant. This changed after D-day. During the Battle of the Bulge, there were black artillery, and infantry units.

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[–] tyshimah3 16 years ago

You're so ignorant!
And what does it mean to lose a war anyway?

[–] ginu_tg-1 15 years ago

Losses of the US, Vietnam, Hundred Days war, had nothing to with blacks..They probably won more battles because including the blacks gave them greater numbers in the armed forces.

[–] geek_uk 16 years ago

HE WAS BLACK. YOU MONG! THAT'S WHY!

[–] Hang_All_Drunkdrivers 16 years ago

No mystery to it. The movie was making the point that carl was once again, treated unfairly because he was black.