MOH receipient Colonel Robert Howard

[tomtom22]

MOH receipient Colonel Robert Howard succumbed to cancer two days before Christmas. This person was a true modern American hero. Here is a brief summary of his career: Seven Silver Stars, 4 Bronze Stars, 8 Purple Hearts, 2 DSC, 2 Masters Degrees. Wounded 14 times in a 54 month period and 5 tours in Vietnam. When he retired in 2006 as a Colonel he had served the American people for 50 years.

Learn more from this link on the American Legion website, The Burn Pit:
http://burnpit.legion.org/2010/01/rip-bob-howard-reporting-for-duty-at-the-elysian-fields/

For more info listen to this interview conducted on the Pritziker Military Library Medal of Honor interview series: http://www.pritzkermilitarylibrary.org/events/2006/07-27-robert-howard.jsp

 

[wolfen]

I'd put a 21 gun salute here but I can't do 21 images, so let me just say he is a true American Hero,

I Salute him