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January 9th, 2006
12:46 pm - Courage
Over the weekend, as I was looking for examples of essays on courage for the Dedicant booklet I was working on, I suddenly remembered that the military keeps their complete list of Medal of Honor recipients online, including the citations.
And I realized that there was probably nothing we could write that would reflect a more perfect example of courage.
So I've placed a recommendation that those who have difficulty understanding courage read through some of the full-text citations on the army's website:
http://www.army.mil/cmh/Moh1.htm
Take a few minutes to read some. The more recent ones are somewhat more verbose and less technical, but they all reflect the courage that won the medal.
I was a bit torn on including the link, I admit: not everyone finds wars courageous. I made sure to talk about other forms of courage, not just that found on the battlefield, and I think that evens it out. We'll see, though :)
Current Mood: accomplished
Current Music: "All the Ways I Want You", -JB
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I've heard that one, as well, and do believe it to be an urban legend. I first saw it back in the late 80's in a Reader's Digest. . . And I may have heard it from a friend before that. Hard to say :)
If only my classes were so easy as this imagined philosophy class, though. . . ![[User Picture]](https://l-userpic.livejournal.com/24980382/910370) | | From: |  dmartin |
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| Date: | January 9th, 2006 08:25 pm (UTC) |
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I've heard that one too, but for the English paper in the Leaving Certificate (Irish set of exams used to gain entry to university). |
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