SSG Salvatore Giunta was award the Medal of Honor today. He is the first living recipient since the Vietnam War. I watched a few interviews as well as the ceremony. Very humble guy, definitely someone I'd like to meet at some point in my life.

The first video is an interview with him regarding what happened that day. The second video is of the ceremony.

http://restrepothemovie.com/

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R2RWscJM97U


It still amazes me that stuff like this barely makes the news. It is infuriating that bullshit reality TV and whatever else seems to generally take precedence over heroes like this guy and his buddies. You ask the majority of people out there who Salvatore Giunta is and they'll give you a blank stare, but if you ask someone who "The Situation" is or some other idiot, they'll perk right up and give you their entire bio.