PO2 Mike Monsoor

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You will recall, PO2 Mike Monsoor was awarded the Congressional Medal of
Honor posthumously for jumping on a grenade in Iraq, giving his life to save
his fellow SEALs.

During Mike Monsoor's funeral in San Diego, as his coffin was being moved
from the hearse to the grave site at Ft. Rosecrans National Cemetery, SEALs
were lined up on both sides of the pallbearers route forming a column of
two's, with the coffin moving up the center. As Mike's coffin passed, each
SEAL, having removed his gold Trident from his uniform, slapped it down
embedding the Trident in the wooden coffin.
The slaps were audible from across the cemetery; by the time the coffin
arrived grave side, it looked as though it had a gold inlay from all the
Tridents pinned to it. A fitting send-off for a warrior hero.
 
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