Medal Of Honor Recipient: 'We Got Lucky' In Afghanistan -- Today News
Clinton Romesha, who received the Medal of Honor earlier this week in an emotional White House ceremony, said chance played a significant part of the decisions he made while fighting off hundreds of Taliban fighters who attacked his remote outpost in Afghanistan.
“Just reacting. Just gut instinct. Just let the gut kind of lead the way and we got lucky. Got lucky,” he said Tuesday on TODAY. Romesha became only the fourth living recipient of the Medal of Honor, the nation’s highest award for military valor, for actions in Afghanistan or Iraq.
The retired Army staff sergeant was only one of 53 Americans at Combat Outpost Keating near the Pakistan border when Taliban rushed the compound and awoke the troops in what would be the beginning of an intense, day-long battle.
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My Comment: They got lucky .... some did not .... but Clinton Romesha knows that better than anyone else.