Victoria Cross awarded to L/Cpl Josh Leakey, Parachute Rgt

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The term 'hero' is often banded about by the media for people that real are just doing their day job.

This is what a real hero looks like.... Not sure why it's not on today's news program's.....

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-31626357

Inspirational.

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gruffalo said:

I would rather like to buy that man a beer and thank him.

What a great idea......

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So how do we actually buy this guy a beer or two....?

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What must be remembered on these great days.....

For every VC awarded for outstanding Valour.... Many deserved VCs are not awarded.... Because these heroic deeds go unreported as there must be living witnesses that corroborate the actions. Unfortunately many a hero dies on the battlefield unrecognised, and many a heroic deed goes unwitnessed, even if the hero lives.

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eccles said:

That used to happen every week inside my Commando comic!

Do you realise that the Commando comics were actually the stories of the real life medal winners (they weren't fiction, they were graphical accounts of real actions etc)?

If you knew that already, apologies in advance,.

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eccles said:

Yes I did realise that most of them were real stories, My comment was just a joke.

good stuff, no worries then. I read them as a kid and just kind of assumed they were all just made up stories.
Only recently found out they weren't.

Would love to own them all again. Have they ever been reprinted do you know....?

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eccles said:

I believe they are still being printed, but for old ones car boot sales and ebay will be your best bet.

Ah. need to spend some money now I think.... just didn't realise this was still going.

http://www.commandocomics.com/