"My
friends and my Marines are still there, still fighting,"
he said softly. "Any Marine in their right mind
would want to be right there with them. All I've really
lost is about 10 degrees of peripheral vision, and I'll
be OK without that. I'm ready to be with my Marines
again."
Where
do we get such men as these?
Semper
Fi ! |
| From
a different gene pool than Kerry's. |
| From
a different species than Kerry! |
| Kerry
isn't fit to shine his shoes. |
| Kerry
isn't fit to breathe the same air as this man. |
| I
wonder if he'll get a $1 million book deal like Jessica
Lynch. |
| Salute
Cigar Guy! Wow. |
Nick
Popadich or in Serbian Nikola Popadic is definitely Serbian
heritage.
Good
luck Nick hope that you enjoying your family and life. |
We
should all sleep more soundly at night knowing that men
like this are out there looking out for us.
Thank you, Gunny! |
Another
marine hit in the head by an RPG.. and survives. HOOOH-RAAAA!
(BTW... in no way shape or form does John F'n Kerry even
deserve to talk to these guys, much less command them!!)
Semper Fi!! |
| This
old soldier is standing at attention with the sharpest salute
I know how to give |
| tough
mutha ping! |
| We
know how to pick'em! What a rep for our forces. Best of
everything to him and his family and to his friends still
in Iraq!! |
| Damn...the
real Die Hard |
| That
made me cry. God bless America. |
"When
they started treating me, I knew I was safe, and I knew
my family would never see a picture of me hanging from
a train trestle somewhere,"
Verklempt.
Semper
Fi, the few, the proud, the MARINES!
|
| Wow!
What a man. |
| This
is one former Naval Officer that wouldn't hesitate to salute
the Gunny first. |
| Quick,
somebody offer this Marine a job as a Drill Instructor.
|
Damn
straight!
I know an Admiral that might be able to find a place on
his staff. |
| Damn,
he takes an RPG basically to the face, and merely gets knocked
about a bit and loses one eye, but is still in one piece.
Good
to hear he's gonna be okay.
|
This
guy is a badass.
No
kidding. What an American! |
| There
were many salutes and many prayers for Popaditch when news
of his wounds hit Free Republic here just a few short weeks
ago. A great man with a great story, the Corps needs to
get him out in front of the public. |
| Gotta
love this guy. Thank God for our service people. |
| I
second your motion. Thank you Sgt. Popaditch. |
As
I was reading the story, I was saying...well, maybe he'll
at least be
able to make that outlaw eye-patch thing work for him.
That
photo proved it!
|
| God
Bless the USMC! |
| Whoopie..
how nice to see this ... and seeing CEEGAR GUY with a big
smile on his face. Hope
he / family see this thread & keep us posted.
|
| I've
been praying for this fella since I heard he was attacked
and lost an eye. What spirit! What fortitude! What an American!
I'm
crying.....so proud......I wish he were my son (I have
daughters) so I could love on him and dote on him.....
Ya
know? I hope Kerry makes the mistake of going and seeing
our guys in the military.....I hope they tell him exactly
how they feel about him...and I hope all the press is
there to record it!
|
| It
is great to hear that Cee-gar Man is doing so great!
I
agree with whoever said it- he really made that patch
work. LOL! Total badass.
And-
I agree with whoever said Kerry is not fit to breathe
the same air as men such as these. Kerry should feel embarrassed
for even thinking he is in their league, but I guess to
feel embarrassed one would have to have a conscience.
|
| Thank
God for our heros! |
"My
friends and my Marines are still there, still fighting,"
he said softly. "Any Marine in their right mind
would want to be right there with them. All I've really
lost is about 10 degrees of peripheral vision, and I'll
be OK without that. I'm ready to be with my Marines
again."
Wow...............WOW!
Our
military guys are absolutely awesome!
|
Where
do we get such men as these?
They
come from all across this great land. They love their
country REGARDLESS of what the see and hear on TV! They
know the PRICE of FREEDOM is paid in blood. sweat, and
tears, and they are willing to pay it.
The
LEFT, on the other hand, thinks that FREEDOM and liberty
is their right to DEMAND. Earning it is NOT expected.
|
| Ooorah
Gunny! Semper
Fi.
|
| ain't
nothing like the smell of a soldier (well, ok, marine) whose
been in the field for a month, no showers, only brushed
his teeth last week and smokes cigars. Hooooweee, any misquito
near these guys just keels over. Reminds me of the good
old days. Great
Job Marine, We're proud of ya!!
|
Whoopie..
how nice to see this ... and seeing CEEGAR GUY with
a big smile on his face.
Amen
to that!
|
A
warrior.
This
Army Major salutes him! |
The
event that brought him home in time for little league
was life changing, but when he speaks of it, he is humble
and quick to change the tide of the conversation to
the Marines he met recently, or to the support he has
received from friends and strangers alike, rather than
be hailed as a hero himself.
Wow.
Great attitude this marine has.
|
| Welcome
home Hero! God Bless you and your loving family...God Bless
our troops! |
"When
I got hit, I saw a flash of light and then everything
went black. All I could hear was fuzz and static,"
he recalled, pausing to clap as his son's team brought
in another runner, putting them ahead by five runs.
"
Blinded,
momentarily deaf and not yet feeling pain, Popaditch
groped his way around the inside of his tank until he
located Chambers.
"This
is the funny part of the story. I grabbed him and screamed,
'Chambers, we have to get the tanks out of here,' and
'Chambers, you're going to have to call for a medevac.'
He didn't answer me, so I shook him and screamed it
three or four more times, until I realized he'd probably
answered me but I couldn't hear him."
As
the tank started moving he could faintly hear Chambers
on the radio....
"I
heard him hollering at both drivers, just doing what
tank commanders do naturally," he said, admiration
in his voice.
Thank
you, and God bless you, Gunnery Sgt. Nick - and your family!
|
| When
we picked this Marine as ours in the Situation Room..we
didn't realize we had picked such a giant as this....
God
Bless our Ceegar Man! I salute the Marines!
|
| Thank
you for the ping to this post. I wasn't aware of Cee-gar
Man. What a brave Marine and a real credit to the US. makes
my heart swell, it does! May
God continue to bless him and his family abundantly -
as well as *ALL* of our brave men and women in uniform,
past and present.
|
| Thanks
so much for your sum up of the day we met our CeeGar Guy.
Excellent job. What a time it was!
Nick
and family are a major part of my Heroes in American History.
I can't thank them enough for setting examples I can show
my children and friends and say "Folks THIS IS WHAT
MAKES AMERICA GREAT!".
|
| What
a wonderful guy, no whining or complaining, just happy to
be alive. And I'm so glad he is!! |
| This
just goes to show that you can't keep a good man down! SEMPER
FI GUNNY! Keep on charging! And
by the way
TANKS
& AMTRACKS for your service!
|
| I'm
not convinced we still deserve men such as this....
I'm
also not sure we won't betray them....as we did before.
Semper
Fi
|
| If
we betray our troops again, I wonder if America deserves
to be free. |
| He
may not get a million dollar deal like Jessica, but he'll
get a cold drink and a hot steak from me ! |
| Gunny
Pop earned the respect. Loved your rendition
of events in Las Vegas! |
not
my rendition...it hit our base paper today and I searched
for it online so I could post it.
I
love hearing the good things the public does to honor
our troops. They don't get paid much in money but being
able to stand tall in their uniform and command that kind
of respect is priceless.
What
a Marine!
God
Bless him and his family!!
and
very cool those other 200 Marines were honored.
|
| Misty
eyed thank you for sharing this!...God bless Ceegar Man
and those who honored our military and showered them with
gratitude. |
| Thanks
DC for the ping. Mudpuppy, I have tears of joy. How wonderful.
Thanks! That was a great story! Don
King may have a couple of skeletons in his closet, but
he's always acknowledged the freedom he enjoys and where
it came from. It takes some guts for a guy in his position
to endorse a republican, too.
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