Tell us your “Good Players Play Hurt” story
We want to hear your inspiring stories of leadership, survival and triumph.
There are so many forgotten or untold stories of determination, perseverance, bravery and triumph and we would like to remember the people and stories that display tremendous human spirit, that inspire us and that just plain surprise us.
In many cases, these are the stories of normal, every day people doing what they love, or just trying to get by. I personally love to hear such stories, and am inspired by normal people doing great things. And, I am committed to memorializing the everyday heros amongst us.
Please tell us your stories, or stories that you have witnessed. In particular, we are interested in hearing stories from every day life along with events in sports, business, catastrophe and combat.
There is no limit as to how many stories you can tell us, however, we will only post stories that include your name, email addres and the city and state where you live.
Please include as much concrete detail as possible, as we are more interested in real stories than fantasy. As they say “truth is stranger than fiction.” (yes, I was an English major).
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I thank you in advance for your time, your memories and for sharing your stories.
Sincerely,
Erik Bunaes
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WASHINGTON, March 25, 2009
Unsung War Hero Gets Recognition
CBS Evening News: Vietnam War Soldier Shares Remarkable Story On Medal Of Honor Day
By David Martin
CBS News – Robert Howard was the toughest, bravest cat in the jungle, but he deserved a better war than Vietnam. He was nominated for the Medal of Honor three times for three separate operations behind enemy lines.
But, as CBS News correspondent David Martin reports, when President Nixon finally awarded him the nation’s highest honor, the ceremony was actually delayed by anti-war protests. He was a war hero at a time when Americans didn’t believe in either the war or its heroes. He was wounded 14 times and has no business being alive.
“Here I come face-to-face with a platoon of enemy soldiers and so I’m standing with my weapon like this, and they fire directly at me and I fell backwards like this, and I didn’t get killed,” Howard explained.
That was just the beginning of the fire fight for which he was awarded the Medal of Honor. It ended when, out of ammunition, he called in a 2,000-pound bomb.
“I said ‘I want you to put it right on our position’,” Howard said. “It blew us and the enemy up. Next thing I know, we’re still alive.”
He’s still picking shrapnel out of his body.
“I got a piece that’s coming out of my side on this side this morning,” he said. “It bothers me.”
Howard says he doesn’t think he’ll ever get it all out.
America loves war heroes. There was Sgt. York in WWI, Audie Murphy in WWII. But in Vietnam, there were only scapegoats. Except there’s Robert Howard, who single-handedly captured 44 enemy soldiers and brought them back alive for questioning.
“I carried a damn enemy soldier for nine days because he was important and other people were trying to kill him,” Howard said.
He did five combat tours in Vietnam and is about to pay his fifth visit to the troops in Iraq.
“I teach them how to survive on the battlefield,” he said. “I teach them how to weigh courage and fear. You can balance that.”
He can walk through the streets of Manhattan without anyone knowing who he is or what he’s done. Until today, when President Obama found out who Robert Howard is. Together, they and the 37 other Medal of Honor winners from WWII, Korea and Vietnam laid a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknowns.
Robert Howard is an unknown hero no longer.
From Amazon review of his book, “Hermann Maier: The Race of My Life”
Hermann “The Herminator” Maier, born in 1972, rose from humble beginnings as a scrawny mason to the heights of sports stardom, skiing to four world champion titles and two gold medals in super-G and giant slalom.
All that changed in 2001, when a motorcycle accident threatened to end not only his career but his life. True to his reputation, Maier fought his way back to the slopes and further victories.
Many will remember his epic crash during the Downhill race at the 1998 Olympics in Nagano, Japan.
From Michael Jordan’s official NBA biography:
Michael Jordan was awarded MVP in 1997-98 and again led the Bulls to the NBA Championship with a satisfying six-game victory over Malone’s Utah Jazz. Despite a horrible case of stomach flu in a critical Game Five, he would not let his team lose. He scored 38 points and the Bulls won the game and then the title at home in Game Six. He was also named the NBA Finals MVP for the fifth time.
This was the game where Jordan was so sick that he collapsed after the game into the arms of one of his teammates, after helping his team win Game Five.
Cal Ripken (Baseball)
Cal Ripken Jr. is baseball’s all-time IronMan. He retired from baseball in October, 2001 after 21 seasons with the Baltimore Orioles. His name appears in the record books repeatedly, most notably as one of only eight players in history to achieve 400 home runs and 3,000 hits. On July 29, 2007 he was inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.
In 1995, Ripken broke Lou Gehrig’s record for consecutive games played (2,130) and voluntarily ended his streak on September 20, 1998 after playing 2,632 consecutive games.