Michael P.Murphy是海军海豹部队的一名中尉,在05年阿富汗的一次侦查行动中牺牲。当时他带领的一个四人小队在阿富汗山地正在执行寻找塔利班主要领导人的行动。在行动过程中遭遇了大批敌军。Murphy中尉为了能接收到清晰的信号以便和指挥部取得联系,被迫离开掩护位置,在暴露在敌人火力范围的这段时间里,Murphy中尉受到致命打击。但是他仍然向指挥部提供了他们的位置,并且为队友呼叫了支援。最后他回到掩护位置继续战斗直至牺牲。
为了表彰Murphy中尉的英勇表现,他被授予了荣誉勋章。Murphy中尉是海军自越战一来第一个被授予荣誉勋章的军人。
注意 上图中 所有的SEALs 成员(不包括学员毕业照) 全部 KIA(killed in action) 阵亡
Died while conducting combat operations, when the MH-47 helicopter hewas aboard on a rescue mission to save four fellow embattled SEALs,crashed in eastern Afghanistan.
Awards:
Bronze Star with Combat “V” for Valor
Purple Heart
Other Awards:
(TBD)
Contributions:
Suh was part of a dedicated Naval Special Warfare team fighting theTaliban, a fundamentalist regime that a U.S.-led coalition knocked frompower in Afghanistan in 2001, but has continued to conduct guerillaoperations, particularly along the Pakistan border. Suh worked to helpensure al Qaeda terrorists could not train in, nor launch strikes fromAfghanistan since their lethal attack on the World Trade Center in NewYork on September 11, 2001. James Suh was a U.S.-born citizen of Korean immigrants. Heexcelled in math at the University of Florida but decided to join theNavy when he graduated. He was concerned about telling his father thathe wanted to be a Navy SEAL rather than pursue a more secure future inbusiness. A friend recounted that Suh wanted to defend a country heloved so much, and that his father took the decision better than Jameshad expected.
Suh was one of 16 troops killed when aMH-47 Chinook helicopter was shot down in Afghanistan on June 28, on adaring daylight mission to reinforce an outnumbered four-man SEALreconnaissance squad in 8,000-foot mountainous terrain.
Suh,seven other SEALs, and eight Army commandos died in their heroicattempt to rescue their fellow SEALs. LT Michael Murphy, MatthewAxelson, and Danny Dietz fought on courageously and were killed in thefirefight against overwhelming Taliban forces.
A totalof 11 SEALs died that day in the War against Terror, in the biggestsingle loss of life for Naval Special Warfare forces since World WarII. To a man, they embodied the Navy’s core Honor, Courage andCommitment, and took care of their teammates to the end.
James Suh is remembered with the greatest respect and gratitude by his fellow SEALs, the Navy, and our nation.
Memorials:
ASEAL teammate described the intellectually curious and humorous sidesof Suh: He was “perpetually inquisitive” and “always had a question toask,” as well as a “dry sense of humor that made everybody laugh.” Suhvolunteered for the mission to rescue four SEALs trapped by insurgentfire, including BUD/S classmate Matthew Axelson. “Jim loved histeammates and risked his life to save them.”