Lucifer Posted February 18, 2011 Share Posted February 18, 2011 Should the soldier who disobeyed an order to try and rescue his friend and was then killed be given a medal rather than a posthumus court marshall. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rupert_Baehr Posted February 18, 2011 Share Posted February 18, 2011 Link please? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucifer Posted February 18, 2011 Author Share Posted February 18, 2011 Link please? Is there one ?. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rupert_Baehr Posted February 18, 2011 Share Posted February 18, 2011 Well, who is the soldier who disobeyed an order and tried to rescue his friend? Where did you read about dead men being put on trial? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rupert_Baehr Posted February 18, 2011 Share Posted February 18, 2011 How can you give a dead man a fair trial? How can the dead man cross-examine witnesses? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucifer Posted February 18, 2011 Author Share Posted February 18, 2011 How can you give a dead man a fair trial? How can the dead man cross-examine witnesses? There is obviously a man who said he disobeyed an order and it was said on the news, by the same token, how do you give a dased man a medal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rupert_Baehr Posted February 18, 2011 Share Posted February 18, 2011 But who said that the deceased man was goingto be court-martialled? Did it say that on the news? Which news? As for awarding a medal posthumously, why not? The medal is a recognition, on behalf of the country, of his service. He's hardly likely to refuse it. His estate (parents, wife, children) could refuse the medal ... but would they wish to dishonour his memory? - I doubt it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harvey19 Posted February 18, 2011 Share Posted February 18, 2011 Should the soldier who disobeyed an order to try and rescue his friend and was then killed be given a medal rather than a posthumus court marshall. Let him rest in peace and not cause upset for his family. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucifer Posted February 18, 2011 Author Share Posted February 18, 2011 But who said that the deceased man was goingto be court-martialled? Did it say that on the news? Which news? As for awarding a medal posthumously, why not? The medal is a recognition, on behalf of the country, of his service. He's hardly likely to refuse it. His estate (parents, wife, children) could refuse the medal ... but would they wish to dishonour his memory? - I doubt it. No one said he should be court marshalled, what I said was that the man disobeyed an order, he was told not to go and rescue his injured companion but he took it upon himself to disobey the and he was killed ( I do not know what happened to the injured man at the end of the day ). Why should he get a medal for disobeying an order, if troops can decide to ignore their superiors orders what is the military coming too when troops can please themselves. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
newboy2011 Posted February 18, 2011 Share Posted February 18, 2011 Should the soldier who disobeyed an order to try and rescue his friend and was then killed be given a medal rather than a posthumus court marshall. here is a link http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/around-yorkshire/local-stories/parents_praise_courage_of_comrades_after_paratrooper_died_in_rescue_bid_1_3053722 i doubt anyone will do anything but accept that what this soldier did was very brave and selfless. its a tactic to wound one soldier and wait for thats soldiers mates to try to save him, then kill them. we would do it, we also have drills to counter this tactic. thats what the order was probably all about. wars a filthy business. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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