Cpl. Jason L. Dunham
22 years old from Scio, New York
Rifle Squad Leader, 4th Platoon, Company K, Third Battalion, Seventh Marines (Reinforced), Regimental Combat Team 7, FIRST Marine Division (Reinforced)
April 22, 2004
For The President of the United States of America, in the name of Congress, takes pride in presenting the Medal of Honor (Posthumously) to Corporal Jason L. Dunham, United States Marine Corps, for conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty while serving as a Rifle Squad Leader, 4th Platoon, Company K, Third Battalion, Seventh Marines (Reinforced), Regimental Combat Team 7, FIRST Marine Division (Reinforced), on 14 April 2004. Corporal Dunham’s squad was conducting a reconnaissance mission in the town of Karabilah, Iraq, when they heard rocket-propelled grenade and small arms fire erupt approximately two kilometers to the west. Corporal Dunham led his Combined Anti-Armor Team towards the engagement to provide fire support to their Battalion Commander’s convoy, which had been ambushed as it was traveling to Camp Husaybah. As Corporal Dunham and his Marines advanced, they quickly began to receive enemy fire. Corporal Dunham ordered his squad to dismount their vehicles and led one of his fire teams on foot several blocks south of the ambushed convoy. Discovering seven Iraqi vehicles in a column attempting to depart, Corporal Dunham and his team stopped the vehicles to search them for weapons. As they approached the vehicles, an insurgent leaped out and attacked Corporal Dunham. Corporal Dunham wrestled the insurgent to the ground and in the ensuing struggle saw the insurgent release a grenade. Corporal Dunham immediately alerted his fellow Marines to the threat. Aware of the imminent danger and without hesitation, Corporal Dunham covered the grenade with his helmet and body, bearing the brunt of the explosion and shielding his Marines from the blast. In an ultimate and selfless act of bravery in which he was mortally wounded, he saved the lives of at least two fellow Marines. By his undaunted courage, intrepid fighting spirit, and unwavering devotion to duty, Corporal Dunham gallantly gave his life for his country, thereby reflecting great credit upon himself and upholding the highest traditions of the Marine Corps and the United States Naval Service.
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These brave men and women sacrifice so much in their lives so that others may enjoy the freedoms we get to enjoy everyday. For that, I am proud to call them Hero.
We Should Not Only Mourn These Men And Women Who Died, We Should Also Thank God That Such People Lived
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The Mabel’s Labels BlogHer ‘10 Contest asks us to write about what our passion was if the internet was wiped out tomorrow. I think for most people that is a hard question, but if something would happen to me, I think I would want to remembered as one who pays it forward. (I’ll be honest that my first passion is my kids, but that wouldn’t make as interesting as a post. 
) Why is that my passion? Even though I am Catholic, I believe in karma. I believe that what goes around comes around. I know for a fact I wouldn’t be the blogger I am today if it wasn’t for those bloggers who went before me. Those bloggers helped me (for free), and I try to do the same. I offer any new and upcoming blogger (and established ones too) my time and help. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve been told I should write an ebook or charge for this help. I won’t! I’m actually in the process of putting up a business site and on there I’ll be giving out my knowledge of blogging. I drop everything with a phone call needing help be it blogging, personal, etc.
Blogging has given me an income and lots of fun stuff to review. It’s opened so many doors for me and gave me the life I lead today. It’s given me friends I don’t know what I’d do without now. I want to offer this life to anybody else out there who wants it, and I hope they pay it forward also! Blogging can be life changing and if I can open that door for anyone else, I want to.
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I’m so proud of her. She’s has a crazy week since I last blogged. As many of you know, she goes to a Catholic school. Well, she got picked to read a petition (if you’re not Catholic, it’s the part of mass where we pray for others). She’s got hard words to read like classmates and principal, so we’ve been practicing every night. She’ll be doing it next Tuesday at 8:30 mass, so if your interested, let me know! Bill is going to go to work late that morning to see it! I’m super excited (and a little nervous) for her.
She’s also full of crazy questions like: Why did God create sharks — they hurt people?, Why do trains ride on train tracks and not the road?, and you know stuff that MOM just doesn’t know the answer too and cant Google the answer.
The last cool news is that she has a new tooth coming in. Unfortunately, the tooth in front of it isn’t loose yet. I called the dentist, and we are suppose to get her to wiggle it. If it’s still not loose in a week, we have to bring her in. I love our dentist, and they straight out said that they prefer the tooth to fall out on it’s own and pulling would be a last resort.
We are taking the kids tonight to a preview of How To Train A Dragon. It’ll be Will’s first movie at a movie theater so wish us luck!
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As many of you know, I’ve had a miscarriage. It sucked. It still sucks. However, when I read articles about how Utah wants to be able to prosecute women who have miscarriages, it makes me angry. Why? Over 15% – 20% of pregnancies end in miscarriage. That’s just nature’s way of handling an nonviable pregnancy.
The bill responds to a case in which a Vernal woman allegedly paid a man $150 to beat her and cause miscarriage but could not be charged. The Senate approved criminalizing a woman’s “intentional, knowing, or reckless act” leading to a pregnancy’s illegal termination. But here’s the problem — what is a knowing reckless act? If you eat tuna and have a miscarriage, is that reckless? If you fall down while pregnant, can you be charged (and the answer is yes because it happened in Iowa). Writing for RH Reality Check, Rachel Larris says,
Using the legal standard of “reckless behavior” all a district attorney needs to show is that a woman behaved in a manner that is thought to cause miscarriage, even if she didn’t intend to lose the pregnancy. Drink too much alcohol and have a miscarriage? Under the new law such actions could be cause for prosecution.
That terrifies me. I was sent to the ER when I miscarried. It was a Friday night and my OBGYN wanted me to get checked out even though we both knew what was happening. Would I have went knowing that I chanced going to jail because somebody didn’t like me, the way I dress, or anything I said? Hell, no. Heck, I had 2 different OBGYN’s for my pregnancies and both gave me different rules to follow. If the doctor’s can’t agree, how the heck am I suppose to know if something I did caused a miscarriage. Heck, I have an irritable uterus, so I’m most likely just screwed since my body doens’t like being pregnant and puts me into preterm labor. I know, you are stating that they won’t go after the “good” people. However, if you read the Iowa story, they do.
I’d love to know what you all think. Is this legislation taking it tad too far?
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