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    Marine honored for Afghanistan counterattack

    Associated Press – Sat, Feb 11, 2012

    SAN DIEGO (AP) — A Marine based out of Camp Pendleton was awarded the Silver Star on Friday for courageous service during a bloody, six-hour firefight in the war in Afghanistan.

    Sgt. Philip McCulloch Jr. was honored for his actions in a battle in the Sangin district on Jan. 8, 2011, according to U-T San Diego (http://bit.ly/w0PvOZ ). The firefight began while McCulloch's unit was on patrol and began taking fire from all directions.

    McCulloch, who was 22 at the time, said the soldiers found themselves surrounded by Taliban forces. "There was no way out. So we just went toward the enemy," McCulloch told the newspaper.

    McCulloch was honored for leading his squad in a counterattack that left the fields of Sangin littered with bodies of Taliban fighters. In the military's citation, McCulloch was praised for "his bold leadership, wise judgment and complete dedication to duty."

    Nicknamed the "prodigy," McCulloch is known as a thorough and thoughtful leader. McCulloch's father, Philip Sr., is a former Marine who said his boy was only a toddler when he announced he would join the Corps.

    After watching his son accept the nation's third-highest medal for valor in combat, he said "I am the proudest father in the world."

    McCulloch Jr. now serves at the recruit depot in San Diego.

    He said he accepted the medal on behalf of all fallen warriors, "for my brothers who aren't here anymore," and for those wounded in combat, who "are the true heroes."

     

    24 comments

    • tomn
      tomn  •  3 mths ago
      Good Job Marine!
      For some odd reason, 10+ years of fighting and the lowest ever medal awards for valor....why is that?
      Could it be that our politicians are worried we (Americans) might have pride in our country, our uniformed service members, find value in family, and stop watching football and spending on meaningless stuff?
    • swamp fox
      swamp fox  •  3 mths ago
      Must be a Drill Instructer at MCRD.Looks like a fine example the future Marines can look up to! I always looked up to my senior DI,He fought on Guadalcanal in WW-2 in the Pacific.
    • Quint
      Quint  •  3 mths ago
      McCulloch, who was 22 at the time, said the soldiers found themselves surrounded by Taliban forces. "SOLDIERS"? Do you mean MARINES?
    • Quint
      Quint  •  3 mths ago
      I just hope he didn't offend anyone's delicate sensibilities during all that fighting.
    • memnoch the devil
      memnoch the devil  •  3 mths ago
      Ahhh i love the smell of dead muslims in the morning ! Good job marines !
    • mark
      mark  •  Singapore, Singapore  •  3 mths ago
      "McCulloch was honored for leading his squad in a counterattack that left the fields of Sangin littered with bodies of Taliban fighters." These tears of joy just won't stop falling #ProudAmerican
    • Yahoo User
      Yahoo User  •  3 mths ago
      Sergeant McCulloch: Thank you for your service. Your bravery and modesty make you a role model for all young people. Thank you
    • EDDIE D
      EDDIE D  •  Dalton, Georgia  •  3 mths ago
      AWSOME MARINE!!!!!!!!
    • Skywalker
      Skywalker  •  Schaumburg, Illinois  •  3 mths ago
      Marines make me proud to be an American, rock on gentelman & Semper Fi.
    • johanna
      johanna  •  Buffalo, New York  •  3 mths ago
      good jop
    • Trevor
      Trevor  •  Aurora, Oregon  •  3 mths ago
      congrats, i admire people like this..semper fi!!
    • FrankN
      FrankN  •  Tucson, Arizona  •  3 mths ago
      Outstanding. Semper Fi!
    • Germs
      Germs  •  Conway, Arkansas  •  3 mths ago
      My Admiration and respect to you Sir!!
    • kevin
      kevin  •  3 mths ago
      semper fi marine
    • MR26.2
      MR26.2  •  Phoenix, Arizona  •  3 mths ago
      Semper Fi
    • Sonia
      Sonia  •  3 mths ago
      OUTSTANDING!!!!!
    • RichardZag
      RichardZag  •  3 mths ago
      A wealth of evidence points to 9/11 being a false flag operation carried out by domestic traitors from the military-industrial complex, probably in collaboration with Mossad. This includes the obvious explosive demolitions of WTC 1, 2 and 7. We are told that so-called Al Qaeda is such a sophisticated and well-funded organization that they were able to outfox the trillion dollar US military machine. In this case, couldn’t they have relocated years ago to, for example, France or Morocco? Why would they be playing cat and mouse with NATO in the hills of Afghanistan and Pakistan? The local Afghans, including the Taliban, are primarily illiterate peasants who use donkeys for transport and who haven’t been more than 10 miles away from their own village. Do such people really pose a threat to the US? We have been there now for 10 years; thousands of troops have been killed and maimed, and tens of thousands of Afghans have been killed. We have spent hundreds of billions of dollars. Does this all make sense if the real reason is to counter terrorism? Use your brains, people. The invasion and occupation of Afghanistan have nothing to do with terrorism and were planned before 9/11.
      • Grand Ole Party
        Grand Ole Party 3 mths ago
        A wealth of evidence points to you being a complete #$%$
      • Dan
        Dan 3 mths ago
        You Richard are the true idiot for listening to and buy into these stupid conspiracy theories.
      • RichardZag
        RichardZag 3 mths ago
        The stupidest conspiracy theory of all is the one you've been fed by the government. Watch "Explosive Evidence - Experts Speak Out" by Architects and Engineers for 9/11 Truth. The people who appear in that film are far from stupid and you might learn something.
    • M5
      M5  •  San Diego, California  •  3 mths ago
      They forgot the death's head insignia and SS symbol. It's official- Semper Fi is being changed to Heil Hitler.
      • 633 Sq.
        633 Sq. 3 mths ago
        M5 crawl back underneath your stinking rock and pleasure yourself-------------
      • 633 Sq.
        633 Sq. 3 mths ago
        In fat m5, why don't you head a little farther south of san diego and stay there.
      • swamp fox
        swamp fox 3 mths ago
        M5 The only place you ever served was as a towel boy at a gay bath house!!!
    • M5
      M5  •  San Diego, California  •  3 mths ago
      How many of the Taliban were women, children and babies this time?
      • Patrick
        Patrick 3 mths ago
        cry a river for the dead women and children you sissy!
      • Russ
        Russ 3 mths ago
        The women and children you speak of were the victims of the Taliban, Seems like Taliban ambushed the wrong group of people that day, They must've peed themselves when they saw there was no quit to the counterattack!
    • M5
      M5  •  San Diego, California  •  3 mths ago
      These people have been known to lie...and lie and lie and lie.
      • Stephen
        Stephen 3 mths ago
        read up on logical falacies
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