This Weeks Soldier Was Submitted By Anna
Superintendent of the 22nd Wing Medical Group at McConnell Air Force Base
Have you heard of Chief Master Sgt. John Gebhardt? Maybe you have and maybe you haven’t. CMSgt. Hebhardt gain some notoriety recently. Not for an action that he took on the battlefield, but rather for a picture(not shown because it is graphic) that was taken of him.
In 2006, CMSgt. John Gebhardt was photographed holding a little Iraqi girl that had been injured. Her family had been attacked by insurgents. Both of her parents were killed, along with many of her siblings, and she had been shot in the head and left for dead. But she was tougher than that. She was brought to Balad Air Base Hospital where she was operated on and ultimately saved. As you can imagine, it was an extremely hard time for this little girl. Her recovery was hellish. But when CMSgt. Gebhardt would hold her, she seemed to be comforted. He spent many nights sleeping in a chair with her in his arms. The picture wast taken by a fellow airman while CMSgt. Gebhardt and the little girl were napping. Said CMSgt. Gebhardt, “I’m sure that probably just gave her some inner peace that she could reach.”
On a side note. This is why I started doing these Wednesday Hero posts. Because of people like Chief Master Sgt. John Gebhardt. It’s soldiers like him that make me proud of our military.
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.
This post is part of the Wednesday Hero Blogroll. If you would like to participate in honoring the brave men and women who serve this great country, you can find out how by going here.
April 18th, 2007 at 7:52 am
US Armed Forces Code of Conduct:
Article I: I am an American, fighting in the forces which guard my country and our way of life. I am prepared to give my life in their defense. HIP HIP… HOORAY! God bless and thank-you for America’s freedoms aren’t free!
April 20th, 2007 at 8:51 am
Thank you for sharing about these wonderful Heroes like you do. I agree we should not only mourn their death but thank God that such people lived.
Those serving are truly the best in all our land and we owe them so much.
April 20th, 2007 at 6:24 pm
Beth and WT are also heroes in today’s evil secular anarchist and Anti-American world! We will continue to fight the right to write the righteous and take on all enemies - foreign, domestic and liberal…so help U.S. GOD! Thank-You patriotette’s Beth and WT and Sondra K and Claire and Cassandra for taking the time out of your hectic schedules to blog for the truth and the American way. Amen!