{"id":15921,"date":"2009-12-03T18:06:35","date_gmt":"2009-12-03T23:06:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=15921"},"modified":"2009-12-03T18:06:35","modified_gmt":"2009-12-03T23:06:35","slug":"moh-vet-battles-hoa-for-flag","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=15921","title":{"rendered":"MOH Vet battles HOA for flag"},"content":{"rendered":"

Zedechek was the first to send us this link last night<\/a> about a Medal of Honor recipient who is locked in a battle for the his right to fly an American flag in his front yard;<\/p>\n

Col. Van T. Barfoot says he erected the 21-foot flagpole in September, raising the flag daily at sunrise and retiring it at sunset.<\/p>\n

The Sussex Square homeowners’ association told him recently that the free-standing pole violates the townhouse neighborhood’s aesthetic guidelines and ordered him to remove it by 5 p.m. Friday or face a lawsuit.<\/p>\n

“I don’t have any qualms with their authority, but the thing about it is that I cannot get enough conversation out of them where we can try to work out a solution,” Barfoot said Wednesday in a telephone interview.<\/p>\n

A telephone message left for Alexandra D. Bowen, a lawyer representing the association, wasn’t immediately returned on Wednesday.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

This is from Colonel Barfoot’s Medal of Honor citation;<\/p>\n

With his platoon heavily engaged during an assault against forces well entrenched on commanding ground, 2d Lt. Barfoot (then Tech. Sgt.) moved off alone upon the enemy left flank. He crawled to the proximity of 1 machinegun nest and made a direct hit on it with a hand grenade, killing 2 and wounding 3 Germans. He continued along the German defense line to another machinegun emplacement, and with his tommygun killed 2 and captured 3 soldiers. Members of another enemy machinegun crew then abandoned their position and gave themselves up to Sgt. Barfoot. Leaving the prisoners for his support squad to pick up, he proceeded to mop up positions in the immediate area, capturing more prisoners and bringing his total count to 17. Later that day, after he had reorganized his men and consolidated the newly captured ground, the enemy launched a fierce armored counterattack directly at his platoon positions. Securing a bazooka, Sgt. Barfoot took up an exposed position directly in front of 3 advancing Mark VI tanks. From a distance of 75 yards his first shot destroyed the track of the leading tank, effectively disabling it, while the other 2 changed direction toward the flank. As the crew of the disabled tank dismounted, Sgt. Barfoot killed 3 of them with his tommygun. He continued onward into enemy terrain and destroyed a recently abandoned German fieldpiece with a demolition charge placed in the breech. While returning to his platoon position, Sgt. Barfoot, though greatly fatigued by his Herculean efforts, assisted 2 of his seriously wounded men 1,700 yards to a position of safety. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Imagine that in this country, after going through all that, he now has to fight a band of dickheads. <\/p>\n

Tankerbabe sends us this link<\/a>;<\/p>\n

The Barfoot family is accepting donations from supporters but wants the money to go to the USO, the military service organization.<\/p>\n

“We want the money to go the families of servicemen, not us,” said Margaret Nicholls, Col. Van T. Barfoot’s daughter.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Checks should be made out to the USO and sent to: Stand Tall for Colonel Barfoot, c\/o The Hoople Group, 12105 Browning Court, Richmond, Va. 23233.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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