{"id":79667,"date":"2018-05-26T08:55:46","date_gmt":"2018-05-26T12:55:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=79667"},"modified":"2018-05-26T08:55:46","modified_gmt":"2018-05-26T12:55:46","slug":"marine-sgt-sean-paul-donovan-saving-the-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=79667","title":{"rendered":"Marine Sgt. Sean-Paul Donovan saving the world"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The Marine Corps Times<\/a> tells the story of former Marine Sgt. Sean-Paul Donovan who was awarded the Navy and Marine Corps Medal for rescuing one of his Marines from his attempt at suicide;<\/p>\n

The young Marine told Donovan \u2014 his acting platoon sergeant at the time with 2nd Radio Battalion \u2014 that he had \u201creached a point in his life that he felt he needed to take his own life,\u201d Donovan said, recounting the phone conversation. \u201cIt took me by surprise.\u201d<\/p>\n

Donovan tried to calm the Marine down, and convinced him to return to his house, where Donovan headed out to meet him.<\/p>\n

As Donovan left for the house he phoned his chain of command and the Jacksonville, North Carolina, police department.<\/p>\n

The junior Marine was holding two pistols in his hands when Donovan entered the house.<\/p>\n

And once inside the house with the armed Marine, Donovan kept his phone on and the line open with the police, so they could hear everything that was going on.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Eventually, Donovan and another Marine wrestled the pistols from the distraught Marine. The pistols misfired when the Marine tried to shoot Donovan;<\/p>\n

After leaving the Corps in 2017 after five years, including two six-month combat deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan, Donovan received a call from his chain of command informing him that the unit was considering him for the Navy and Marine Corps Medal.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt blew my mind I was even being put in for such an award,\u201d he told Marine Corps Times. \u201cAt the end of the day, what transpired that day, is what I would expect anyone to do.\u201d\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Thanks to AW1Ed for the link.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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