American Hero: Michael Murphy

[Music] today we add Lieutenant Michael Murphy's name to the list of recipients who have made the ultimate sacrifice deep in the mountains of Afghanistan understand this Brave officer gave his life in defense of his fellow Navy Seals Michael also earned the respect of his men they remember a wise cracking friend who went by Mikey or murf they remember a patriot who wore a New York City Firehouse patch on his uniform in honor of the heroes of 911 and they remember an officer who respected their opinions and led him with an understated yet unmistakable sense of command together Michael and his fellow seals deployed multiple times around the world in the war against the extremists and randomist while their missions were often carried out in secrecy their love of country and Devotion to each other was always clear while conducting surveillance on a mountain ridge in Afghanistan he and three fellow seals were surrounded by a much larger enemy Force their only Escape was down the side of a mountain the seals launched a valiant Counterattack while C cascading from Cliff to Cliff as the enemy closed in Michael recognized that the survival of his men depended on calling back to the base for reinforcements with complete disregard for his own life he moved into a clearing where his phone would get reception he made the call and Michael then fell under heavy fire yet his grace and up bringing never deserted him those severely wounded he said thank you before hanging up and return to the fight before losing his life unfortunately the helicopter carrying the reinforcements never reached the scene it crashed after being struck by a rocket propelled grenade and in the end more Americans died in Afghanistan on June 28th 2005 than on any other day since the beginning of operation enduring freedom Mikey was the best officer I ever knew an ironed sold Warrior of colossal and almost unbelievable courage in the face of the enemy our nation is blessed to have volunteers like Michael who risk their lives for our freedom [Music] h

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Keywords: LTMichaelMurphy, Navy, Seals, Military, Hero

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Length: 3min 9sec (189 seconds)

Published: Sun Sep 23 2012