 "The Mail on Sunday (London, England)")
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If only our leaders had the courage of our soldiers.
From:
The Mail on Sunday (London, England)
| Date:
September 2, 2007
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IT IS not necessary to support the Iraq and Afghan wars to accept thatBritain's fighting men still uphold superb standards of courage and chivalry.
It is time this was recognised. That is why military chiefs should endorsecitations recommending that the nation's supreme medal for gallantry be awardedto the late Captain David Hicks and Lance Corporal Oliver Ruecker, who ignoredterrible danger to perform selfless acts of unalloyed heroism.
Captain Hicks, already mortally and painfully wounded, even refused morphine sohe could keep fighting, and consciously laid down his ...
