Comments on: SFC Paul R. Smith Awarded Medal of Honor

By: Don Singleton

Don Singleton — Wed, 30 Mar 2005 20:31:28 +0000

Medal of Honor
I salute Sgt. First Class Paul R. Smith, and I thank him for what he did.

By: C. Mackall Jr.

C. Mackall Jr. — Thu, 17 Feb 2005 19:09:44 +0000

Paul and I served together during the first gulf war. After the war, Paul married my wifes sister. I am extremly proud that my brother in law has been awarded the Medal of Honor. I wish he would be able to see how proud everyone is of him. Everyone that knew Paul from when he was in the engineers battalion knew he was a stand up guy. What he did in Iraq during this war was nothing new to his extended family. He was a can do/will do type guy. He made a great father for Jessica and a great husband for Birgit. Trust me, when they decided to award this medal to Paul he truly deserved it. So from one of the old crew out of Christensen Barracks Bindlach, Germany; You'll always be remebered.

By: Diggers Realm

Diggers Realm — Sun, 06 Feb 2005 11:28:37 +0000

Sergeant First Class Paul R. Smith Awarded Medal Of Honor
A Medal of Honor has not been issued since two Special Forces soldiers were awarded them posthumously in 1993 after their unselfish sacrifice in Somalia. Sergeant First Class Paul R. Smith joins a small group of true hero's who have...

By: DBub

DBub — Sat, 05 Feb 2005 19:33:39 +0000

Great story. The Special Forces sergeants mentioned in the story are Gary Gordon and Randy Shughart.