Pundit Review Radio

Bruce McQuain from Blackfive joined us once again for Someone You Should Know, our weekly tribute to the troops. Bruce spent 28 years in the U.S. Army and he is a veteran of the Vietnam war. He brings a perspective and understanding to these stories that we could never match. This week Bruce told us about Lance Cpl. Mina Salama. This is from Stars and Stripes, “They told me there were people inside,” said Salama, 22, a Jersey City, N.J., native. That was all he needed to hear. He immediately headed for a small gap in the rubble. ...In a deposition, Sgt. Shane R. Bertrand called it “one of the bravest and most unselfish acts I have witnessed in three combat deployments.” Once they pulled the Iraqi man out, Salama continued talking with bystanders to see if additional aid was needed. From them, he learned of a young girl injured in a nearby building and coordinated medical evacuation for her as well. For his actions, Salama, currently deployed to the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit on Okinawa, received th