Moment of Silence for MSG Nicholas Oresko

truknutt

Committed Member
Please join me in offering a moment of silence as we mourn the loss of another true American hero.

Nicholas Oresko of Cresskill, NJ, the nation’s oldest Medal of Honor recipient, died Friday evening, surrounded by veterans and military personnel who had gathered there all week after hearing on social media that he was in the hospital with a broken leg.

Oresko, 96, was a U.S. Army master sergeant during World War II when, although badly wounded, he wiped out two enemy bunkers near Tettingen, Germany, during the Battle of the Bulge....

He died at 6:30 p.m. at Englewood Hospital and Medical Center of complications from surgery for a broken right femur, said John “Jack” Carbone, a family friend. That was the same leg injured by gunfire on Jan. 23, 1945, as he crawled from one enemy bunker to another.

Medal of Honor Citation: http://www.homeofheroes.com/moh/citations_living/ii_a_oresko.html

Listen to MSG Oreska: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fD1bg5dMDUs
 

jmgratz

Original Owners Club Member
Please join me in offering a moment of silence as we mourn the loss of another true American hero.

Nicholas Oresko of Cresskill, NJ, the nation’s oldest Medal of Honor recipient, died Friday evening, surrounded by veterans and military personnel who had gathered there all week after hearing on social media that he was in the hospital with a broken leg.

Oresko, 96, was a U.S. Army master sergeant during World War II when, although badly wounded, he wiped out two enemy bunkers near Tettingen, Germany, during the Battle of the Bulge....

He died at 6:30 p.m. at Englewood Hospital and Medical Center of complications from surgery for a broken right femur, said John “Jack” Carbone, a family friend. That was the same leg injured by gunfire on Jan. 23, 1945, as he crawled from one enemy bunker to another.

Medal of Honor Citation: http://www.homeofheroes.com/moh/citations_living/ii_a_oresko.html

Listen to MSG Oreska: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fD1bg5dMDUs


May he Rest In The Peace of God's Kingdom.
 

TomMar

Retired Texas-South Chapter Leader
My hat is off to honor MSG Oresk and his service. May the LORD accept him gently into his arms.
 

RuralPastor

Well-known member
A life well-lived. May he have an abundant entrance into the everlasting kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ!
 
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