From Military.com:With blood gushing from his head and covering his legs, Staff Sgt. Sean Samaroo thought he was going to die.
So Samaroo said "good-bye to my wife and son" out loud.
But Thursday, 11 months after that searing battle in Afghanistan, the Army paratrooper, flanked by his wife, Natasha, and 13-year-old son, Dylan, received the Silver Star medal for heroism.
"There were a lot of heroes out there and some of them didn't get recognized as much as me," Samaroo said following a ceremony at Fort Jackson. "But I'm pretty thankful and honored."
The amiable 35-year-old Oklahoma native received the nation's third-highest award for his heroism during an early morning attack July 13 at Wanat, Afghanistan.
Badly outnumbered, Samaroo and some 50 U.S. soldiers stopped 200 Taliban fighters from overtaking their patrol base during a four-hour fight in the Waygul River Valley of Konar province.
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My Comment: Besides the heroism that he displayed that day, the other reason why he deserves this recognition is best summed by the following comment made by him:
"There were a lot of heroes out there and some of them didn't get recognized as much as me."
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