More Media Coverage
Once again, mystery author J.A. Jance deserves credit for putting some pressure on the Seattle Times to cover the story of Lieutenant Walter Bryan Jackson, the soldier who was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross earlier this month. Yesterday, the Seattle Post-Intelligencer covered the story after Jance sent emails, today it was the Times.
Jackson, who graduated from Oak Harbor High School in 2001 and the U.S. Military Academy at West Point in 2005, will spend Thanksgiving with a sister in Seattle and then head to an assignment in Korea. After that, he hopes to attend law school and pursue a career as a military lawyer.
His reluctance to claim the title "hero" comes as no surprise to one of the men he helped save.
Stainbrook, 31, had this to say Thursday about his fellow officer: "He's just a great solider and a great guy, and I think that's enough for him. He has always been a guy to put the team first."
Good for the local papers finally getting stories out.
By John in Dublin CA, Friday, 16 November , 2007 @ 7:48 pm
As long as this country continues to produce young men and women like this, I have great hope for the future. This young man confirms something I’ve always believed: Soldiering in defense of this nation is indeed a noble profession.