Dakota Meyer has been awarded the Medal of Honor.
Meyer is credited with killing at least eight attackers despite being wounded in his arm by shrapnel.
By the way:
Meyer also recovered the bodies of four friends killed in action.
At the time of his actions, Meyer was a corporal. He
(Post title borrowed from LaRue Tactical.)
Bill Muehlberger, longtime geology professor at UT, and the man who trained the NASA astronauts.
Back in 2009, WCD linked to the Statesman‘s profile of Professor Muehlberger. The Statesman website is acting hinky at the moment, and we’re not sure the original piece is still up. If we find a link, we’ll update this post.
(Apologies to Weer’d for stepping into his territory.)