# Oz VC awarded! Well done, sir! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 16, 2009, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oz-vc-awarded-well-done-sir/481587 "2009-01-16T13:00:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2009, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oz-vc-awarded-well-done-sir/481587/1 "2009-01-16T13:00:40Z")
From [here](http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,24920340-601,00.html): > [@Linked article](#): > > MARK Donaldson has become the first Australian soldier awarded the Victoria Cross in 40 years, for his “exceptional bravery” in service in Afghanistan. Very well done indeed. ---
**Author:** ![Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ccd318/32.png) [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_in_Qatar)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2009, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oz-vc-awarded-well-done-sir/481587/2 "2009-01-16T14:06:41Z")
Some things just make you proud to be human. ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2009, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oz-vc-awarded-well-done-sir/481587/3 "2009-01-16T14:28:10Z")
I see a many lying wounded on the ground, about the length of a football field away, said ground being swept by machine gun fire – as much as I’d like to think I’d be able summon up the courage to go and try and save him, my instinct tells me I’d be huddling under cover with my fingers in my ears. Stupendous job, sir. ---
**Author:** ![Lust4Life](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ecc23a/32.png) [@Lust4Life](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lust4Life)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2009, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oz-vc-awarded-well-done-sir/481587/4 "2009-01-16T15:03:28Z")
Bloody well done mate,you’re the best of the best. ---
**Author:** ![Lucretia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/13edae/32.png) [@Lucretia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucretia)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2009, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oz-vc-awarded-well-done-sir/481587/5 "2009-01-16T19:51:08Z")
Serving with this sort of person is one of the intangible, but very real, benefits of being in the military. Trooper Donaldson, along with his comrades, is among the best of us. I’m actually not suprised he went to those lengths for his terp. Those guys are doing a fabulous job, at great personal risk, and they are absolutely lion-hearted. The troops they’re with love them. My son talks about driving his Stryker at breakneck speed through the streets of Baghdad to get his terp back to his FOB after he (the terp) was wounded in a suicide bomb attack. We had a couple come through when I was in Bagram, and they had lots of visits from their unit’s leadership. ---
**Author:** ![the\_Lady](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bb73d2/32.png) [@the\_Lady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/the_Lady)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2009, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oz-vc-awarded-well-done-sir/481587/6 "2009-01-16T20:57:18Z")
That is really cool. I love all the stories of those who receive the VC. If they’re still alive to have it pinned on them - even better 🙂