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Profiles of Valor: LTC Robert G. Cole (USA)
“His courage was legendary, and his hold on his rugged parachutists is an example which few other commanders ever attained.”
09 / 04 / 26 · 5 min read

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“Put God first. Put God first in everything you do. ... I didn’t always stick with Him, but He always stuck with me. So, stick with Him in everything you do.”

“This nation owes this genuine hero a great debt of gratitude for his service and ultimate sacrifice of his life as he fought for and died attempting to save fellow servicemen.”

“Every campus forms students whether it says so out loud or not. The only question is by whom, and toward what.”

“I was brought up believing that through God all things are possible and that Jesus loves me. That’s embedded in me. It follows me through everything that I do.”

“Although wounded again by an enemy rocket-propelled grenade, he did not permit himself to be treated until the other injured men had been evacuated.”

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“The troops loved him, and they still love him today. No one was a better platoon sergeant than Jorge — no one.”

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“His intrepid fighting spirit and distinctive ability as a leader and an airman, exemplified in his splendid record of combat achievement, were vital factors...”

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Two ordinary men faced with extraordinary circumstances summoned the greatest measure of courage to place their lives in imminent peril to save others.

“Never again should we allow politicians and mad scientists to shut down our mighty economy.”

“Unarmed and completely exposed, he moved among, as well as in front of, the advancing troops, giving aid to the wounded, assisting in their evacuation, giving words of encouragement, and administering the last rites to the dying.”

“Whatever may be conceded to the influence of refined education on minds of peculiar structure, reason and experience both forbid us to expect that national morality can prevail in exclusion of religious principle.”

“He said to me as I held his Medal of Honor when I was seven years old ... ‘freedom isn’t free,’ and you know he bore the marks of that statement.”

The recipient of two Medals of Honor and a Navy Cross -- he summoned the greatest measure of courage to place his life in imminent peril to save others.

“Iran’s deeply radicalized and ill-conceived form of Islam hates us and will never — never — agree that we are anything other than the Great Satan, which they assert Allah has commanded them to destroy.”

“The Hand of providence has been so conspicuous in all this, that he must be worse than an infidel that lacks faith, and more than wicked, that has not gratitude enough to acknowledge his obligations.”