43 years later, Medal of Honor for newlywed hero's sacrifice
By Larry Shaughnessy
Rose Mary Sabo Brown spent just 30 days with her new husband, Army Spec. Leslie Sabo Jr., before he shipped out to fight in Vietnam. But from that month together in 1969 grew a lifetime of love.
"We got married in September, he got to come home that weekend and we spent the night together and he had to go back to Georgia the next day," Brown told CNN. After that, Sabo was off to training before returning home for 30 days that fall.
"We only had that one month together as a married couple," she told CNN. "He left for Vietnam and I never saw him again."
About seven months after the wedding, two soldiers knocked on her door to say he was missing in action.
"They came back to me five days later and told me that he was killed in action by enemy fire and that was it, that's all I knew for 32 years."
There was a lot more to know, and now the nation is honoring what he did those decades ago. Wednesday, President Barack Obama will award Spec. Leslie Sabo Jr. the Medal of Honor.
Brown said her husband was fun-loving. "The Leslie I knew was always goofing around, having fun. We had a ball together, my family adored him. Oh, my gosh, my mother keeps saying you couldn't have found anybody better than him to marry my daughter."
The people he fought with in the 101st Airborne Division told Rose that he knew when to put aside the goofing and focus on fighting.
"When he was over there, he wore a red bandana. And (his fellow soldiers) said when he put that red bandana around his forehead, he meant business. He was a soldier. And they have a picture of him with that red bandana on and the title of it is 'The Soldier.'"
The Soldier's last stand is documented by the Army.
"Even though his platoon was ambushed from all sides by a large enemy force, Sabo charged the enemy position, killing several enemy Soldiers. He then assaulted an enemy flanking force, successfully drawing their fire away from friendly Soldiers and ultimately forcing the enemy to retreat. While securing a re-supply of ammunition, an enemy grenade landed nearby. Specialist Sabo picked it up, threw it, and shielded a wounded comrade with his own body – absorbing the brunt of the blast and saving his comrade's life.
Although wounded by the grenade blast, Sabo continued to charge the enemy's bunker. After receiving several serious wounds from automatic weapons fire, he crawled toward the enemy emplacement and, when in position, threw a grenade into the bunker. The resulting explosion silenced the enemy fire, but also ended Specialist Sabo's life."
When Obama presents Brown with the medal on the pale blue ribbon, it will complete a circle that began 42 years ago, right after Sabo's death. His unit had recommended him for the Medal of Honor, but somehow it didn't happen. A researcher discovered files about Sabo and now the earlier oversight has been corrected.
For now, Rose Mary Sabo Brown is focused on her late husband and the medal he earned more than four decades ago.
"I've never stopped thinking about him," she said. "My heart is filled with pride, that you can't even imagine. It will be an honor to share this with anyone who wants to see it."
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@Scoringpoints,
So when Reagan did it, was it scoring points? Clinton? By all rights it should have been Nixon who handed this medal to his widow, but that is not how it works. Was Obama scoring points when he present the MOH to SSg Guinta, Cpl Dakota Meyer and SFC Leroy Petry?
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Obama camp is a joke , trying to score points here this week , last week it was with same sex weddings , whats next disabled weddings ? Obama will say and do anything to try to get from under the failing polls.
Its really becoming laughable
I really dont think that he is trying to score points with Vets. What is wrong with doing something that is right. As stated in the story:
"His unit had recommended him for the Medal of Honor, but somehow it didn't happen. A researcher discovered files about Sabo and now the earlier oversight has been corrected."
So how is doing something that should have been done decades ago trying to score point. This soldier should have gotten this award way before President Obama was around. Seriously!!!!
i guess if doing what is right is "scoring points" then your right. you are grasping at straws. get real
You are a disgrace as an American. This Soldier deserves the MOH and your bringing politics into it shows that Republicans have a huge dislike for the military and veterans, especially disabled ones. I am a disabled Veteran and was told a few days ago that people like me are the reason the Government is in debt, due to fact i draw medical disability retirement from military. The person told me that when Romney and the Republicans have total control, disabled Veterans will get nothing which, he says, is what they deserve
I am sorry to hear that and thank you for serving. but remember they will be the first one's cry for the military when sh*t hits the fan. Just got to admire the ignorince of people
President Obama also awarded Sgt. Dakota Meyer and Spc. Salvatore Giunta the Medal of Honor. Was he trying to "score points" then as well? ... Just try showing respect when it is due.