Oh no they didn't! Ahh, but they did!

Imagine this. You are 21 year old in WWII. You are stationed in Italy. On May 23, 1944, you and your platoon are entrenched in a heavy fire fight against the enemy. The enemy has 3 tanks and 3 machinegun nests. The enemy has dozens of soldiers firing at you. You realize that this is a no-win situation for you and your men. You take the matters into your own hands.

"Van T. Barfoot, crawled to the proximity of 1 machinegun nest and made a direct hit on it with a hand grenade, killing 2 and wounding 3 Germans. He continued along the German defense line to another machinegun emplacement, and with his tommygun killed 2 and captured 3 soldiers. Members of another enemy machinegun crew then abandoned their position and gave themselves up to Sgt. Barfoot. Leaving the prisoners for his support squad to pick up, he proceeded to mop up positions in the immediate area, capturing more prisoners and bringing his total count to 17. Later that day, after he had reorganized his men and consolidated the newly captured ground, the enemy launched a fierce armored counterattack directly at his platoon positions. Securing a bazooka, Sgt. Barfoot took up an exposed position directly in front of 3 advancing Mark VI tanks. From a distance of 75 yards his first shot destroyed the track of the leading tank, effectively disabling it, while the other 2 changed direction toward the flank. As the crew of the disabled tank dismounted, Sgt. Barfoot killed 3 of them with his tommygun.

He continued onward into enemy terrain and destroyed a recently abandoned German fieldpiece with a demolition charge placed in the breech. While returning to his platoon position, Sgt. Barfoot, though greatly fatigued by his Herculean efforts, assisted 2 of his seriously wounded men 1,700 yards to a position of safety.

Van T. Barfoot, received the Medal of Honor for his heroic action.
But wait, there's more. Not only did Col. Barfoot fight in WWII, he fought in Korea and Vietnam. He also received the Purple Heart (those who have been wounded or killed while serving).

So what's the problem? Well apparently this 90 year old hero wasn't allowed to raise his American flag on the his flag pole. This is according to the Home Oweners Association of Sussex Square in VA. They even threaten to take legal action and hired a law firm. Since Mark Levin took it upon himself to expose this, the HOA reversed direction and allowed him to do this. Even two lib senator got into the action. Sen Mark "duh" Warner and Sen Jim "mellonhead" Webb got behind this hero.

My question is, did it have to really go this far? Seriously, an exception couldn't be made? Of course it could, that's why these HOA cowards dropped this.

Props to Sen Warner and Sen Webb.

Tip O the hat to : The Millstone Diaries and of course, the "Great One" Mark Levin