This is a true story told by an old man of when he served
in the military.
One day their drill sergeant came out and threw a hand
grenade into a group of young soldiers. The man all ran away and took cover away
from the grenade. Then the drill sergeant told them that the grenade was not set
to explode and he just did it to see their reaction. The next day a newly
recruited soldier joined the group. The drill sergeant told the other soldiers
not to tell the new soldier what was going to happen. As the drill sergeant came
out and threw the grenade into the crowd of soldiers, the new soldier, not
knowing it wasn't going to explode, threw himself on top of the grenade to
prevent it from killing the other men. He was willing to die for his fellow
soldiers.
That year the young man was awarded the only medal for courage and
bravery that had not been won during battle.
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