This story was told by an old priest one Sunday. It is a true story 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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