Chuck Colson rightfully focuses on Lt. Michael Murphy, a war hero if there ever was one, in his article, "A Debt That Cannot Be Repaid." Murphy's story is told by fellow soldier Marcus Luttrell in the book Lone Surviror.
Colson offers resources for further reading:
“President Bush Presents Medal of Honor to Lieutenant Michael P. Murphy, U.S. Navy,” White House Office of the Press Secretary, 22 October 2007.
John Gibson, “Why Didn’t Some News Organizations Cover Medal of Honor Ceremony?” FOX News, 25 October 2007.
“Medal of Honor Awarded to ‘Antithesis of a Warrior’,” CNN, 22 October 2007.
“A Medal of Honor,” Wall Street Journal, 22 October 2007, A18.
Mark Lasswell, “Lone Survivor,” Wall Street Journal, 27 October 2007.
“If Lt. Murphy Had Been a Cold-Blooded Killer,” Wall Street Journal, 5 November 2007, A17.
Ann Scott Tyson, “Medal of Honor Is Awarded Posthumously to Navy Seal,” Washington Post, 23 October 2007, A04.
Walter Berns, Making Patriots (University of Chicago Press, 2002).
Marcus Luttrell, Lone Survivor (Little, Brown and Co., 2007).
BreakPoint Commentary No. 071023, “Conduct Unbecoming: How America Treats Its Military.”
BreakPoint Commentary No. 031111, “The Promise of Our Country: Making Patriots.”