Bite bullet, give Jadotville heroes medals

Three years ago the men of Jadotville, Congo had their 15 minutes of fame. Jamie Dornan sprinkled stardust on these forgotten men from a forgotten war. The movie opened, the battle was recalled. As is standard fare in this country the manner in which those forgotten men suffered was recalled with a sense of shame. And then everybody went home and the caravan moved on.

So it went when the movie The Siege Of Jadotville was released. The movie depicted what occurred when 155 Irish soldiers on UN duty in the Congo in 1961 were attacked by a force of 3,500, led by trained European mercenaries.