A Marine remembers
Marines always remember fallen
comrades
No need to reprise details of
my opposition to Bush’s War, here, today. I went through the same crap
during the VietNam
War.
Opposition
never lessens my concern for those in peril - neither the innocent civilians nor
the troops who could have spent their time in better service to our nation and
humanity.
This
is an excerpt from an email forwarded to me from a Marine:
I wanted to share with you what we saw in
Washington DC last week. After the mid-term brief we toured the Mall and made
the usual stops at the WWII Memorial, the Wall, Lincoln Memorial, etc. At the
Vietnam Wall we saw something unbelievable. We noticed three small index cards
at the base of the Wall. I knelt down for a closer look and noticed that a
4-star general’s rank was pinned to each card. The cards were personally
addressed and said something like:
These are Yours- not mine!
With Love and
Respect,
Your Platoon
Leader,
Pete
Pace
1 Oct
The Chairman of the Joint Chiefs had laid down his
rank for his boys who died in Nam just the day before! I later found out that 1
Oct was also the same day he stepped down as
chairman.
Thanks,
David
Posted: Wed - October 17, 2007 at 09:32 AM