Anti-war protester and President of Gold Star Families for Peace, Cindy Sheehan (L) of Vacaville, California holds hands with Iraq war veteran Benjamin Hart Viges during a sunset candlelight vigil at her roadside protest near the ranch of U.S. President George W. Bush in Crawford, Texas, August 17, 2005.
Anyone know if this guy is for real? He claims to have been in the 82nd Airborne.
I don't know if he is legit or not. I bet a few FReepers will research it. Never be afraid to question someone service. The ones who brag about it way too often are most fakes. Outside of mention on FR I never talk about my service because most people don't care to hear it.
No, but from his comments he sounds like a shitbird.
Found this:
Couldn't find the thread on Operation Iraqi Freedom, so I am starting a new thread.
Just wanted to let you know that I heard from Railbait's son, PFC Benjamin Viges (but he signed his note "Hart").
He thanked me for the 'care package' I sent a few months ago. I don't know how long it took for him to actually get it, or how long ago he wrote the note, but he is still overseas.
He says he "can't wait to get back to the states," and that he plans to marry. Says "her name is Carrie and she is the best thing that ever happened to me. Dad would have loved her too."
In closing, he wrote: "I have a new appreciation for my country since seeing first hand how evil Saddam was to his people. Thank God they are not his people anymore."
When I watch the nightly news and read the daily papers, I only wish the Iraqi people (those who are now treating the Americans like the enemy) could read the sentiment expressed by this one soldier.
Lets all wish him godspeed and a safe and quick return home.
Dellie