Col. Boyington
Posted on 02/15/2006 6:51:30 AM PST by rattrap
His name was Gregory Boyington. Some called him "Pappy." He served as a combat pilot in World War II with the 1st Squadron, American Volunteer Group. This squadron was known as the Flying Tigers of China. Boyington later served as a combat pilot for the U.S. Marine Corps. He commanded Marine Fighting Squadron 214. Perhaps you've heard of this squadron. It was called the Black Sheep Squadron and was later featured in a TV series called "Baa Baa, Black Sheep." Boyington shot down 26 Japanese aircraft while serving in the Pacific. He was later shot down and spent 20 months in a Japanese POW camp. For those of you who aren't up to par on World War II history, Japanese POW camps were not happy places. Torture .. .and we mean real torture, not stripping them naked and taking snapshots. After the war Pappy Boyington was awarded the Navy Cross and the Medal of Honor. He died in 1988. You can visit his grave in Arlington National Cemetery.
Education? Oh yes! Almost forgot! Pappy Boyington was a graduate of the University of Washington. Just recently the idea of erecting a memorial to this Medal of Honor winner at the University of Washington made its way to the student senate. Here you have an alumnus who served in World War II. was captured and held, and was later awarded the Medal of Honor and the Navy Cross. Perhaps some sort of monument would be a good idea!
Well .. not to Jill Edwards. Thanks to the folks at WorldNetDaily we can show you a copy of the minutes of a meeting of the student senate at the University of Washington. Under old business there was a discussion of a resolution calling for a tribute to Pappy Boyington. Student senate member Jill Edwards immediately moved to table the resolution. She wanted other issues to be considered. Another member said that the issue was at the top of the agenda and should be dealt with. Jill's motion failed, but she wasn't through. There was then some discussion on why Andrew Everett, another student senate member, wanted the memorial. Everett responded that Colonel Boyington "had many of the qualities the University of Washington hoped to produce in its students." Well, I guess that might be true, if leadership and courage are considered to be good qualities. Anyway ... that's when Jill Edwards spoke up and showed her true colors. She questioned whether it was appropriate to honor a person who killed other people. Then the lovely Jill Edwards said that a member of the Marine Corps was not an example of the sort of person the University of Washington wanted to produce.
Shall I repeat that? Jill Edwards, a Junior in Mathematics at the University of Washington, says that a U.S. Marine is not the example of the sort of person that the University of Washington wants to produce. Let's let this sink in. To all of you men and women out there who have served with pride in the United States Marine Corps; to those of you who fought in World War II, Korea, Vietnam and the Middle East, Jill Edwards, student senate member at the University of Washington, thinks that you are unworthy to be graduates of the University of Washington. My father was a Marine. He's buried in the National Cemetery at Ft. Sam Houston in San Antonio, Texas beneath a grave market that reads "Neal A Boortz, Sr. Lt. Col. USMC. World War II, Korea, Vietnam." Therefore, I think that Jill Edwards is an ignorant fool. I would submit that Jill Edwards is am embarrassment to the University of Washington. With her mathematics degree and her leftist outlook on life my guess is that she'll end up being a teacher in a government school. Oh goody.
By the way .. there's at least one more moonbat on the U of W student senate. Her name is Ashley Miller. Ashley says that there are already enough monuments at UW commemorating "rich white men." Well .. I guess you have to get that wealth-envy stuff in there somewhere.
Don't you just love these young people? They're so much fun to watch during those magic years when they know everything and when they have all of the answers to every problem facing mankind. As I said the other day, we should take 100 volunteer members of university student senates from across the country --- and let's make sure Jill Edwards is one of them --- and give them a country to run for four years. Haiti would do just fine.
Nah, the commie pinko university isn't worthy.
Boyington was a great air fighter, and he wrestled with his demons all his life. The University of Washington is not worthy of a monument to this man.
Besides it would remind all the students of what they are not and could never be...
E-mail address for the ignorant fool Jill Edwards?............
I don't mean to p--- anyone off needlessly, but isn't this fairly typical of the Northwest, or at least the coastal Northwest?
I'd recommend that right-thinking students at UW start a private fund-raiser to produce the statue anyway, get some off-campus fraternity to agree to put the statue in their front yard, and then sit back watch the lefties running the school howl.
Shame on the U of Washington and the Student Senate.
'Pappy' Boyington bump!
"Everett responded that Colonel Boyington "had many of the qualities the University of Washington hoped to produce in its students." Well, I guess that might be true, if leadership and courage are considered to be good qualities. Anyway ... that's when Jill Edwards spoke up and showed her true colors. She questioned whether it was appropriate to honor a person who killed other people. Then the lovely Jill Edwards said that a member of the Marine Corps was not an example of the sort of person the University of Washington wanted to produce."
Outrageous!
Just wait ... till this country is attacked again and believers are not there to defend them. What will they do? I hope the Lord comes soon! THEN they can have what they want.
Well stated and Amen!
Thank the good Lord that we're not all like that. There are nests of good conservation people with plenty of pride in their nation. We almost proved it at our last race for govenor, but we all know what underhanded Democratic moves were made!
The Headline is wrong. It should read The University of Washington is not worthy of a Memorial to Pappy Boyington.
Jill Edwards is not at fault here, she is merely the product of an education system that is destroying America. A system that strives to create liberals , A system that no longer teaches American history or Civics and tries to destropy patriotism in all its form. She didnt pick up her BS off the wall liberal crap on her own, it was taught to her.She is another American who thinks this country is a gift. She cannot conceive of the fact that good men fought for this gift she enjoys. Another idiot who believes the country owes them and that they dont owe the country anything including their loyalty, their freedoms.
According to the educated elites we all know and love, as this is from WorldNetDaily we must first don the tinfoil and set our decoder rings. /sar
Col. Boyington
"Pappy" was a true warrior. He might have been a poor soldier, but he was a great fighter.
Commie universities have no desire to honor those who fought for freedom. "Pappy" stands for everything they hate. They would sooner put up a memorial to Lenin or Stalin than to put one up for "Pappy".
Unfortunately our schools are full of people like this girl, and they are teaching them to be this way at an ever increasing pace.
I disagree. Jill Edwards aspires to be a leader, and therefore she must THINK. Any mathematics major should be able to fathom that reflexive anti-militarism, to the point of denigrating a MoH winner, is idiotic.
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And Ashley Miller.
anybody else remember the reaction of the American student hostages in Grenada when some folks appeared to escort them to safety......all the GI said to them was "United States Marine Corps, Ma'am".
Dead white males BUMP
Now mind you, if private funds are used to pay for this, I have no problem with it. I would even think it would be a good idea. But tax dollars? No.
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