I will be contacting my Senators and the President to push for this.
Posted on 12/21/2001 6:30:52 AM PST by Jeff Head
As sneakypete (himself having served couragously and valiantly in that same conflict) said on the earlier thread:
He was not only true to his country,but he was also true to his own beliefs and to himself. Honor,respect,and LEADERSHIP BY EXAMPLE were concepts he well understood,and a burden he gladly shouldered. He knew this would cost him his life,but he understood that the survival of these concepts were more important than even his own personal survival.
Honor demands that we get his heorism recogonized so that the young soldiers following in his footsteps today have a role model to follow who understood the true meaning of the words,"Duty,Honor,Country".
So, please help us finally accomplish something that should have been rendered long ago ... in memory of Rocky, in memory of Colonel James Rowe who was captured with Rocky and who remained true to Rocky up until the time of his death at the hands of communist assasines in the Phillipines in 1989 who said the following of his friend Rocky:
For that guy, duty, honor, country was a way of life. He was the finest example of an officer I have known. To him it was a matter of liberty or death, the big four and nothing more. There was no other way for him. Once, Rocky told our captors that as long as he was true to God and true to himself, what was waiting for him after this life was far better than anything that could happen now. So he told them that they might as well kill him then and there if the price of his life was getting more from him than name, rank, and serial number. I’m satisfied that he would have it no other way. I know that he valued that one moment of honor more than he would have a lifetime of compromises."
... and in memory of Rocky's family, particularly his mother who passed on before this could occur. May they all rejoice together on the other side of Jordan.
Give me Liberty or Give me Death
Dragon's Fury - Breath of Fire - A Story of the coming Third World War.
Please let others know and write the White House on behalf of Rocky.
JH2, your mega-bump would certainly help.
This is well deserved and people have expended tremendous energy for a long sustained effort of 3 1/2 decades to see it happen.
I revere Col. James Rowe, may he rest in peace.
If you get a chance, read the Staff Study. Here's a link:
MOH RECOMMENDATION: STAFF STUDY
Or click on the link above to the streamed video of the film. It will be worth your while.
God grant that we always have such couragous and stalwart defenders of liberty!
I will be contacting my Senators and the President to push for this.
BTTT
This well deserved and long worked for. My hat is off to those who spent the years ... the decades dedicated to making this happen. God bless them each and everyone.
So instead of just Bumping this thread, take the time to write to President Bush.
The Senate has already done its job ... but lets not let them forget just the same.
The President is the ony one left now. If he signs the Defense Appropriation Legislation currently on his desk ... according to Duane Frederic, it WILL happen.
Please write the President.
God bless you and yours and Merry Christmas. I just wish Col. Rowe and Rocky's mom and dad were still alive ... but I have a feeling they all know and are rejoicing at the recognition, so well deserved, of honor, duty, valor and courage ... an example so sorely needed in our time. Rocky and his story (and really the story of James Rowe's experiences and dedication too) fit that bill.
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