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Survivor salutes a Vietnam hero
http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/search/s_181304.html ^
| Feb 25, 2004
| Vince Guerrieri
Posted on 02/26/2004 3:48:43 PM PST by Ditto
Edited on 04/13/2004 2:03:22 AM PDT by Jim Robinson.
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Bill Morgan took Tom Ward's place on the Vietnam Veterans Wall.
That's how Ward views what happened 35 years ago today, when Morgan, 22, a Marine corporal, charged through machine-gun fire and exploding grenades to save a pair of wounded soldiers near the border of Vietnam and Laos.
(Excerpt) Read more at pittsburghlive.com ...
TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Government; US: Pennsylvania
KEYWORDS: medelofhonor; vietnam
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Thank you Tom Ward, and God keep Bill Morgan.
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posted on
02/26/2004 3:48:43 PM PST
by
Ditto
To: 68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub
Though you may want to put this on your ping list.
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posted on
02/26/2004 3:50:38 PM PST
by
Ditto
( No trees were killed in sending this message, but billions of electrons were inconvenienced.)
To: Ditto
Bump for those who served and gave their all.
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posted on
02/26/2004 4:08:09 PM PST
by
NormsRevenge
(Semper Fi Mac ... Support Our Troops! ... NO NO NO NO on Props 55-58)
To: Ditto; Kathy in Alaska; MoJo2001; LindaSOG; LaDivaLoca; Fawnn; Bethbg79; bentfeather; ...
Read a POSITIVE Viet Nam story PING!
Ditto : Thank you for posting this.
To: Ditto
Refreshing for a change. You just knew there were good stories out there, but according to the press, the Vietnam Veterans were blood thirsty war criminals.
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posted on
02/26/2004 4:37:40 PM PST
by
writer33
(The U.S. Constitution defines a Conservative)
To: 68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub; NormsRevenge; ChefKeith; Pete-R-Bilt; B4Ranch; Fierce Allegiance; ...
All Gave Some
Some Gave All
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posted on
02/26/2004 4:44:35 PM PST
by
glock rocks
(sometimes I want to just kick back, put on some tunes, and smoke a troll.)
To: 68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub
God bless and keep all of our Vets ,and our troops, and their families.
Freedom is not free.
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posted on
02/26/2004 4:48:16 PM PST
by
Diva Betsy Ross
(Every heart beats true for the red ,white and blue!)
To: Ditto; 68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub
Great story. Thank you for sharing.
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posted on
02/26/2004 5:21:48 PM PST
by
Kathy in Alaska
(God Bless America and Our Military Who Protect Her)
Comment #9 Removed by Moderator
To: ALOHA RONNIE; LindaSOG; Ragtime Cowgirl; TruthNtegrity
Morgan was in the first months of his second tour of duty when he was killed, his friends said.
He spent his first tour on a ship, but that wasn't enough.
"Where do we get such men?"
--The Admiral near the end of the movie "The Bridges at Toko-Ri"
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posted on
02/26/2004 6:00:08 PM PST
by
VOA
To: LindaSOG
Very good graphic. Many thanks.
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posted on
02/26/2004 6:03:04 PM PST
by
LibKill
(Ketchup-Boy is more French than the French!)
To: VOA
"Where do we get such men?" --The Admiral near the end of the movie "The Bridges at Toko-Ri"
Where indeed? We get them from Texas, and California and Virginia and Florida and Michigan and ......
A better question would be "Why do we DESERVE such men?"
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posted on
02/26/2004 6:06:48 PM PST
by
LibKill
(Ketchup-Boy is more French than the French!)
To: LibKill
A better question would be "Why do we DESERVE such men?"
But of course...
and thanks for the excuser to bump the thread...
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posted on
02/26/2004 6:17:48 PM PST
by
VOA
To: LindaSOG
Amen!Hero salute.
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posted on
02/26/2004 6:21:12 PM PST
by
MEG33
(John Kerry's been AWOL for two decades on issues of National Security!)
To: secretagent
Hero story.
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posted on
02/26/2004 6:21:57 PM PST
by
MEG33
(John Kerry's been AWOL for two decades on issues of National Security!)
To: LibKill
Oh, and a good-conduct mention for Tom Ward and the friends of Morgan for
their honoring of their lost friends name is in order.
Not everyone shows this sort of gratitude (sad to say).
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posted on
02/26/2004 6:25:28 PM PST
by
VOA
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Comment #18 Removed by Moderator
To: Ditto
Bill Morgan (couldn't find the standard USMC boot camp pic)
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posted on
02/26/2004 6:58:26 PM PST
by
ErnBatavia
(Gay marriage is for suckers...)
To: ErnBatavia
Thank you.A picture really brings it home,doesn't it?Brave boy,hero,beloved of many,thank you.You gave all.
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posted on
02/26/2004 7:04:28 PM PST
by
MEG33
(John Kerry's been AWOL for two decades on issues of National Security!)
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