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Mission accomplished, Corporal Dunham. Semper Fidelis.
THE WALL STREET JOURNAL, reposted at 'I Love Jetnoise' ^
| 25 May 2004
| MICHAEL M. PHILLIPS
Posted on 05/26/2004 10:26:16 AM PDT by wingnutx
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Lance Cpl. Dean told those assembled about a trip to Las Vegas the two men and Becky Jo Dean had taken in January, not long before the battalion left for the Persian Gulf. Chatting in a hotel room, the corporal told his friends he was planning to extend his enlistment and stay in Iraq for the battalion's entire tour. "You're crazy for extending," Lance Cpl. Dean recalls saying. "Why?"
He says Cpl. Dunham responded: "I want to make sure everyone makes it home alive. I want to be sure you go home to your wife alive."
Mission accomplished, Corporal Dunham. Semper Fidelis.
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posted on
05/26/2004 10:26:18 AM PDT
by
wingnutx
To: cateizgr8
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posted on
05/26/2004 10:29:24 AM PDT
by
wingnutx
(Tanstaafl)
To: wingnutx; IGOTMINE; RaceBannon; Squantos; patton; 68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub; Ragtime Cowgirl
What a heroic story. Rest in peace, Cpl. Dunham.
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posted on
05/26/2004 10:36:34 AM PDT
by
Coop
(Freedom isn't free)
To: wingnutx
Where do they find such men and why is my screen suddenly so blurry?
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posted on
05/26/2004 10:39:59 AM PDT
by
SVTCobra03
(You can never have enough friends, horsepower or ammunition.)
To: wingnutx
Deeply emotionally draining!
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posted on
05/26/2004 10:46:16 AM PDT
by
aShepard
To: wingnutx
A real man!
At 22, Corporal Dunham has joined the ranks of an elite few - true heroes.
God bless his family.
Semper Fi.
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posted on
05/26/2004 10:47:47 AM PDT
by
DesertSapper
(. . . under God, indivisible . . .)
To: wingnutx
Rest in peace, Cpl. Jason Dunham. May God bless your family, and help us to understand such acts of unselfish courage.
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posted on
05/26/2004 10:52:10 AM PDT
by
4CJ
(||) OUR sins put Him on that cross - HIS love for us kept Him there. (||)
To: wingnutx
I read your post with a lump in my throat. I saddens me when we lose good men like Cpl. Dunham. Prayers for those he left behind.
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posted on
05/26/2004 10:58:09 AM PDT
by
ChristianJim
(Concerned, But Hopeful, Christian Citizen)
To: wingnutx
What if we had men like this in our congress to lead this country instead of dregs of society?
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posted on
05/26/2004 11:02:37 AM PDT
by
responder
To: wingnutx
There was an old movie about WWI, wherein the character played by James Cagney, shielded his comrades from a grenade in exactly the same way: by placing his helmet over it and lying atop it.
I think the movie was called the Fighting 69th.
To: Age of Reason
There's a great song called "The Fighting 69th" by the band Dropkick Murphys, but it's about the original civil war unit.
I had actually wondered for a long time if a kevlar helmet would protect one from a grenade. I wish it was still an unanswered question.
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posted on
05/26/2004 11:07:56 AM PDT
by
wingnutx
(Tanstaafl)
To: SVTCobra03
Its is really a mystery how stories like this make my computer screen blurry!
God Bless all the Corporal Dunhams, living and passed on.
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posted on
05/26/2004 11:08:40 AM PDT
by
RAY
(They that do right are all heroes!)
To: wingnutx
GODSPEED MARINE
SEMPER FI
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posted on
05/26/2004 11:09:33 AM PDT
by
alpha-8-25-02
(saved by GRACE and GRACE alone)
To: wingnutx
Thank you for the post. Deeply moving.
To: wingnutx
How anybody could even consider voting for such as Kerry (or the HilaBeast) to be Commander-in-Chief of men such as this hero is beyond my comprehension.
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posted on
05/26/2004 11:38:26 AM PDT
by
GladesGuru
(In a society predicated upon liberty, it is essential to examine principles - -)
To: wingnutx; kdf1; AMERIKA; Lancey Howard; MudPuppy; SMEDLEYBUTLER; opbuzz; Snow Bunny; gitmogrunt; ...
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posted on
05/26/2004 1:49:26 PM PDT
by
RaceBannon
(VOTE DEMOCRAT AND LEARN ARABIC FREE!!)
To: Coop
I am as proud of today's Marines as any Marine I ever served with.
These are the salts of the earth, and if any scumbag spits on them when they come home, they better not do it near me.
I hated it when they did it to me but I was silent, I took it because it was the thing of the day, even in 1977.
These men are giants walking the earth.
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posted on
05/26/2004 1:59:16 PM PDT
by
RaceBannon
(VOTE DEMOCRAT AND LEARN ARABIC FREE!!)
To: RaceBannon
Has katie Koran Kouric or the others reported about this?
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posted on
05/26/2004 2:07:16 PM PDT
by
mandingo republican
(Baal worshipers I tell ya! They are all Baal worshipers! - FREE HONG KONG, CUBA, IRAN!!!!)
To: wingnutx
Looks like God needs the best to stand guard duty now. I hope I am assigned to Corporal Dunham's outfit when the time comes for me to get my orders.
And I wonder if these tears will ever dry...
To: RaceBannon
This has to happen...it must.
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posted on
05/26/2004 2:18:14 PM PDT
by
ErnBatavia
(Married May 26, 1979...making today Silver Anniversary!)
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