Posted on 09/12/2004 10:44:48 AM PDT by mylife
CSPAN will cover the march live at 2:00 EST
How refreshing to see Americans who love their country and honor our veterans instead of Marxist demonstrator bums who hate America and love John Kerry.
he is nervious as heck.
just GASP!
http://www.wintersoldier.com
someone in the crowd shouted we forgive you!
Amen. I was flipping channels this morning, and saw Chrissy Matthews roundtable discussion, and one of the so called pundits was Jamie Gorelick. Unbelievable. I just about lost my breakfast.
God bless all the fine Vets and folks who spoke out today. They make me believe that the tide is turning in our country, and they WILL BE HEARD, regardless of the MSM's underhanded efforts to silence them.
God bless Mr. Pitkin! This has to have been bothering him for years. He has a conscience. Unlike Lurch who has none.
My God this man has Cahones!
This man is just beginning to regain his honor right here and right now. It's a first step. Asking for forgiveness almost in tears. He will be a stronger man from today.
Im tearing up too!
Lt Kerry, now's your turn!!!!
Wow! look at that crowd!
I just got home...what's the crowd estimate?
Steve Pitkin is forgiven.
I don't, but I'd like a framed version. If I can find the full workds I'll make it myself.
Steve Pitkin just did that. A brave man to come before the group and apologise. Of course he also made up for participating by going back into the military for a full carreer. He appologised, and then said:
"Lt. Kerry, Nows Your Turn!"
AFFIDAVIT OF STEVEN J. PITKIN
STATE OF FLORIDA
COUNTY OF PALM BEACH
Before me, the undersigned authority, personally appeared Steven J. Pitkin, known, to me to be the person whose name is subscribed to this instrument, who, after first being duly sworn by me, upon oath stated:
1. My name is Steven J. Pitkin. I am over the age of twenty-one years, and I am fully competent and able to make this affidavit. I am able to swear, as I do hereby swear, that all facts and statements contained in this affidavit are true and correct and within my personal knowledge.
2. I am a combat veteran of the Vietnam War, having served with the Ninth Division of the U.S. Army beginning 25 May 1969. A mortar explosion wounded me, my wounds gradually became infected, and I was treated in an Army hospital in Okinawa. I contracted hepatitis C from blood transfusions I received during that time. I was
honorably discharged from the Army on 28 August 1969.
3. Medals received for my Army service include: Combat Infantry Badge, Army Commendation Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Vietnam Service Medal, Vietnam Campaign Medal, RVN Cross of Gallantry, Air Medal, Purple Heart.
4. During my service in Vietnam, I neither witnessed nor participated in any American war crimes or atrocities against civilians, nor was I ever aware of any
such actions. I did witness the results of Vietcong atrocities against Vietnamese civilians, including the murder of tribal leaders.
5. Upon my return to the United States I encountered anti-war protestors who, at various times, threw feces, spit, and screamed obscenities.
6. I met Scott Camil, an organizer of Vietnam Veterans Against the War (VVAW), at Catonsville Community College in Baltimore in 1970, and joined that organization.
7. In January of 1971, I rode in a van with Scott Camil, John Kerry, a national leader of the VVAW, and others from Washington D.C. to Detroit to attend the Winter
Soldier Investigation, a conference intended to publicize alleged American war crimes in Vietnam. Having no knowledge of such war crimes, I did not intend to speak
at the event.
8. During the Winter Soldier Investigation, John Kerry and other leaders of that event pressured me to testify about American war crimes, despite my repeated
statements that I could not honestly do so. One event leader strongly implied that I would not be provided transportation back to my home in Baltimore, Maryland, if I failed to comply. Kerry and other leaders of the event instructed me to publicly state that I had witnessed incidents of rape, brutality, atrocities and racism,
knowing that such statements would necessarily be untrue.
9. In April 1971, I attended a VVAW protest in Washington D.C. known as “Dewey Canyon III.” During this event I was present when protestors, including John Kerry, threw medals and ribbons over a fence outside the U.S. Capitol. I witnessed a man holding a bag of ribbons and medals and handing them out to other protestors. I saw that many of the ribbons and medals were not those that would be received by veterans of combat in Vietnam.
10. During the “Dewey Canyon III” protest, others and I confronted protestors who were wearing or carrying Vietcong flags.
11. After the “Dewey Canyon III” protest, I was no longer invited to meetings of the VVAW in Baltimore, and ended my association with the organization.
12. I joined the 5/20th Special Forces Group of the Maryland National Guard in 1974, was graduated from paratrooper “jump school” with honors in 1976, joined the Coast Guard in 1978 and served there until my retirement in May 1997.
(signed) Steven J. Pitkin
Further affiant saith not.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 31st day of August, 2004.
Jonathan Feldman
Commission # DD235268
My commission expires July 28, 2007
Steve is breaking up. Glad he came home.
They have forgiven him!
Bill Clinton started America on this terrible road... do ya'll ever stop and think, that we had a man, who protested against America on foreign soil, elected President of the United States TWICE?? it STILL GRATES MY SOUL to know that..
Just wow.
NOtice, Capt. Bailey asked people to give the man a chance and hear him out. AND THE VETS RESPECTED AND LET THE MAN SPEAK.
That will NEVER happen in a democrat crowd.
(kerry will now give a faux appology to an invitation only "group")
That took guts
But he did the right thing by telling the truth and most by Apologizing to the Vets
Mr. Pitkin was very courageous to come forward. As a side note, Interesting Times of www.wintersoldier.com was instrumental in helping him and breaking his story.
Capt Larry Bailey (ret) put forgiveness to a vote...quite a number of ayes. We have just witnesses a man regain his honor. Quite a moment.
What a dey, what a day.
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