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A Veteran with Home Movies of Vietnam?
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| AUGUST 24, 2004
| James P. Szakmary, Lance Corporal, USMC
Posted on 12/03/2004 8:52:21 PM PST by CHARLITE
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THIS is what is called "searing." John Kerry even befouled and besmirched the true meaning of SEARING!
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posted on
12/03/2004 8:52:22 PM PST
by
CHARLITE
To: CHARLITE
This sounds pretty familiar to me. After 13 months in I Corps I have maybe half a dozen pictures of myself. Kerry does four months and comes out of it with home movies. Thank you, America, for defeating this jerk. And thank you, Zak for your service.
Semper fi.
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posted on
12/03/2004 8:59:16 PM PST
by
clintonh8r
(It turns out that the moral majority......is BOTH!)
To: CHARLITE
Somewhere I read that John Kerry told a fellow anti-war activist BEFORE he went to Vietnam that he could do more to fight the war there than at home. It shouldn't come as a surprise to anyone that he has had his whole life planned out so he could one day hold the title of President of the United States.
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posted on
12/03/2004 8:59:54 PM PST
by
msnimje
To: CHARLITE
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posted on
12/03/2004 9:03:31 PM PST
by
mumzie
(www.combatvetsagainstkerry.com)
To: clintonh8r
---Thank you, America, for defeating this jerk.---
What's scary is that almost half of the voters couldn't tell the difference and voted for the POS.
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posted on
12/03/2004 9:13:57 PM PST
by
claudiustg
(Go Sharon! Go Bush!)
To: CHARLITE
This should be required reading in every household.
Time that Nam thing was put into perspective.
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posted on
12/03/2004 9:22:48 PM PST
by
Spirited
To: mumzie
Ditto, all I can say is, "Wow"
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posted on
12/03/2004 9:26:25 PM PST
by
Brian328i
To: msnimje
Somewhere I read that John Kerry told a fellow anti-war activist BEFORE he went to Vietnam that he could do more to fight the war there than at home. It shouldn't come as a surprise to anyone that he has had his whole life planned out so he could one day hold the title of President of the United States. To understand Kerry's actions, look no further than who he dated and hung out with as a young man prior to his service. JFK>PT109>HERO>PRESIDENT
To: 68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub
Thought this might interest you Tonk...
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posted on
12/03/2004 9:33:30 PM PST
by
moonpie57
(Fred Howell McMurray, Jr...The man on my POW bracelet)
To: CHARLITE
47% of this nation supported the traitor, which is absolutely sad. And they stole our colors. We're not dead RED commies. God bless that 'Nam Marine and may Kerry and his followers suffer.
To: WildTurkey
"Im sick and tired of our flag and our country being bombarded by a constant barrage of left wing ideology."
Last week I visited the Pearl Harbor Memorial and couldn't help but think what these brave men who died on December 7th would think of our country today, with a major party taking the side of America's enemies, tearing down the troops fighting for our survival and casting the US as an agent of evil instead of the terrorists and murderers who threaten us with another surprise attack -- this time with monstrous weapons on a massive scale.
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posted on
12/03/2004 9:48:52 PM PST
by
garjog
To: garjog
Last week I visited the Pearl Harbor Memorial and couldn't help but think what these brave men who died on December 7th would think of our country today, with a major party taking the side of America's enemies, tearing down the troops fighting for our survival and casting the US as an agent of evil instead of the terrorists and murderers who threaten us with another surprise attack -- this time with monstrous weapons on a massive scale. Nothing new. Remember, the left supported Hitler till he attacked Stalin.
To: CHARLITE
"I turned 21 in Viet Nam and voted on an absentee ballot for President Nixon"
In Nov 68 I was in Viet Nam
I was only 20 and ineligble to vote
The voting age was still 21
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posted on
12/03/2004 9:53:41 PM PST
by
68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub
(Why do 99 US Senators allow a traitor in their midst? Why is main stream right wing media silent?)
To: CHARLITE
Stunning article. Sad that so many will never see it. I often print them out for my liberal leaning AF vet next door.
Upon my return to the states in the summer of 69, someone spit on my ribbons on the uniform I was wearing. I was walking through a terminal at JFK Airport with my sea bag, which weighed almost as much as I did. (I returned to the U.S. weighing 145 lbs., a loss of about 30 lbs.) Why would someone spit on me? It wasnt my idea to go to Viet Nam; I believe LBJ sent me there. The cab driver also didnt like the fact that someone in uniform got in his cab.
I remember this. It happened to my brother on his way home. He had to ride in a Greyhound bus for several hours. He was mocked and ridiculed most of the way. When he was out of the bus and into the station of our home town, he was spat upon, too. WE CAN'T LET THIS HAPPEN EVER EVER AGAIN! Take care in any way you can of our brothers and sisters in the military! Let them know you care.
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posted on
12/03/2004 11:00:37 PM PST
by
Just Lori
(Before you can win the peace, you have to win the WAR!!!)
To: CHARLITE
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posted on
12/03/2004 11:10:10 PM PST
by
Deetes
To: CHARLITE
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posted on
12/03/2004 11:21:18 PM PST
by
Just Lori
(Before you can win the peace, you have to win the WAR!!!)
To: CHARLITE
Well, okay... I wasn't there, I didn't go, so I can't comment on the whole experience personally, but I know guys who served in Vietnam and *liked* it - *liked* going out on night ambush patrol, *liked* a good firefight, and still brag about being able to hit a running gook in the head at 400 yards. None of them seem a bit traumatized to me; they're all grandfathers now and other than hating Jane Fonda like Satan they don't seem to have any psychic scars from the war, no matter how many real scars they've got.
Maybe this guy is just a little too "sensitive"??
But none of them whom I know, have any pictures or home movies either... apparently taking pictures wasn't that important to them at the time.
(On second thought... one Marine of my acquaintance WAS really traumatized by having the Marine Corps take away his M14 and give him an M16... he went AWOL for 2 weeks and hid out hoping they wouldn't find him while they were swapping rifles, but they got his anyway... he's *still* traumatized by *that*...)
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posted on
12/04/2004 12:52:05 AM PST
by
fire_eye
(Socialism is the opiate of academia.)
To: CHARLITE
Would I, or did I vote for him (McCain)
? No! Maybe it was too many years in solitary or too much torture at the hands of his captors, but he is definitely not all there. Amen about McLiberal not being "all there" (even the left-wing guy who does the cartoon TV Funhouse on Saturday Night Live did a pretty good cartoon skit of McLiberal stumping for President Bush)! Just as LCpl Zak says we can't allow the "Prince of Boston" to be president, neither can we allow the "RINO of Arizona" to become our commander in chief.
Semper Fi Lcpl Zak.
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posted on
12/04/2004 7:53:54 AM PST
by
DocH
(Release ALL your Navy records AND your private journal Kerry!)
To: fire_eye
"Our mission was to kill people and break things, and we did it well!" What part of that don't you understand? Yes, I am sensitive to being spit upon after spending a year in a jungle. I guess you're tough enough to let that not bother you though. Maybe someday I'll be as good as you and your unsensitive Viet Nam buddies. I'll work on it. As for the flashbacks, I have no control over them. Remember, Kerry didn't have a problem with combat either - except for what was seared into his memory...
P.S. I liked the M-14 story, nice touch.
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posted on
12/04/2004 9:01:13 AM PST
by
zakker500
(Zak/USMC/F 2-11/Viet Nam/'68-'69)
To: CHARLITE
It's articles like this which make me wonder about the Navy Seal wife and her battlepics as well.
Thanks for the post.
NOTAM: Pop a Smoke
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posted on
12/04/2004 10:56:40 AM PST
by
Askel5
(† Cooperatio voluntaria ad suicidium est legi morali contraria. †)
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