Posted on 09/04/2006 4:34:38 AM PDT by John Carey
James H. Webb Jr. rarely mentions on the campaign trail his efforts to clear the name of a black Marine convicted of mass murder in Vietnam. But the incident tested his sense of leadership, justice and social fairness, and is deeply ingrained in the psyche of the Democratic nominee for one of Virginia's U.S. Senate seats. "I didn't [represent Samuel Green] so today I could tell you that," says Mr. Webb, 60. "I just did it because I believed it was right." In 1971, a year after returning from the Vietnam War as a wounded hero, Mr. Webb was languishing at his desk job in Navy Secretary John H. Chafee's office. The 24-year-old former platoon commander was responsible for responding to inquiries into cases involving Marines convicted of war crimes in Vietnam. "Less than a week after reporting in, he called his monitor and pleaded for a transfer," Robert Timberg wrote in a 1995 book, "The Nightingale's Song," an examination of the careers of Mr. Webb, John Poindexter, Bud McFarlane, Oliver North and John McCain. "'You got to get me out of here.' he said. The monitor just laughed." Then Mr. Green's case hit his desk.
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SORRY....This is a dupe!
The post or Webb?
(Either could apply...)
http://www.law.duke.edu/lens/publications/050698.html
A more revealing article (leans liberal) on the events with the murder charges.
NOT written by this democrat politician who all he did was to write an article that accomplished nothing but made him feel better.
Check out the other story link - I found more info on Webb - very impressive.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1695166/posts?page=18#6
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