[Specialist Casey] Sheehan’s father finds meaning amid grief (MUST READ!)

The Sidney Herald (Montana) ^ | July 1, 2007 | Mary Sanchez

[USMCPOP]

Thanks for the post! A number of us gold star parents have occasionally expressed concerns.

Maica, as to your comment “It is strange that this author claims that Casey’s father only recently learned the details of his last battle, and death. Those details were on Free Republic as soon as Cindy Sheehan became a news item.” When you lose a son, time and facts and emotions can become distorted. On one hand, you might know some of the little details from an autopsy report, yet be in doubt about more general things, or miss some “well known” facts entirely. It isn’t that unusual to have pertinent information surface a couple of years after the fact, or for us to finally notice and deal with it. Unlike most who want to know all the facts right away, it wouldn’t surprise me if Pat, like many of us, has been a bit out of sorts. After all, we have the rest of our lives to think about it and try to live with it.

I will make some inquiries and pass this post around the Gold Star parents whom I know to see if I can add to this discussion.

Semper Fidelis.

[shield]

I think I read that Pat Sheehan is a Viet Nam Vet.

[maica]

No matter how distorted emotions can make facts, it really is hard for me to believe that Casey’s father did not know that Casey went directly from Mass to his final mission. Palm Sunday is a pretty significant day in the Catholic Church.

Perhaps what Mr Sheehan said and how I, or the journalist, interpreted his words are two different things. At any rate, I feel great compassion for Mr Sheehan and for Casey’s siblings, and immense respect for Casey and for all our brave volunteers who seek to be part of the solution, not the problem.

[ItisaReligionofPeace]

I can see where his son got it.

[USMCPOP]

Yeah, you have to take into account journalists. In my experience, most have been very good in general. Only one completely fabricated a piece to pursue an agenda. That was Ariana Enjung Cha in an article for the Washington Post. And she had the gall to come into my house the day after my son died to get the material to do it.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A58836-2005Feb2?language=printer

I fell into her trap there.

[SUHU]

... Army Spc. Casey Sheehan 24, of Vacaville, Calif.; assigned to 1st Battalion, 82nd Field Artillery Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division, Fort Hood, Texas..... WILL NOT BE FORGOTTEN TO Mr. Pat Sheehan & to The Sheehan Family.

[El Gato]

Cindy Sheehan is not, he insists, the ogre of a mother that critics portray her to be.

Or at least she wasn't before Casey paid the ultimate price and for the ultimate reason, to save his buddies.

[pray4liberty]

Casey Sheehan signed up before the Sept. 11 attacks. His service had nothing to do with revenge, his father says.

That sure blows her argument.