[2ndDivisionVet]

As Paul Harvey would say: "And now you know the rest of the story."

[SuziQ]

Philosophically, they are close on their views about the war. “But I would rather that Casey be viewed with dignity,” he told me.

Interesting. Sounds like he could be against the war, too, but doesn't want to sully Casey's memory by using him as a stick with which to beat the Bush administration for prosecuting it.

[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.

[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.