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Man of Honor [Gen Pace Leaves Stars at "The Wall"
Red State ^
| 15 Oct 2007
Posted on 10/16/2007 7:51:31 AM PDT by PurpleMan
"At the Vietnam Wall we saw something unbelievable. We noticed three small index cards at the base of the Wall.
I knelt down for a closer look and noticed that a 4-star general's rank was pinned to each card.
The cards were personally addressed and said something like:
These are Yours - not mine! With Love and Respect, Your Platoon Leader, Pete Pace 1 Oct 2007
The Chairman of the Joint Chiefs had laid down his rank for his boys who died in Nam. Oct 1 was the day he stepped down as Chairman."
(Excerpt) Read more at redstate.com ...
TOPICS: Culture/Society; Front Page News; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: pace; peterpace; usmc; vietnamwall
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To: Alamo-Girl
Thank God we have a gentleman and an officer like him. Thank you for your Service and I hope you go on to even greater things. You have my vote if you do.
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posted on
10/16/2007 10:24:20 PM PDT
by
Never2baCrat
(I used to be modest, now I'm perfect!)
To: Never2baCrat
Indeed. Thank God for Gen. Pace.
To: PurpleMan
Thank you for sharing about this and Gen. Pace.
God bless you General Pace and thank you.
163
posted on
10/16/2007 11:03:14 PM PDT
by
Brandie
(Duncan Hunter in 08' Islam is a Death Cult, is that simple enough to understand!)
To: Little Bill
1) If you don’t get it, you don’t get it.
2) That’s why the motto is “Semper Fi.”
To: Freee-dame
Have we ever before been in a war with half of the country's leaders taking action to keep us from victory?Yes, it's called The Civil War.
165
posted on
10/17/2007 4:31:38 AM PDT
by
metesky
("Brethren, leave us go amongst them." Rev. Capt. Samuel Johnston Clayton - Ward Bond- The Searchers)
To: PurpleMan
To: DakotaGator
Never heard it or saw it anywhere else. (Sigh)
To: VOA
Peter Pace graduated from the Naval Academy one year ahead of Oliver North and James Webb. What company James Webb is associated with, and the comparison is not good for him!
168
posted on
10/17/2007 5:37:26 AM PDT
by
maica
(Where will Americans go for treatment, when we get a Canadian-style “free” healthcare system?)
To: Little Bill
if this guy was sincere he would have spoken to the family in private.If you weren't such a simpleton you'd know that he has, many times.
To: Nip
To my young friends who will never grow old - please wait for me for I want to join you and share your laughter and friendship again. Well said, brother. Well said.
This is the reason I hold our veterans in such high regard. These are the sentiments of noble men, and ours is a world that can sorely use more of that nobility.
170
posted on
10/17/2007 6:48:05 AM PDT
by
IronJack
(=)
To: maica; All
171
posted on
10/17/2007 7:17:48 AM PDT
by
ALOHA RONNIE
("ALOHA RONNIE" Guyer/Veteran-"WE WERE SOLDIERS" Battle of IA DRANG-1965 http://www.lzxray.com)
To: Freee-dame
"Fifty-five sounds like a lot. Chaminade must be (or at least was in the past) encouraging love of country." It's a big school and if it's been around for a while, that 55 could cover many generations. I would not be at all surprised if the High School I went to had 55 or more, although I don't know if they ever kept track like this school does. The school has been there since the Spanish-American War and had well over 2500 students when I attended. I know of two classmates that died in Vietnam and there could have been more than that for all I know.
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posted on
10/17/2007 7:35:18 AM PDT
by
Ditto
(Global Warming: The 21st Century's Snake Oil)
To: ALOHA RONNIE
Wouldn’t that be great, and scare the teeth right out of the skulls of ‘anti-war’ Americans.
173
posted on
10/17/2007 8:07:10 AM PDT
by
maica
(Where will Americans go for treatment, when we get a Canadian-style “free” healthcare system?)
To: PurpleMan
Never heard it or saw it anywhere else. (Sigh)Yes. It's a good thing we have the New Media. Otherwise real news would never get out.
To: The Pack Knight
Thompson-Pace '08 Has a nice ring to it. :-)
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posted on
10/17/2007 11:34:26 AM PDT
by
Campion
To: al baby; Allegra; Auntbee; BJClinton; Dashing Dasher; dfwddr; exile; feinswinesuksass; ...
Serious ping
"Tard" refers to the ping list members and not to the subject of the thread.
To: EveningStar
My deepest respects to General Pace.
177
posted on
10/17/2007 12:04:51 PM PDT
by
Enterprise
(Those who "betray us" also "Betray U.S." They're called DEMOCRATS!)
To: EveningStar
Did anyone else’s allergies just act up?
178
posted on
10/17/2007 12:17:34 PM PDT
by
BJClinton
(Don't taze me, bro!)
To: PurpleMan
179
posted on
10/17/2007 12:22:38 PM PDT
by
Finger Monkey
(H.R. 25, Fair Tax Act - A consumption tax which replaces the income tax, SS tax, death tax, etc.)
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