Man of Honor [Gen Pace Leaves Stars at "The Wall"

Red State ^ | 15 Oct 2007

[VOA]

Barbara Starr, CNN, the Pentagon.

Now I don't know what to make of CNN reporter Barbara Starr.

Because she nearly made me puke with her pointed questions about
whether some sort of medical care was used to alleviate the suffering
of terrorist Zarqawi after he took a direct hit from one of
our bomb runs.

It was the sort of questioning I expect from some terrorist-
fellow-traveler at the BBC.

[river rat]

There are Perfumed Generals, Political Generals and Grunt Generals......

General Pace is a Marine Grunt General...of the highest order.
He could not leave the “battlefield” of active duty before honoring his lost.
This he accomplished with dignified class that did his men proud.

Men never forget the names, faces or voices of brothers they failed to keep alive...

Few non Vietnam veterans can grasp the incredible nearness one feels when in the presence of that cold stone Wall on the Mall...

In the darkness and stillness of pre-dawn, one can still hear the voices and cries of our beloved lost....

Their voices and faces are those of the eternally young and painfully missed.

Even more that their individual burial sites — the Wall is sanctuary to us all — together and still covering each others six.
It will be the rendezvous point for all, in the near future..

Semper Fi General!

[VOA]

“Wrongo! Here’s the CNN clip of the Gen Pace’s notes.”

Well, I guess it’s time to go for the “fall-back” position
of being “a big enough man to admit I’m wrong”.

I guess CNN must be getting some sort of message given the ratings
(advertizing $$$) they make from Glenn Beck and Lou Dobbs.
So they do occassionally try to look like an American operation.

And realized they’ve got to occassionally take a break from being the
“International Pan-Arabist Jihad And Che-Worshipping” News Network.

[VOA]

“There is a great deal of talk about loyalty from the bottom
to the top.
Loyalty from the top down is even more necessary and is much
less prevalent.
One of the most frequently noted characteristics of great men who
have remained great is loyalty to their subordinates.”
---General George S. Patton

Just needed repeated. And BOLDED.

Because I suspect this quote and philosophy are SADLY AWOL at
a lot of institutions.
Graduate Business Schools, Divinity Schools, not to mention
amongst a few graduates of military academies.

Thank G-d that spirit is as prevelant as it is.

[PurpleMan]

Not trying to get you to “admit I’m wrong.”

Just showing that it’s there.

Nothing more; nothing less

[geopyg]

An excerpt from the article about his visit to Farinaro’s High School:

——The lance corporal’s death also had a profound impact on the young lieutenant. “We were on patrol one day outside Da Nang, and Guido was killed by a sniper,” Pace said. “As I stayed with him, a sense of rage came through me, and as the platoon leader, I started calling an artillery strike on the village where the round had been fired.

“My platoon sergeant, who was my age – 21 or 22 — didn’t say anything at all,” Pace said. “He just looked at me. And I knew in the look that he gave me that what I was doing was wrong.” -————

General Pace in his resignation speech also humbly thanked his staff(?) sergeant and all the other sergeants all along the way for not just giving him information, but for telling him what he needed to know. (Or something like that). I wonder if that wording is referring to this incident and no doubt many others of similar nature where difficult decisions need to be made.

[VOA]

“Not trying to get you to “admit I’m wrong.””

LOL! I didn’t take it bad at all!
I was being facetious...and admitting you’d come up with the goods!

Thanks for that link.

And, if someone would have told me a couple of years ago that I’d be
watching about 10 hours of CNN programming a week...I’d have told
them they were crazy!

[Southack]

A true man of honor.

[PurpleMan]

Our character is what we do when we think no one is looking.” H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

[lexington minuteman 1775]

Bless this man. May his number increase!This is what command is like. Give me a Pete Pace to a Sanchez anyday. He makes me proud to be an American...

[radar101]

IDEALLY, LOYALTY GOES BOTH WAYS:

Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Marine Gen. Peter Pace hugs U.S. Marine 1st Lt. Andrew Kinard at the Pentagon Sept. 27, 2007, following his final press conference as chairman. Pace, who will be retiring Sept. 30, 2007, after more than 40 years of service, will be turning over his position as chairman to U.S. Navy Adm. Mike Mullen Oct. 1, 2007. Kinard, who lost both legs to an improvised explosive device in Iraq, now works at the Pentagon. DoD photo by Staff Sgt. D. Myles Cullen, U.S. Air Force. (Released)

[reagan_fanatic]

That just deserves to be posted again.



God bless you, General Pace.

[spectre]

Thanks for the link.

I'm over come with emotion.

sw

[ex-snook]

Pace, the man who should be President.

[Lancey Howard]

Just WOW!

This is the man who Bush was scared to renominate because the scumbag Democrats were prepared to toast him like a marshmallow. You don’t know who to be more ashamed of.

[Bigun]

I was there (Viet Nam) before either General Pace or Guido but I can assure you that I know EXACTLY how this great man feals about Guido.

Any mistakes in this post are due to the tears currently flowing.

[Pentagon Leatherneck]

We lost a great leader when we allowed Pete to be pushed overboard.

TC

[PurpleMan]

A whole photo essay of the Joint Staff honoring him on his last day:

http://www.defenselink.mil/PhotoEssays/photoessay.aspx?id=446&Page=1&Count=6

[brityank]

With respect for a great Marine Leader:

General Peter Pace leaves stars at Wall

God bless you, Sir.

[wastedyears]

I’m trying all I can to keep the tears from flowing at work.