Decorated Vietnam Vet Arrested Guarding War Memorial and American Flag in San Diego(#2)

Robert Thomas Northcut is a decorated Vietnam Veteran. In the years that have passed since he was blown up in a delta ambush he spent his time in and out of Veteran's hospitals.

Ten years ago he walked out of the VA hospital never to look back. He found his way to Solana Beach, California where he has lived outside, as a homeless man, never panhandling a dime.

Each day he walks the streets with his trusty German Shepherd, ``TJ,'' given to him by caring townfolks. He always stops to greet people and pat children on their heads as they pet his dog and look in wonderment at this shell of a man, forever wounded serving his country in the war in Vietnam. His Purple Heart went the way of all his belongings when he decided to stop living in a VA hospital and get out and enjoy the beauty of the California coastline with ``TJ.''

His long shaggy Australian bush coat and Crocodile Dundee hat distinguish him for the hero he is as he is seen searching in the morning shadows looking for food.

When he heard the tragedy of ``9/11'' on his little portable radio he was instantly moved to action. He now had a purpose, a mission, a reason to reestablish his identity. He went to the little traffic island of the City which houses the stone war memorial next to the large American flag pole. He took up residence next to the Memorial, resting his head each night on it to protect it from what he felt was a possible terrorist attack. Each night he lowered the flag and each day raised it to half mast.

Neighbors brought food for him and his dog and brought him newspapers to keep up to date.

It had all come back to him....a purpose, a vision, an identity. He was now back in the line of duty. Every small part helped. His was to raise the flag and to protect the Monument.

Early one morning after he raised the flag, the workmen arrived. As he saluted, they pounded into the ground the two foot square No Trespassing sign. Moments later they called the Sheriff's department and held Thomas there until they arrived.

The city code enforcer ordered a citation to be issued for Thomas Northcut for trespassing. Thomas crumpled it into his pocket and went back to his duties, guarding the monument.

The code enforcer patiently waited for the court appearance date to pass then asked that the arrest warrant be issued.

Thomas and his dog awoke to the angry sounds of deputies as they pulled him from the ground, his hat falling by the side of the Monument and dragged him away in one direction screaming for his dog as they dragged ``TJ'' away to an animal control truck.

Thomas was handcuffed and taken to jail to await arraignment. ``TJ'' was taken to the pound where if unclaimed, he will be put to death in a matter of weeks.

This story did not take place in 1975. It was Thursday, October 26, 2001. Thomas, unable to post the bond, waited in the lockup and had to be sedated because of panic attacks which resulted from his incarceration. Meanwhile, his dog, ``TJ'' has lost his appetite longing for his owner. And the flag just sits at half mast.

``How soon we forget,'' said Sam Georges, an attorney, U.S. Air Force veteran and friend of Northcut's who is trying to get people to help for the jailed vet get released and see that he's reunited with his dog, and in the process sensitize the city. Georges is also president of the internationally famous Anthony Robbins Companies.

``It's pretty obvious that a time like this, we need to show our respect to patriotic Americans to those who have fought to protect our freedoms. Especially those who have worn the uniform of our armed forces and sacrificed for our country,'' said Stephen Jaffe, president Jaffe & Company, a crisis management communications firm in based in Los Angeles.

This morning, Jennifer Lynch, Esq., an attorney living in Vista who heard about the Northcut case from friends, appeared, pro bono, on his behalf in Superior Court. She noted that Northcut has served several days in jail for essentially protecting a Monument to those who had died defending our country during a former war. Northcut remained silent but the Judge, a distinguished veteran himself, saw the sad irony of the case and dismissed it for ``time served.''

``Now there remains only one more injustice to be corrected,'' Lynch stated, ``and that's for Thomas to be reunited with his dog, 'TJ.''' Friends of Northcut have agreed to take him to the pound where ``TJ'' is being held tomorrow. ``If the city officials and the system doesn't get in the way, Thomas and 'TJ' will be together again, greeting the folks in Solana Beach and enjoying the freedom he gave so much of himself to protect,'' Lynch added.

For further information, please contact Jennifer Lynch, Esq., +1-760-643-4113; or Sam Georges, Esq., +1-619-417-1408; or Stephen Jaffe of Jaffe & Co., Inc., +1-310-275-7327.

Cultural Jihad , this is amazing.I mean YOU really shock me.

Here are just a FEW things about how the Vietnam Veteran was treated when HE came back from fighting for YOUR freedom and YOUR rights !!!!!!

Spit on ,literally spit on !!!!!!

Kept from and out of colleges and Universities because it might make waves to have him in the school since it is a LIBERAL institution and it might upset the wimpy coward students that were attending!!!!!

Kept from jobs, even jobs promised because having a Vietnam vet at work might upset the co -workers!!!!

Mothers telling their sons they did NOT want to hear about it!!!!!

Wives that did NOT wait for their man, and then he found out when he got home

Children asking their father returning..... why did you fight in an unpopular war Daddy???!!!!!!

Fathers telling their sons they were an embarassment to them because they fought in the Vietnam War!!!!!

The media calling them names and I am NOT going to put their lies here.......LIES everyone of them LIES !!!

Then lets add to this, Agent Orange shall we....I mean our government sure as heck did!!!!! Sores, blisters, celulitis, headaches, heart desease,Lupus,bone deteroration,infertility,cancer, high blood pressure....you name it ALL from Agent Orange a poison that has killed off MANY of our Vietnam Veterans!!!!

And you know what....when they were 'IN Country' nand thirsty.....after spraying with Agent Orange all over the place ....OUR men were told to SUCK and chew on the leaves for moisture to drink if they were out of water and could not move from their positions!!!!!!!

Add to this Jane Hanoi Fonda the Traitor and LBJ making tons off the lives of OUR men!!!

M-16's that did not work !!!!

LBJ selling our guns to Russia and Russia turning around and selling the ones that worked to the Viet Cong !!!

OK now take a look at the Vietnam veteran going to the VA hospital....OK.... some are good ones BUT many are bad!!! The vet makes an appt. and has to weeks in advance, then he gets there and has been known to have to sit there waiting for 5 hours or more for a doc that is LATE seeing him ,because he is at a conference and isn't even there.... BUT no one told the Vet sitting there. So they send him home to wait another few weeks or months!!!!!

Then they give them the wrong RX's and Vietnam veterans have had to learn as much as doctors so they are sure they were given the right medicine for their many ailments ,or like some thay did NOT study up about their ailments at libraries or online......and many of those VET's are DEAD, because of the wrong Rx!!!!!!

A frustrated vet from the Vietnam war drove his pickup through the front glass doors at a VA in Florida....and NO one could blame him.....it was out of total frustration at the treatment they were giving him.

No parades , no welcome home, NOTHING but spit on their faces!!!!!!

No memorial, no parties, no "My life can begin darling you are finally home"...For MOST of them.

But he went, he served , he did not RUN, he did not dodge the draft and MOST enlisted!!!

Vietnam vets were the smartest that fought in any war. They showed the most ability in any test in their schools or work places.

YOU, me , every American should go up to every Vietnam vet we see and say thank you and Welcome Home.I could care less if you do it in a Beverly Hills jewelry store or to a homelss Veteran crouched on a bench. THEY paid the price!!!!! They paid not only with their lives and with blood, they paid with self esteem and a courage that only men of Honor know about.They paid it and they paid it in FULL!!!!!

Thank God for the Vietnam Veteran!!!!

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