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August 04, 2008 Murtha's reckoning Thomas Lifson Rep. John Murtha's disgrace in denouncing the Marines of the Haditha incident is not going to fade away gently into the night. William Russell, has returned from a tour of duty in the military and is running against him. His campaign has produced this video featuring Darryl Sharratt, the father of one of the Marines accused by Murtha of being a "cold-blooded killer." His son Justin Sharratt has subsequently been fully vindicated, and all charges dropped. Darryl Sharratt's video does not have the produiction values of a normal campaign commercial, but in his...

Darryl Sharratt, father of LCpl. Justin Sharratt, will be the guest on The Front Line with Kit Jarrell blog talk radio tonight, June 20, from 10:00 to 11:00 Eastern (just click at the link, click on tonight's show, and listen live).He'll be talking about his son's Article 32 that concluded last week at Camp Pendleton.If you miss the live broadcast tonight, go to the site any time after 11:00 tonight. There will be a link on the home page to the archived broadcast.

I am the father of L/Cpl Justin Sharratt. On August16th, 2003 the dreams of a little boy became reality. My son Justin enlisted in the United States Marine Corps after high school graduation. Since the age of six, Justin dreamed of a military career. The combat boots, camouflage fatigues and helmet he wore as a child would soon become his uniform of the day as a United States Marine. To serve and protect the United States of America from all enemies both domestic and foreign; a duty he did not take lightly. Justin’s first combat tour of duty was the...