General Pace Lays Down His Rank!

10-8 Forums? ^ | 10/01/2007 | Unknown

[makoman]

This is from the SOA net. I believe that General Pace may have been the finest Chairman of the Joint Chiefs ever. He is certainly one of the finest Marines ever to claim that particular title, and he was sacrificed on the altar of political correctness and expediency.

This is unverified, but no negative Snopes hits on it.

I suspect General Pace would be embarrassed by any attention paid to this act of loyalty. History will debate his effectiveness as CJCS, but their is no debating his decency as a leader.

I wanted to share with you what we saw in Washington DC last week. After the mid-term brief, we toured the Mall and made the usual stops at the WWII Memorial, the Wall, Lincoln Memorial, etc. 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

The Chairman of the Joint Chiefs had laid down his rank for his boys who died in Nam just the day before! I later found out that 1 Oct was also the same day he stepped down as chairman.

LtCol Lloyd Edwards USMC (Ret

[makoman]

I do not know if this is real news or a hoax, just asking the brain trust!

Nice read anyway!

[wastedyears]

Yeah, it’s real

There was a thread on it as well.

[golfisnr1]

I have read it elsewhere. Its true.

[Phsstpok]

there were a couple of posts about this last week. CNN had a news story about it and, apparently a picture of the card with the stars. If I find the thread I’ll post a link

[Ditto]

Man of Honor Leaves His Stars at the Wall

[golfisnr1]

http://redstate.com/blogs/mbecker908/2007/oct/15/a_better_man_has_never_served

[makoman]

I searched General Peter Pace. Sorry for the repeat. The national media needs a realignment!

[ExTexasRedhead]

There are so many vile people in DC that the American people are shocked to find a true patriot like General Pace. In the halls of Congress, IMO, you will not find one honorable patriot. All we have in Congress today are “puffed up Royalty who think they have the right to micro-manage and rule our lives.

[PAR35]

The Chairman of the Joint Chiefs had laid down his rank for his boys who died in Nam just the day before!

Boys are still dieing in Viet Nam? Or have the cards been there for 30 years?

[Da Coyote]

Methinks the MSM had better worry about a couple of facts; 1) the general public respects the military a lot more than they do either our govt or the press and 2) the military is well aware that they are of far, far higher moral character than the majority of the MSM. The combination of these two things is most definitely not good for the country. The obvious solution is to eliminate our present representatives and senators and start afresh. (Eliminate in the voting sense, of course.)

[radar101]

http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/politics/2007/10/13/starr.pace.vietnam.wall.notes.cnn

[elpadre]

I have heard it said, and I believe it, that this generation of soldiers, sailors, marines and Coast Guardsmen are a throw-back the “The Greatest Generation” of WWII. They service and valor throughout the world has proved the point. As they return to civilian life we’ll see if they continue with same dedication to the nation they now have.

[makoman]

Very nice! Thanks to all! I am happy this is a hero I can honor!