[holman]

The balloon went up at 0620 yesterday (I'm out in Santa Fe on a job) when I read the Dallas Morning News on line. The writer of the story is also a face reporter for the local ABC affiliate (ch. 8). I hoisted the article up a bit later on FreeRepublic and veterans joined the battle. Initially, the repoter was telling us all to go to hell but he was quickly overwhelmed and bayoneted for his resistance.

Here we sit on the objective, eating his chow.

[holman]

I just got this:

Good Morning Sir,

We received your email to the webmaster yesterday and the info you had provided to Sgt Niman this morning. Parallel to our track, we were also attempting to verify the story. It does appear that the story was fabricated and our internal resources are taking care of the issue.

Thank you for your interest and keeping us in the loop from the great state of Texas.

Take care and have a great day,

Greg Reeder
Branch Head, MC News and Information
Headquarters Marine Corps (PAMCN)
2 Navy Annex
Washington, DC 20380-1775
Tel: (703) 614-7678
DSN: 224-7679
Fax: (703) 614-1874
Visit us on the web at: http://www.usmc.mil

[TankerKC]

Here we sit on the objective, eating his chow.

Udaman! </keyboard cleanup>

[Jimmy Valentine's brother]

Thanks to all who helped to debunk this story. The last thing we need is wannabes trying to puff themselves up.

An another example of our lazy fourth estate. They just rewrite press releases.