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

Red State ^ | 15 Oct 2007

[PurpleMan]

"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 2007

The Chairman of the Joint Chiefs had laid down his rank for his boys who died in Nam. Oct 1 was the day he stepped down as Chairman."

[ExTexasRedhead]

IMO, Reid, Pelosi, Murtha and all the rest are litter; aka human debris not worthy of licking the bottoms of our troops boots after they return from a patrol through the gutters of Iraq.

[2111USMC]

Looks fine to me Jack.

[Freee-dame]

55 Chaminade graduates killed in combat

This is the high school of one of the falsely accused Duke lacrosse players. Fifty-five sounds like a lot. Chaminade must be (or at least was in the past) encouraging love of country.

[Guenevere]

I agree too!....God bless General Pace!

[maica]

Did you know it is a Catholic school with an enrollment of about 1700? With serious sports teams, too!

[freekitty]

Because they have no breeding or class and money can’t buy it. You are born with it; not matter which side of the tracks you come from.

[Gene Eric]

Honor, humility, sincerity, a hero in every sense of the word.

[billmor]

What a great man ! A true Marine, a true Leader...

This is the kind of man you follow into any battle...and elect to the country’s highest office...

Compare this Marine General to any of the wimps running now and none could hold a candle to him

Thank you Sir and may God Bless you always !

[VOA]

Thanks for the report on Barbara Starr (and Robin Wright).

I’d tried to give Starr the benefit of the doubt.
But she REALLY did just about make me gag when she was trying to
pin a “I bet you American Thugs made Zarqawi suffer even after
you bombed that dear freedom-fighter” accusation on the US Military.

Now I know why she has her gig, even though she’s long-in-the-tooth
for female reporters.
(ok, I make age-discrimination and sexist-pig remarks about liberal
reporters, so sue me!)

She’s must be saying exactly what her bosses at CNN tell her to say.
And she agrees with the anti-American part of that agenda.

She probably has hopes of getting a cushier gig:
eventually taking over The Helen Thomas B-tchin’ Reporter Chair
at the White House press conferences.

Of course, preferably when a Republican works out of The Oval Office.

[FortWorthPatriot]

It was my honor.

[MS.BEHAVIN]

BTT!!

[ALOHA RONNIE]

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Newly installed Chairmen of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. PETER PACE’s Premiere appearance at the Vietnam Wall, Keynote Speaker on Veterans Day 2005, personally paying honor to 40th Anniversary Battle of IA DRANG-1965 Veterans:

http://www.Freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1520466/posts

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[nicmarlo]

Amen!

[ALOHA RONNIE]

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The one thing The LOVE Itself needs more of in this world, for GOD is LOVE, ...is more LOVE.

And that only comes when People are ...FREE.

Making:

http://www.Freerepublic.com/~aloharonnie

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[DakotaGator]

How about sending it to MCLEF? Kahlstrom? Malkin? O’Reilly? Beck?, Ingraham? Hanninty? etc, etc, etc.

Good idea! Will leave that up to the other good Freepers on this thread ;-)

[ALOHA RONNIE]

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MEL’s -PASSION- sparked by -WE WERE SOLDIERS-

http://www.Freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1085111/posts

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[ALOHA RONNIE]

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NEVER FORGET

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Battle of IA DRANG-1965 Lifesaving Heroes honored by Gen. PETER PACE at “The Wall” - Veterans Day 2005:

Lt. RICK RESCORLA

http://www.ArmchairGeneral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=24361

Major BRUCE CRANDALL

http://www.ArmchairGeneral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=48215

Lt. Col. HAL MOORE

http://www.ArmchairGeneral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=14752

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[Nip]

For those who have, excuse me. For those who haven’t….

The greatest honor that any officer can have is to actually command young men and women in the Armed Forces of the United States of America. Many Many officers when mentoring their junior officers and, in a few cases, their children tell them - “Being a squadron commander is the best job in the world! It goes down hill from there.” For my Army, Navy, and Marine brethren you know what level of command that statement belongs to in your services.

Gen Pace never for got the honor he was given as a very young man. He never forgot the men he couldn’t bring home. In the calculus of war there is always a point where the “needs of the many out weigh the needs of the few”; and, “the needs of the few out weigh the needs of the many”.

I find myself at loss of words to go much farther and the above.

To my young friends who will never grow old - please wait for me for I want to join you and share your laughter and friendship again.

[victim soul]

“MAN OF HONOR” — God Bless you,General Peter Pace!!!

[Alamo-Girl]

Thanks for the ping!