jennifer5
03.11.05, 04:16
Najprosciej jest 'walczyc'... w Texasie, lub przed komputerem zgrywac tego co
to wie co mowi i stoi za sluszna sprawa.
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On Monday night, a vandal in a pickup truck ran over hundreds of small white
crosses that had been installed in Crawford, Texas as a simple memorial to
the Troops killed in Iraq. The vandal, who police say is Waco resident Larry
Northern, was soon arrested, and OpTruth's Perry Jefferies managed to find
his e-mail address. Here's what he had to say:
Mr. Northern:
I am a Veteran of the Iraq war, having served with the 4th Infantry Division
on the initial invasion with Force Package One.
While I was in Iraq, a very good friend of mine, Christopher Cutchall, was
killed in an unarmored HMMWV outside of Baghdad. He was a cavalry scout
serving with the 3d ID. Once he had declined the award of a medal because
Soldiers assigned to him did not receive similar awards that he had
recommended. He left two sons and a wonderful wife. On Monday night, August
16, you ran down the memorial cross erected for him by Arlington West.
One of my Soldiers in Iraq was Roger Turner. We gave him a hard time because
he always wore all of his protective equipment, including three pairs of
glasses or goggles. He did this because he wanted to make sure that he
returned home to his family. He rode a bicycle to work every day to make sure
that he was able to save enough money on his Army salary to send his son to
college. At Camp Anaconda, where the squadron briefly stayed, a rocket landed
inside a tent, sending a piece of debris or fragment into him and killed him.
On Monday night, August 16, you ran down the memorial cross erected for him
by Arlington West.
One of my Soldiers was Henry Bacon. He was one of the finest men I ever met.
He was in perfect shape for a man over forty, working hard at night. He told
me that he did that because he didn't have much money to buy nice things for
his wife, who he loved so much, so he had to be in good shape for her. He was
like a father to many young men in his section of maintenance mechanics. They
fixed our vehicles with almost no support and fabricated parts and made
repairs that kept our squadron rolling on the longest, fastest armor advance
ever made under fire. He was so very proud of his son-in-law that married the
beautiful daughter so well raised by Henry. His son-in-law was a helicopter
pilot with the 1st Cavalry Division, who died last year. Henry stopped to
rescue a vehicle belonging to another unit on what was to be his last day in
Iraq. He could have kept rolling - he was headed to Kuwait after a year's
tour. But he stopped. He could have sent others to do the work, but he was on
the ground, leading by example, when he was killed. On Monday night, August
16, you took it upon yourself to go out in the country, where a peaceful
group was exercising their constitutional rights, and harming no one, and you
ran down the memorial cross erected for Henry and for his son-in-law by
Arlington West.
Mr. Northern - I know little about Cindy Sheehan except that she is a
grieving mother, a gentle soul, and wants to bring harm to no one. I know
little about you except that you found your way to Crawford on Monday night
in August with chains and a pipe attached to your truck for the sole purpose
of dishonoring a memorial erected for my friends and lost Soldiers and
hundreds of others that served this nation when they were called. I find it
disheartening that good men like these have died so that people like you can
threaten a mother who lost a child with your actions. I hope that you are
ashamed of yourself.
Perry Jefferies, First Sergeant, USA (retired)
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