Subj : prices
To   : Bill Riley
From : Paul Lawson
Date : Sat Aug 26 2000 08:12 am

Bill Riley wrote in a message to Paul Lawson:

BR> Paul Lawson wrote in a message to Bill Riley:


BR> Bitterness, no.  Disgust, yes.  Those boys arms must be tired from
BR> patting themselves on the back.  My dad hit the beach at Omaha on
BR> the 6th of June, 1944. His brother was at Army base near Hickham
BR> Field when Pearl Harbor was attacked.  He won two Bronze Stars, one
BR> at Iye Shima and another one on Iwo Jima.

BR> In all the years I knew both of them I never once heard them say
BR> look at what a great job we did.  Wish I could say the same for
BR> *any* Gulf Veteran I've met.

     I know guys that got bronze stars for sitting on a transport waiting for
a beach landing that never happened.  I also know guys that spent the war
watching video tapes except for the occasional scud alert.  Definitley a
different kind of war.  With the exception of the tankers and spec ops guys,
there's not too many who can even come close to the exxperiance of vets from
the previous wars (excluding REMFs of course).  The problem with the gulf is
the military needed some good press after the godless red hordes going away.
Unfortunately, many vets believe the BS the DOD has been spouting ever since.
For the record, I hope I've never given the impression that I thought we were
"all That".  I know too many vets and studied too much history to see any
correlation.  I thought I was something of a history buff but I have to admit
I've not heard of Iye Shima...

Paul

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