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2010-09-03 Afghanistan

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Posted by tu3031 2010-09-03 00:00|| || Front Page|| [5 views ] Top

#1 RIP, Chaplain

Posted by Frank G 2010-09-03 00:06|| 2010-09-03 00:06|| Front Page Top

#2 As opposed to the mullahs who sit in their madrases across the border sending the young cannon fodder out to die, but never seem to be in the front lines themselves.

"For he to-day that sheds his blood with me
Shall be my brother;" - Henry V, Act 4, Shakespeare.

Posted by Procopius2k 2010-09-03 00:15|| 2010-09-03 00:15|| Front Page Top

#3 maybe we need too hit a few of those m,adrassas

Posted by chris 2010-09-03 08:48|| 2010-09-03 08:48|| Front Page Top

#4 ~~maybe~~ we need too hit ~~a few~~ all of those madrassas...

FIFY

Posted by M. Murcek 2010-09-03 09:47|| 2010-09-03 09:47|| Front Page Top

#5 First, RIP.

Birch said chaplains are considered noncombatants and don't carry weapons, but they are accompanied by a chaplain's assistant, a soldier who is armed.

Learn something new every day: my high school American History teacher had been a chaplain's assistant in Viet Nam. I never bothered to learn what that entailed - now I know.

Posted by xbalanke 2010-09-03 12:50|| 2010-09-03 12:50|| Front Page Top

#6 I got to Vietnam the day after that Chaplain was killed. Lots of folks were talking about it. This is the first time I've seen it mentioned since then. Lots of good guys, chaplains. I knew two that had received Purple Hearts - one in Vietnam and one in Korea.

Posted by Old Patriot 2010-09-03 13:47|| 2010-09-03 13:47|| Front Page Top

#7 In VietNam, there were three chaplains who won the Medal of Honor. All three were Catholic priets. Two of them were KIA - Vincent Capodanno and Charles Watters.
One, Angelo Liteky was a Catholic priest at the time. He later left the priesthood and married a nun. He is also the only MOH recipient who returned the medal.

Posted by Rambler in Virginia 2010-09-03 21:54|| 2010-09-03 21:54|| Front Page Top

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