From: Wayne Harris (papercu@hotmail.com)
Date: Sun May 16 2004 - 08:56:35 PDT
Pat Tillman also gave his life and Bob Kalsu was the Buffalo offensive
lineman " First lieutenant Kalsu died on July 21, 1970, on a stretch of
desolate Ashau Valley mountaintop known as "Firebase Ripcord," where his
11th artillery unit of the 101st Airborne Division had been pinned down for
weeks by relentless enemy fire" and he also left behind a his pregnant wife
and young daughter.
Another former NFL player, Cleveland Browns offensive lineman Don
Steinbrunner, was killed in Vietnam in 1967 when the C-123 Provider he was
piloting was gunned down by enemy anti-aircraft forces.
And the list goes on:
The baseball record books, in particular, are filled with examples of star
players -- Joe DiMaggio, Ted Williams, Stan Musial, Willie Mays, among
others -- whose incredible feats would be even more prodigious had they not
trudged off to war.
More recently, Hall of Fame quarterback Roger Staubach served time in
Vietnam, as did Rocky Bleier, the former Pittsburgh Steelers running back
who nearly had his foot blown off by a land mine, but came back to win four
Super Bowl rings.
Wayne
>From: bolton8@juno.com
>To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
>Subject: [MV] Fuel Price and China
>Date: Sun, 16 May 2004 08:26:59 -0700
>
>"Finally, please, would someone tell me why Dick Cheney would stop
>working a
>job paying 36 million plus per year, so he could become a behind the
>scenes
>Vice President for a measly $202,000 per year ? Would you?"
>
> gave up a 3.6 million contract with the Arizona Cardinals
>for $18,000 a year with the 75th Ranger Bn. Would you ?
>
> (can't recall the name) player for the Buffalo Bills NFL left his
>contract in 1970 to go to Vietnam as a Second Lieutenant. He was killed
>in a mortar attack. Would you ?
>
> Jimmy Stweart gave up his Academy Award winning career to join the U.S.
>Army Air Corps eight months before Pearl Harbour. Would you ?
>
> David Niven gave up his acting career in 1940 to return to England to
>reactivate his commission in a British Rifle Brigade. Would you ?
>
> Quite a few of us on this list gave up career's and family to serve a
>higher cause than making money. Did you ?
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