From: Johnny (johnny8@cox.net)
Date: Thu May 19 2005 - 16:53:17 PDT
I'd like to see a picture of him entering the gate.
Johnny
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From: "m35products" <m35prod@optonline.net>
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Sent: Thursday, May 19, 2005 6:06 PM
Subject: Re: [MV] MV's not allowed to participate in the Veteran's Day
events locally
> I concur with the Sarge.
>
> I will add an amusing anecdotal piece of ammunition to the barrage:
>
> There is a young man on Long Island who is currently a SGT with the 800th
> Military Police. His MV is a WW2 Jeep. It is marked correctly for WW2 and
> is a perfect restoration. At MV get-togethers he dresses in a WW2 MP
Sgt.'s
> uniform, and he really does look the part.
>
> When he drives the Jeep to his base, he occasionally wears the WW2
uniform,
> and he says that the guards never even question this apparition from 60
> years ago driving past them.
>
> APB
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "John Stewart-Smith" <micdunn@ev1.net>
> To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
> Sent: Thursday, May 19, 2005 2:17 PM
> Subject: Re: [MV] MV's not allowed to participate in the Veteran's Day
> events locally
>
>
> > All righty then, Sarge wants a word.
> > There has been a lot of discussion about snobbishness within our hobby.
> > The WWII guys don't want your M-series in their WWII convoy?
> > Why not? Perhaps because it is a WWII convoy?
> > Get over it.
> > The Vietnam guys don't want your WWII Jeep in their Vietnam era convoy?
> > Why not? Perhaps because it is a Vietnam era convoy?
> > Get over it.
> > The Star Trek fans don't want your Unimog at their convention?
> > You get my drift.
> > The period correct uniform is a little tougher, but here is my opinion.
> > I served in the British Armed Forces in the early seventies. I served in
> the
> > US Armed Forces from 1977 until almost the present day. According to
some
> > peoples logic, that gives me the "right" to wear all of the uniforms
that
> I
> > wore in service. From my UK cammies through my cotton fatigues, up to my
> > chocolate chip and BDU's. I agree, I wore these uniforms and I have the
> > right to wear them all, even my dress uniform with medals up the
> ying-yang.
> > However, do I have the right to wear a civil war uniform, a WWII
Airborne
> > Ranger uniform or even a nazi ss uniform?
> > I did not earn them, but by God, I live in America, and I still have the
> > right to wear what I wish.
> > Keep reading, I'm not finished yet.
> > We have a young man in our MVPA chapter who wears a period correct WWII
> > Airborne uniform to public events. Did he earn this through his own
sweat
> > and blood? Of course not. The majority of WWII Rangers are dead. This
> young
> > man is willing to REPRESENT the sweat and blood of those great warriors.
> He
> > is a living history exhibit. He is not, even remotely, attempting to
pass
> > himself off as a true WWII veteran. That's ridiculous. He wants the
public
> > to see what Rangers looked like 60 years ago. No more, no less.
> > The majority of our members dress in the period appropriate uniform for
> the
> > vehicle they are displaying. The public reaction is overwhelmingly
> positive.
> > I am impressed with their dedication and the amount of time they are
> willing
> > to spend on looking the part.
> > Because it is so important, I repeat, they are not pretending that they
> are
> > the real veteran.
> > How many fantastically detailed uniforms from the Civil War would you
get
> to
> > see if we followed the "did not earn" the uniform policy? Zero is the
only
> > answer.
> > One hundred years from now, do you want Vietnam forgotten? Or would you
> like
> > your great-grandchildren to see men DEPICTING what our Vietnam Vets
looked
> > like?
> > Sorry if I appear to be ranting, I'm just an old grumpy Sarge, and
> SHOUTING
> > is how I used to get my point across.
> > -Sarge
> >
> > LIGHTEN UP! That's an order !
> >
> >
> >
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