From: Darrell Ramsell (daram@comcast.net)
Date: Fri Feb 24 2006 - 14:05:42 PST
I already sent them an e-mail. This is what I wrote
Dear Student Council
It has come to my attention that the Student Council recently voted down a
Furthermore, Pappy Boyington is a recipient of the Medal of Honor and is
I hope the Student Council will reconsider their decision and find some way
I'd also like the student council to study about WWII. Understand what
Darrell
----- Original Message -----
>I wrote a little something about Greg "Pappy" Boyington. It's in response
monument to Pappy Boyington, a U of W alumni, saying that you chose not to
honor anyone for killing people. While I understand your thinking, I find
it rather narrow and lack the understanding of the sacrifices of those who
fought and served in World War II. While it is true that did kill some
pilots, they were also trying to kill him and this was done at a time of
war. If it wasn't for the sacrifices of him and many others during WWII,
our freedom, liberty and way of life as we know it today would probably not
exist.
considered a national hero to many, including myself.
to honor Pappy.
issues caused it, how it was fought and what we did after the war. Because
this event, more than any other in the last 100 years, has had a huge impact
on the USA and the world. And even though it occurred more than 60 years
ago, it's impact is still felt even today.
From: "Jack Lee" <milveh@dslextreme.com>
To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
Sent: Thursday, February 23, 2006 8:38 PM
Subject: Re: [MV] Pappy Boyington Still a Black Sheep at UW
>to the disgraceful comments made about this hero Marine by snot nosed
>students at the University of Washington. Can you believe they didn't want
>to put up a memorial to this medal of honor man because, "he killed
>people?" And they didn't see any reason to put any reason to memorialize,
>"another rich white guy?"
>
> Here's the link to my story:
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> http://www.norcalblogs.com/post%5Fscripts/
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