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Medal of Honor This
Editorial is dedicated to Cpl. Jason
Dunham, USMC and all those whom have received the Medal of Honor.
On Thursday morning January 11th 2007 I watched as President George W. Bush with the family of Jason
Dunham award Jason the Medal of Honor posthumously. Jason selflessly gave his life so
that men under his leadership would not lose theirs. In fact Jason extended his tour of duty in Iraq by 2 months so in his
own words “to ensure that all my men come home with me”. I watched in tears as the president gave this medal to
Jason’s parents. My immediate thoughts went to those who died fighting aboard Flight 93 on September 11th
2001 and all the men and woman who have given all to protect me and my family here back home in the United States. They have
given all so others may live in peace in this country. I am proud to call Jason a fellow American and a fellow New Yorker.
The United States Marines took a young man who was already a leader in his hometown high school and turned him into a leader
of men. There are neither words nor any medal that can fully tell Jason’s story or thank him for his selfless sacrifice
and dedication to his mission, his country and his fellow Marines. The only way I can ever thank this young man and his family
is support his fellow Marines and all those who wear the uniform of this country. Not only when they are in uniform but also
long after when they are hopefully old and gray. Those men and woman from Bunker Hill and every war or conflict and even in
peace who chose to serve this great nation in the uniform of our military must never be forgotten. Today in VA hospitals all across this country are men and woman from
Viet Nam, Korea and WWII who lay about forgotten. There are countless men and woman of this time period who are still alive
in their communities whom have not been properly thanked for their service. Today is not Pearl Harbor Day, it is not Veterans
Day and it is not Memorial Day although there are the designated days everyday we need to remember who these people are and
what they have done not just on those designated days. I
recently heard from an aunt of a young Marine who was to be deployed to Iraq last Sunday and before he left he had to buy
his own protective gear. I am now awaiting information on another young man who was wounded the same time Eddie was and came
home. His name is Joseph Youn. Joseph came home and was recovering very well but while in the care of the VA he developed
an infection in the brain and quickly his condition changed. No one was doing a thing to help this man or his family. Not
until the mother of another Marine my friend Angie Ryan got involved. Another young former Marine with two tours in Iraq comes
home and tries to get into college and is charged out of state tuition. I read in the American Legion monthly of another soldier
who was wounded lost one leg and arm was discharged in Texas and told he should find his own way home. He lived in Oregon.
When he got home for six months no one even knew he was there and was well on his way to doom until some friends intervened.
If we truly want to thank Jason for his service we here at home must start doing more letter writing and demanding that our
sons and daughters be properly taken care of while serving and after they complete their service. When Eddie Ryan came home our government told Chris and Angie that Helen Hayes was too
expensive a treatment for Eddie. Recently one of the care giver institutions that gets paid to take care of Eddie told Angie
that she and her son “lived out of the way”. Iraq wasn’t out of the way? That was ok that we sent Eddie
to Iraq but now for his care Oak Ridge is out of the way? I think not! While I served this country and stationed in Iceland
the men of my squadron had to buy all of our own foul weather gear for Icelandic service while we kept the wolf from the door.
When I came home I took a job as a federal correctional officer. On one occasion I was given orders to take a detail of 12
convicted inmates out on a snow detail. I was told to take them to supply and get them the gear they would need. In that supply
room out of a box brand new foul weather gear the same type we had to buy was given to these criminals. The gear we had to
buy was used to add further insult to injury. I thought this was practice was long over with, but I was wrong. When Eddie
was shot about 90% of the gear he was using that night was purchased for him by police officers that started an organization
called “Adopt A Sniper”. Here at home
our congressional representatives who take the same oath to protect and defend the constitution of the United States get every
perk under the sun including free medical for life while they spend more time on vacation or break from session and complain
they have too much to do and brag about bringing our own tax dollars back home. Millions on welfare who refuse to work, police
officers charged with criminal charges for doing their duty, this is bull and must stop and we can’t blame our leaders
we better look in the mirror when we want to assess blame. If we truly want to honor Jason and all the others whom have given all and the over 20,000 wounded and those people
we called fellow Americans aboard Flight 93 it is time we take to the mightiest weapon in our arsenals. The pen! It is time
we tell our elected officials that the vacation is over the long free ride have come to an end. It is time we take our country
back from the 15% of the whiners and the ACLU and demand they shut up and follow the rules the rest of us do. Lets be real
here these men and woman are the real hero’s not anyone else it is mothers and fathers like Jason’s who took the
time and made the sacrifice to raise a decent hard working young man whom I mourn his loss as I am sure all of you do. Let’s
not dishonor his sacrifice and all the others whom have done so throughout the history of this great country. This war we
are fighting is not a picnic nor will it be won over night. Lets not worry about our pocket books but the nation and its future
as a whole lets all learn to be as selfless as Jason was. The first eight to die at the hand of these Jihadist and Muslim
extremist came off the USS Nimitz when they attempted the rescue of hostages taken in Tehran when our embassy was taken over
in Iran over thirty years ago. I apologize to Jason and his family and all these young men and woman for not completing the
mission then. I failed for not telling my representatives to kick Tehran’s A__ then! Never Again I won’t forget!
More than 20 percent of all Medal of Honor winners come from New York,
more than any other state. President Bush announced on Friday that the Medal
of Honor, the nation's highest military decoration, will be awarded posthumously to Marine Cpl. Jason Dunham. In April 2004, Dunham was leading a patrol in an Iraqi town near the Syrian border when
the patrol stopped a convoy of cars leaving the scene of an attack on a Marine convoy, according to military and media accounts
of the action. An occupant of one of the cars attacked Dunham and the two fought hand to hand. As they fought, Dunham yelled
to fellow Marines, "No, no watch his hand." The attacker then dropped a grenade and Dunham hurled himself on top
of it, using his helmet to try to blunt the force of the blast. Still, Dunham was critically wounded in
the explosion and died eight days later at Bethesda Naval Hospital in Maryland.
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The
Final Inspection The Marine Stood And Faced God, Which Always Must Come To Pass.He Hoped His Shoes Were Shining,Just As Brightly As His Brass. ''Step Foward Now Marine,How Shall I Deal With You?Have You Always Turn The Other
Cheek?To My
Church Have You Been True? The Soldier Squared His Shoulders And Said,No Lord I Guess I Ain't.Because Those Of Us Who Carry Guns, Can't Always Be A Saint. I've Had To Work Most Sundays,And At Times My Talk Was Tough.And Sometimes I've Been Violent,Because The World Is Awfully Rough. But, I Never Took A Penny,That Wasn't Mine To Keep.Though I Worked A Lot Of Overtime,When! The Bills Just Got To Steep. And I Never Passed A Cry For Help,Though At Times I Shook With Fear.And Sometimes, God, Forgive Me,I've Wept Unmanly Tears. I Know I Don't Deserve A Place,Among The People Here.They Never Wanted Me Around,Except To Calm Their Fears. If You've A Place For Me Here, Lord,It Needn't Be So Grand.I Never Expected, Or Had Too Much,But If You Don't, I'll
Understand. There Was A Silence All Around
The Throne,Where
The Saints Had Often Trod.As The Marine Waited Quietly,For The Judgment Of His God. ''Step Foward Now, You Marine,You’ve Borne Your Burdens Well.Walk Peacefully On Heaven's StreetYou've Done Your Time In Hell.~author unknown~ A subscriber sent in this poem
and we thought you might appreciate
Captain Ronald Charles Walkerwicz, USMC
On
February 16th 1996 the Walkerwicz Family lost their beloved Ronny and the nation lost a leader and hero. Ronny
loved children and was to be married in just thirty days of the day the Lord took him home. After Ronny’s passing a
memorial fund was set up in his name at Rondout Valley High School for a graduating senior to use in his or her education.
This fund was depleted it is the wish of his family that this fund be brought back to life so more children can get a better
education and become leaders. Please come back to this page on February 16th 2007, which will be the 11th
anniversary of the Captains passing when we will offer you an opportunity to donate to this fund. Meanwhile below you will
find some links that you can learn more about Captain Ronald Charles Walkerwicz and other American Hero’s God Bless
America and God Bless all of our men and woman in the service of this great and wonderful country.
CAPT. RONALD C. WALKERWICZ
Call Sign: Wiggy Died: Feb. 16, 1996
Walkerwicz was one of four Harrier pilots
involved in the daring rescue of a downed Air Force pilot, Capt. Scott O'Grady, in Bosnia in 1995. The Harriers provided
cover for the helicopter that plucked O'Grady from hostile territory.
Walkerwicz, 30, a Marine for eight years,
had been obsessed with the Harrier ever since studying its use by the British in the Falkland Islands War, said his father,
William Walkerwicz. He said his son "knew they were flying the most unforgiving aircraft in our arsenal."
His AV-8B crashed after apparently being struck by lightning shortly after takeoff from Cherry Point in foggy and windy
conditions. The lightning set fire to one wing, then part of the wing broke off. He never ejected from his plane. Walkerwicz,
who grew up in New York state, died two months before he was to be married.
http://www.arlingtoncemetery.net/walkerwi.htm http://www.arlingtoncemetery.net/usmc.htm http://www.usmemorialday.org/personal.html http://marineyouthfoundation.org/ScrollofHonor.htm http://www.pulitzer.org/year/2003/national-reporting/works/national3a.html http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/VA-news/VA-Pilot/issues/1996/vp960302/03020279.htm
http://www.2maw.usmc.mil/MAG14/vma231/ VMA-231 Official Website "The Few, The Proud Our Marines
You may read here and other sites on
this page about accidents that occur like the one that took Ronny but please take note. The Walkerwicz Family although we
miss Ronny are very proud of his service to his country there is no one to blame for this accident this work is dangerous
work and he knew it, we knew that and Ronny died doing what he loved the most flying and serving his country. Today we are
losing Americans in Iraq and Afghanistan please don’t dishonor their service by buying into the liberal media’s
sob act Freedom isn’t free and yours and mine have been bought by their blood never forget that and please support your
troops and your American Veterans.
Thank you, The Walkerwicz Family Semper Fi
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