Military Pilot Returns Wings

[ls317]

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/printer_031106A.shtml


As a young man I was honored to serve our nation as a commissioned officer and helicopter pilot in the US Navy. Before me in WWII, my father defended the country spending two years in the Pacific aboard the USS Hornet (CV-14). We were patriots sworn "to protect and defend". Today I conclude that you have dishonored our service and the Constitution and principles of our oath. My dad was buried with full military honors so I cannot act for him. But for myself, I return enclosed the symbols of my years of service: the shoulder boards of my rank and my Naval Aviator's wings.

[serryjw]

1. On a daily bases my heart gets broken

I don't know what to say
Namaste

[niyad]

2. I saw this a couple of weeks ago, and it broke my heart, as everything

connected with this disaster does.

[Dhalgren]

3. This is a warrior. This is honor. This is something the majority

of Republicans (and maybe Americans) can no longer understand. This is a patriot. This is a man.