We're the Military and Airpower Guys of Jonah Goldberg of National Review Online + a stray we found wandering around looking lost. All original material JHD, BHD, JR, WT, and KA 2003-2007 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/09/national_powmia_day_2005.html Sun, 03 Aug 2008 17:18:30 Z Movable Type 4.12 en Copyright 2008 http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification Click here for more info. Commentary: Remember `One of our Own' on POW/MIA Day By Col. Randy Pullen September 15, 2005 WASHINGTON (Army News Service, Sept. 15, 2005) – This year’s observance of National POW/MIA Recognition Day is Sept. 16 and it has a special poignancy to those with ties to the remembered. As Americans, we should pause to remember our fellow citizens who were prisoners of war in a World War II POW camp – like the heroes of Bataan and Corregidor held in the Cabanatuan POW camp that is the subject of the current film, “The Great... http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/09/national_powmia_day_2005.html http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/09/national_powmia_day_2005.html Fri, 16 Sep 2005 07:16:54 -0600 Yeah, MSG Kieth, I think John knows everyone and been everywhere. I told him a TINS about an Arty captain I worked with back in '84, and he says, "Yeah, that's my buddy who's now an 0-6 in the Cav." John has been around.... :-) http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/09/national_powmia_day_2005.html#comment-31956 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/09/national_powmia_day_2005.html#comment-31956 Sat, 17 Sep 2005 22:28:27 -0600 Holy shit! You ain't gonna believe this, but the guy who got me to Afghanistan, who was my boss until Dec 2004 when he left, was none other than your buddy, Col. Randy Pullen. We called him Col. Khan, because in Afghanistan, the Khan was the elder of the village, the man with the influence. He'd get pissed at whatever was the point of focus and we'd give him a rating on the 'Khan Scale'. 1 to 10. I seen him up to an 8.5. Can't imagine him at a 10. Anyway, talk about the 'six degrees of separation.' http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/09/national_powmia_day_2005.html#comment-31941 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/09/national_powmia_day_2005.html#comment-31941 Sat, 17 Sep 2005 08:40:31 -0600 Sounds like Josh got a leeetle too intimate with the Fruit Salad and Kool-Aid...... http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/09/national_powmia_day_2005.html#comment-31940 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/09/national_powmia_day_2005.html#comment-31940 Sat, 17 Sep 2005 08:33:26 -0600 Josh - I *am* a craptacular tool... I'm a Beltway Bandit now! http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/09/national_powmia_day_2005.html#comment-31939 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/09/national_powmia_day_2005.html#comment-31939 Sat, 17 Sep 2005 07:50:30 -0600 Now John, don't take him so seriously; can't you tell he was just joshin'... Otherwise, "being a tool of united fruit" leaves a real interesting aftertaste in my mind. The possibilities are legion. Bananas, lightbulbs, gerbils, and pink battleships come to mind for starters.... Avast ye there, Comrad! Care to have a go at peelin' the passion fruit? bwa ha ha ha ha ha h.... http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/09/national_powmia_day_2005.html#comment-31937 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/09/national_powmia_day_2005.html#comment-31937 Fri, 16 Sep 2005 22:05:59 -0600 no evidence into a story. We've had normalized relations with Viet Nam for a decade now. To the best of my knowledge, no POWs from the Viet Nam war have emerged. I hoped you'd be enlightened by learning the origin of the "leave no comrades, not even dead ones, behind" principle, and learning more about one of America's greatest officers. The only reason he didn't become Commandant was that he (correctly? yes) spoke impolitically and called Mussolini something like a war-monger. The US Government prevents Iraqi families from finding out about their family members who may have been captured. ]]> http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/09/national_powmia_day_2005.html#comment-31936 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/09/national_powmia_day_2005.html#comment-31936 Fri, 16 Sep 2005 21:59:35 -0600 Silly post to come by and crap on, Josh. There's plenty others there at Argghhh! that would fit your agenda, I think, without stepping on sensitive nerves for some people. I am, after all a craptacular tool of the establishment myself. Just curious, I'd guess you aren't a regular reader... what brought you by today? And what's the point of the Butler reference? If it's 'being a tool of United Fruit' I'm surprised you left that out. Unless I missed something and have your intent wrong. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/09/national_powmia_day_2005.html#comment-31935 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/09/national_powmia_day_2005.html#comment-31935 Fri, 16 Sep 2005 21:10:46 -0600 Smedley Darlington Butler. Quaker, son of a Congressman, joined illegally at 16 already having an Eagle, Globe and Anchor tattooed across his whole chest, he won two Medals of Honor and the Marine Corps Brevet Medal (only 22 ever handed out) and achieved the rank of Major General, the top rank of the Marine Corps at the time. 2. The Speicher stuff is rubbish. Here is the direct link (rather than linking to Neptunus who links to K Lo who links to...). What it _actually_ says is "The Iraqi government under President Saddam Hussein maintained from the start that Speicher perished at the site where his F/A-18 fighter jet crashed in the desert. No evidence to contradict that has surfaced since the fall of Baghdad in April 2003, but the new Navy inquiry concluded there was no credible evidence of his death, either." What part of "No Evidence" do you not understand? There's more, about repeated investigations, "all leads" being exhausted, but "no evidence" should be enough for anyone who lives in a world where evidence walks and bullshit keeps yapping its gums. ]]> http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/09/national_powmia_day_2005.html#comment-31934 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/09/national_powmia_day_2005.html#comment-31934 Fri, 16 Sep 2005 20:15:41 -0600 FOB Speicher. ]]> http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/09/national_powmia_day_2005.html#comment-31929 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/09/national_powmia_day_2005.html#comment-31929 Fri, 16 Sep 2005 15:15:57 -0600 A few years ago, I had occassion to meet a good number of Bataan & Corregidor survivors at their annual convention as well as a couple who were rescued from Cabanatuan. I had just purchased "Ghost Soldier" which was written about the Alamo Scouts who ran that operation, and I took the book around to have as many of those guys sign it as I could fit into a couple of hours. That was without exception, one of the best, most worthwhile 3 hours of my life! -SangerM http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/09/national_powmia_day_2005.html#comment-31928 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/09/national_powmia_day_2005.html#comment-31928 Fri, 16 Sep 2005 15:12:00 -0600 Nice post John. Thank you. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/09/national_powmia_day_2005.html#comment-31927 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/09/national_powmia_day_2005.html#comment-31927 Fri, 16 Sep 2005 14:50:04 -0600 Thanks for this post, John. You know Matt lives very close to my house, so I really appreciate the article you posted along with the MIA banner and link. *thanks* http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/09/national_powmia_day_2005.html#comment-31922 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/09/national_powmia_day_2005.html#comment-31922 Fri, 16 Sep 2005 12:21:41 -0600 Scott Speicher. ]]> http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/09/national_powmia_day_2005.html#comment-31909 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/09/national_powmia_day_2005.html#comment-31909 Fri, 16 Sep 2005 08:04:51 -0600