OBAMA SPEAKS AT WEST POINT . . . . . . . and this guy gets his personal message out to the world:
That's a Combat Infantryman Badge (CIB) and a Ranger Tab right there on his chest - what's that tell you?
Full analysis . . . . . . . . . . . . . STORMBRINGER
Monday, 7 December 2009
SUBLIMINAL ONE-FINGER SALUTE
From STORMBRINGER at 05:46
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US Army Basic Training, Fort Ord, California, January 1961. I was 17.
Had a guy in the company. Early to mid 30's. Short and dumpy. He enlisted to be a cook. He had owned a small restaurant - wife killed in an automobile accident and he was just looking for a safe place to grieve. We called him "Cookie".
Had a Corporal as cadre. Big, dumb and mean. The kind that bounced from E-4 to E-5 and back once a year. He picked on Cookie unmercifully.
Comes graduation from basic. First chance to wear the Class A's. We all get out there and wear our Marksman's Badges. Here's Cookie with a couple of Unit Citations, Purple Heart, Bronze with a V, Silver and a CIB. I will never forget the look on that Corporal's face.
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