Sunday, October 21, 2007

A man of honor

I never knew what an unbelievable man he is. I am so humbled.
At the Vietnam Wall we saw something unbelievable. We noticed three small index cards at the base of the Wall. I knelt down for a closer look and noticed that a 4-star general's rank was pinned to each card.


The cards were personally addressed and said something like:

These are Yours - not mine! With Love and Respect, Your Platoon Leader, Pete Pace 1 Oct 2007

The Chairman of the Joint Chiefs had laid down his rank for his boys who died in Nam. Oct 1 was the day he stepped down as Chairman."

1 comment:

Busy Dad Mumbles said...

General Pace is a class act that stuck by his principles. It is unfortunate that nice guys get rolled in Washington.

May God bless the General