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Since I've been honored with an invitation to help hold down the fort while Greyhawk is busy with other things, please allow me to introduce myself. My name's Bill Faith. Normally I post at In Bill's World. Politically, I consider myself pro-American, pro-G.I., anti-Kerry, and pro-Bush, in pretty much that order. My voter registration card doesn't list a party affiliation, but I tend to find myself agreeing with Republicans and Libertarians a lot more often than Democrats. You can learn a little about how I got to be who I am today from my "More than you ever wanted to know about me" post, or settle for a couple of excerpts:
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In the spring of my sophomore year at The University of Illinois, President Nixon sent U.S. troops into Cambodia, the Ohio National Guard murdered 4 students at Kent State, people were marching around with signs saying "If you aren't part of the solution you're part of the problem," and school just didn't seem "relevant" any more. So, I enlisted.
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I was supposed to be on a C-130 that no one walked away from at Kontum, a damned site closer to Cambodia than John Kerry's ever been, but God didn't want me and Satan wasn't ready for me.
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I didn't choose a military career, opting instead to return to school after one hitch, but, like a lot of other veterans my age, if I'd been younger and healthier I'd have been standing in line outside a recruiting station on September 12, 2001. Since I'm not able to help that way, I use my blog to do my best to steer other people's thinking in the direction I think is best for my family and our country.
I'm placing one of my favorite posts from my blog and portions of another one in the extended entry section. I'll be back every day or two with more, possibly things previously posted on my blog and definitely some new things.
Update/Full disclosure: I just posted this as a comment to Greetings From Greyhawk, but I'm going to add it here too -- I don't want any confusion about who I am and who I'm not:
I'm not usually one to quibble over details, but you've cast me in a more glorious light than I deserve and I shouldn't allow that to stand. If I read this right, Cassandra's the "spouse", Grim's the "Marine", navvett55 is the "retired Navy guy", and that leaves me to be the "Vietnam era Army vet." Actually, I enlisted in the Air Force to avoid carry a rifle through the rice paddies and didn't see nearly as much of the war as a couple of my cousins, or nearly as much as 3 guys I knew who didn't make it back. I did volunteer for Viet Nam, then I volunteered again for a risky job during my last 90 days in-country, but I never fired a shot in anger and the only thing ever aimed my way was "Chinese fireworks" (122mm rockets). There were too many genuine heroes in that war, and other wars before and since, for me to claim that status for myself.
I can't think of Viet Nam without remembering Barry Cullison, a kid who made my life miserable for years. In 1964 Barry chose me to be his "favorite freshman." For the next three years his favorite expression was "Hey, Faith! Look embarrassed!", usually followed by "There, that's a good job." Barry, I'm still embarrassed. I'm here, and you and aren't. But you aren't forgotten.
btw, there's a complete list of the names on The Wall, complete with home town info, rank, etc, at http://grunt.space.swri.edu/thewall/thewallm.html.
(The extended section hasn't changed)
The following post originally appeared on my blog on August 18, 2004:
1) Click the pictures to learn the stories behind them.
2) Compare and Contrast: George W. Bush, Jean Fraud Kerry.
Kerry would have been too busy consulting the French to bother with a lowly Sgt. and would have reminded young Miss Faulkner he'd been to Vietnam.
Hat tip: Louisiana Conservative for reminding me about the picture of the president with Sgt. McNaughton.
Update: Check out Infidel Cowboy's related post.
There's also a list of important links I update as I find new things on another of my posts:
I'll be back.
