Whatever your opinion is of Gen. Pace...

[phrogpilot73]

This speaks volumes of his character. I recieved the following via email yesterday (originated by a retired Navy RADM):

From: Wxxx Wxxx
Sent: Friday, October 12, 2007 1:50 PM
Subject: Speaks volumes

A friend sent the attachments to me with the below note. VR, Wxxx

I wanted to share with you what we saw in Washington DC last week. After the mid-term brief we toured the Mall and made the usual stops at the WWII Memorial, the Wall, Lincoln Memorial, etc. 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

The Chairman of the Joint Chiefs had laid down his rank for his boys who died in Nam just the day before! I later found out that 1 Oct was also the same day he stepped down as chairman.

 

[llnick2001]

This just further confirms what I suspected the one time I had the pleasure of meeting him. General Pace is a stand up guy and would be worthy of respect if he had nothing on his collar.

 

[nittany03]

Impressive and refreshing to see in this day and age.

 

[invertedflyer]

Its definitely inspring to see that kind of loyalty and leadership.

 

[Herc_Dude]

Semper Fidelis - seems to sum it up.

 

[A4sForever]

Gen. Pace is a fine man ... I'd serve with him or under him anytime.

He was not PC enough to survive in this present environment -- he spoke the truth as he saw it.

 

[schwarti]

I've been telling my friends about this all day - even the super-liberal ones. And they've all agreed that it shows a hell of a guy. Very moving.

 

[2sr2worry]

You can watch the video of General Pace's visit to The Wall, to include the placing of the cards, by following this link:
http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/po....pace.vietnam.wall.notes.cnn?iref=videosearch

 

[mmx1]

I'm not seeing the bit where he places the cards - just some Ken Burns effect with still shots of the cards themselves.

 

[2sr2worry]

Hastily constructed post on my part. A more correct explanation is the link takes you to a two-minute CNN news story that covers the General during his final day, including retirement speech followed by his visit to The Wall, where he left the three notes.

 

[freshy]

A4's said it right....as usual........How I despise the Dems....and the PC bullshit.