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General Forums => The O' Club => Topic started by: midnight Target on January 10, 2006, 02:42:56 PM
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My Lai massacre hero dies
NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana (AP) -- Hugh Thompson Jr., a former U.S. Army helicopter pilot honored for rescuing Vietnamese civilians from his fellow soldiers during the My Lai massacre, died early Friday. He was 62.
http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/01/06/obit.thompson.ap/
He put up with a lot of crap before his heroism was recognized. This guy had big o'l giant brass ones.
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interesting.
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Interesting story, didn't know anything about it. It took balls to do what he did,
Daniel
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it was posted a few days ago.
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Guess you did miss it. But there is always a chance to stir the pot later, its always going.
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Stir the pot? I found the thread, thank you Nuke, but no one responded to that one at all. I guess a guy who wins the Soldier's Medal and faces down his peers when they are doing the wrong thing isn't quite as laudatory around here as say...
This guy (http://www.hitechcreations.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=168257)
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MT, thanks for the great read. Thompson was a man who will be missed, but whose legacy should never be forgotten. <
> RIP.
Karaya
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You sure showed 'em, MT! Thank god this dude died so's ya could make 'em see what hypocrites they are.
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Oh... you are so on my list mister!
Next time we meet at an airshow I'm not blocking the sun for ya!
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Dirty ****ing hippies.
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Dayum, that's like a death sentence to an Oregonian. Choose Life, MT, choose LIFE!
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I belive Saturday or Sunday morning one of the morning shows payed tribute to him.
He got inducted into the Aviators Hall of Fame, and he said, "That really means something to me, having fellow pilots and aviators thanking me for what I did, that Army medal really didn't mean nothing to me.".
Which he didn't get that army medal until I dunno how many years after the end of the war.
You know it's ridiculous, this guy recieved death threats, and even mutilated animals on his porch for saving 9 lives, imagine what would of happen if he didn't step in the line of fire of a bunker with a mother and child in it.
He later got to meet the mother and child aswell, the child was 6yrs old at the time, now having her own kid.
You know, it brought a whole new meaning to respect for our veterans, this guy deserves more respect then what he's getting on this board.
Perhaps is it because so many of you don't care, or did some of you participate in such a mass murder of innocents?
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seems pretty darn heroic to me.
lazs
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Thompson was a hero, no doubt.
SOB was a hero in this thread too.
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Funny Toad, if it only slightly smacks of a liberal issue it's a troll? I saw the tribute to Thompson on the CBS Sunday morning show. His story is compelling and worth remembering. I thought this would have been a topic of some interest here at a flight sim BBS. Yet it gets little or no response. It was the lack of response that I found the most compelling. YMMV
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Yeah you missed it. I posted a thread about it in the oclub five days ago. Of course I didnt' type a stupid
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Originally posted by midnight Target
Yet it gets little or no response. It was the lack of response that I found the most compelling. YMMV
And why was it "most compelling"?
I, for one, completely missed any notice in the media of Thompson's passing. Didn't see it on the BBS, either. I guess I wasn't looking at the right time.
So, just how compelling is that anyway? How is it a "liberal" or "conservative" issue? Enquiring minds want to know.
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Compelling as in compelled me to think that a lack of response was unusual.
How is it a liberal issue? I guess it isn't any more of a liberal issue than John Kerry's testimony. Here is a guy who stood up and not only did the right thing, he blew the whistle on his peers and paid the price. It took 30 years for the Army to recognize his accomplishments.
So why do you think this BBS is less receptive to this guys heroism.
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Originally posted by midnight Target
So why do you think this BBS is less receptive to this guys heroism.
Less receptive compaired to what?
I don't think many here were very receptive to John Kerry, or any apsect of that slime's views or words.
Maybe the fact that John Kerry has been a liberal, idiot, senator for years, plus the dems presidential candidate, could have a tiny bit to do with his exposure here.
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Originally posted by midnight Target
I guess it isn't any more of a liberal issue than John Kerry's testimony. Here is a guy who stood up and not only did the right thing, he blew the whistle on his peers and paid the price. It took 30 years for the Army to recognize his accomplishments.
So why do you think this BBS is less receptive to this guys heroism.
Kerry's testimony? LOL
What actions did Kerry take to prevent the slaughter? He's a liar and never witnessed war crimes ( other than his own), but even if he did, he's even more of a slime for not saying anything about it until he was back home. He's a joke.
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Less receptive?
I haven't seen any posts saying he was anything BUT a hero, have you?
Are you saying there weren't enough laudatory posts? By your standards I guess?
Maybe it just wasn't as big a news item as some other things and didn't get noticed.
As I said, I totally missed it myself but I think Thompson is a shining example for US forces to this day.
Is that "less receptive"?
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Yep... I don't see how the slaughter by temporarily insane troops is a liberal or conservative issue.. it was wrong period...
Take kerrie tho... I don't belive him... simple as that.
lazs