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February 15, 2005


Seeing Stars and Earning Stripes

On Saturday, a few NR folks visited Walter Reed. Here's Jim Robbin's most memorable observation:

One of the wounded Marines was in ICU, and was still feeling the effects of the anesthesia, having just come from surgery. A Lieutenant General stopped by to see how he was.

"How are you doing, Lance Corporal?" he said.

"Lance Corporal my a**," the semi-conscious Marine said, "I have enough time in to be a Corporal by now." The 3-star nodded, went off and made a phone call. Within the hour the young Marine had his corporal's stripes.


Posted by Deb at February 15, 2005 07:47 AM

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That's really cool. Stories like that bring tears to my eyes. I'm writing a research paper on blogging and the military--how it's affected morale for the soldiers and if it's helped the families stay in contact. It would be helpful if you could give me information on how you feel about it. If you would like to e-mail me my address is masque_sorciere@hotmail.com. My blog is disillusionedvoice.blogspot.com Thank you.

Posted by: Megan at February 15, 2005 11:03 AM

Amazing what anesthesia will do for you physically and mentally isn't it. Good for him. Nothing like speaking your mind at just the right time to just the right person.

Posted by: Sandy A at February 15, 2005 06:48 PM

What a hoot. I read that and just started laughing. I love it.

Posted by: Toni at February 17, 2005 05:31 PM

les industriels ont encore des efforts à faire

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