http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chesty_Puller
On 12/13/05, Chesty Puller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I pulled six years, two floats, Somalia, Bosnia, honorable discharge. It's > just a way of not putting my real email addres or fullname in the list. > > Chesty was a good guy, there's no disrespect intended. But as much as know > of him, i heard he was a General who wanted the Medal of Honor so bad but > ended up with 5 Navy Crosses. I don't have any real feelings one way or the > other about the guy. Perhaps I should change it to Smedley Butler or John > Dailey... maybe Archibald Henderson. > > Maybe you don't recognize me, but I thought we knew each other.- last name > is Small, first name is Matt. I got tired of disliking seeing my name > and.or feelings in Google searches, especially since these debates on here > get heated sometimes. > > Anyway, I wore the EGA, graduated bootcamp at Parris Island, got a couple of > NJPs, am a Shellback, sailed the Suez, and got married and divorced within 6 > months, so I know I'm a real Marine. > > - Matt > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Ken Ketsdever" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "CF-Community" <[email protected]> > Sent: Tuesday, December 13, 2005 2:52 PM > Subject: Chesty Puller, WTF? > > > > Alright, I've sat quietly on the sidelines as long as I can. Matt is > > it? wtf? > > > > Why would you possibly use Chesty Puller at a moniker? > > > > I am hoping for a good answer, prove me wrong, but here is my take on > > it. > > > > #1. Must be some candy ass civilian wanna-be Marine, who never had the > > balls to actually get his ass kicked in boot camp, but wants to be > > associated with the Marine Corps and one of the greatest Marines of all > > time. > > > > #2. Could be some ex-Marine living in the past, (like high school > > football hero who never did anything else, Al Bundy, Hank Hill ...). > > He'd have probably been shot by his own guys in combat, because he > > didn't understand the Esprit de corps back then either. Was probably > > the weakest link in his unit and made his unit better by leaving. > > However, he wants the world to know "I was a Marine!". The lack of > > respect for Chesty Pullers good name is indication enough of how > > clueless he really is. > > > > For those of you who don't understand, I can only say it is probably > > like someone using "Jesus" as their moniker (for the non-religious in > > the group I can't think of another example, but I hope you get the > > idea). It reeks of arrogance and lack of respect. > > > > > > > > > > Confidentiality Notice: This message including any > > attachments is for the sole use of the intended > > recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged > > information. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure or > > distribution is prohibited. If you are not the > > intended recipient, please contact the sender and > > delete any copies of this message. > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:187735 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
