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From: Paul Andrew Mitchell [address in tool bar]
Subject: L&J: leadership

I often wonder how many American men would
have what it took to conquer places like
Berlin, Paris, or Midway?

Many years after Iwo Jima, I happened to be
talking with my boss about my father's 
experience in the Pacific front.  My boss
then told me that he had been a captain on one
of the battleships which bombarded Iwo Jima.

"How did you guys manage to get off so
 many salvos, in such a short period of time?"
I asked him.

He answered, "They loaded. I aimed the guns,
and I pulled the triggers.  That's how!"

"Wait a minute," I said.  "I thought the 
captain's job was to sit up on the bridge,
directing the show, while everyone else
did the hard work?"

"Not me," he said.  "I didn't want a misfire
or poor aim to fall on the shoulders of any
man, except me.  So, they reloaded, while I
waited for spotters to guide me.  When we
had a window, as the listing ship came back 
to dead center, I pushed the firing switch,
while everyone else watched."

"The ship would displace 3 feet of water,
every time we fired.  There were 4 turrets
with 3 12-inch guns each, and we had them
going non-stop during the invasion, dropping
salvos 1,000 yards in front of the advancing
Marines, from several miles out at sea."

"My men were the greatest.  I was never so proud
of them, for what they accomplished that day," 
he said.

I sat there in mute admiration.  Capt. Dan
was one the kindest, most gentle men you
could ever meet.  You can imagine what his
crew thought of him -- they were crazy about
serving under such a magnificent leader.

See what I mean?

And now I am inundated with yellow journalists
who can't wait to demand that I stop telling
them the truth.  These sewer rats would have 
surrendered before the war ever started!

/s/ Paul Mitchell



At 03:13 PM 3/28/97 -0500, you wrote:
>>From the Daily Brief:
>>* CNN reports that two Marines in a 1991 video of initiation
>>  ceremony will be discharged from the Corps.
>>    - nine others will receive administrative punishment.
>>    - the Marines were part of a "blood-winging" ritual, where
>>      earned jump-wing pins are pounded into the chest.
>
>This is most unfortunate. I spent five years in the USMC and it was common
>practice to "pin" stripes on someone recently promoted. The promotee was
>simultaneously punched, as forcefully as possible, from both sides in the
>upper arms. To not have your stripes pinned on was degrading and insulting.
>I realize this still did not involve blood letting, however the wings which
>were pinned on have two sharp protrusions approximately 1/8 of an inch long.
>Anyone familiar with military ribbons and medals knows what I am talking
>about. These would be painful but hardly draw significant blood. 
>The point to my rambling is this. These men were part of the finest (in my
>not so humbled extremely biased opinion) fighting force in the world today.
>There were members of the elite Force Recon of the Marines (similiar to
>Green Berets, Seals, British SAS). If this is part of their "rite of
>passage" then it should be accepted. These are men (most barely) who we
>require to infiltrate enemy positions in small (four man) teams and kill by
>the most stealthful means possible. This usually involves bare hands or a
>knife, with careful training on how to cut someones windpipe so the scream
>never emerges. 
>I know this sounds gory, but anyone familiar with combat knows its
>necessity. These men are the elite among the most combat ready force in the
>world. I am deeply ashamed to see political correctness win out over
>"Espirit De Corps". Having your wings pinned on is the final acceptance by
>your peers that you achieved something very few men ever attempt. The real
>hurt must be having that taken away from you.
>                                    Gary L. Tyler
>				 (gtyler@castles.com)
>                           (http://vader.castles.com/gtyler/)
>
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