I thought this one was appropriate for the board.
Maybe Senator Glenn would be interested in helping resolve the Form - 6
inport issue for us?
Just a thought,
Gordie
You know, some people still don't understand why military personnel do
what
they
do for a living.
This exchange between Senators John Glenn and Howard Metzenbaum is worth
reading. Not only is it a pretty impressive impromptu speech, but it's
also a
good example of one man's explanation of why men and women in the
Uniformed
Services do what they do for a living. And an example of what those
who have
never served think of the Military.
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Senator Metzenbaum to Senator Glenn: "How can you run for Senate when
you've
never held a real "job"?"
Senator Glenn: "I served 23 years in the United States Marine Corps. I
served
through two wars.
I flew 149 missions. My plane was hit by anti-aircraft fire on 12
different
occasions. I was in the space program.
It wasn't my checkbook; it was my Life on the line. It was not a 9 to 5
job
where I took time off to
take the daily cash receipts to the bank.
I ask you to go with me...as I went the other day... to a Veterans
Hospital
and
look at those men with their mangled bodies in the eye and tell them
they
didn't
hold a job.
You go with me to the space program and go as I have gone to the widows
and
orphans of Ed White and Gus Grissom and Roger Chaffee and you look those
kids
in
the eye and tell them that their dad didn't hold a job.
You go with me on Memorial Day coming up, and you stand in Arlington
National
Cemetery, where I have more friends than I'd like to remember - and you
watch
those waving flags, and you stand there, and you think about this
nation, and
you tell me that those people didn't have a job.
I'll tell you, Howard Metzenbaum, you should be on your knees every day
of
your
life thanking God that there were some men - SOME MEN - who held a job.
And
they required a dedication to purpose and a love of country and a
dedication
to
duty that was more important than life itself.
And their self-sacrifice is what made this country possible.. I HAVE
HELD A
JOB,
HOWARD!
What about you?"
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