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The Marine Corps is the Navy's police force and as long as I am President that is what it will remain. They have a propaganda machine that is almost equal to Stalin's. -- Harry S. Truman, President of the United States, and famous hater of the Corps

Mar 3, 2006

Gramps 

Well I'll be damned. Somebody back home in the People's Democratic Republic of Washington State got it right.

As I'm sure a lot of you heard, a couple weeks ago Marine, World War II hero, and all-around ass-kicker Pappy Boyington got shot down again… in absentia. You see, he went to the University of Washington back in the 30's and a proposal was put forth to the student government to put up a statue in his honor (which I'm kinda surprised never happened back in the late 40's or early 50's, now that I think about it). But the young and the mindless had this to say about that:
"many monuments at UW already commemorate rich white men"
Now THAT'S some funny shite, being as Greg Boyington never had more than a couple bucks in his pocket to rub together, spent the latter part of his life in relative obscurity (at least until "Black Sheep Squadron/Baa Baa Blacksheep" hit TV), and was - OH BY THE WAY - part Sioux indian. Rich white man? "Gramps'' would have had a helluva laugh at that one.

But the REAL State Senate - not the one in Red Square (yes, the largest open area of the campus is paved in brick and called "Red Square," I kid you not) - weighed in on the issue and gave the Colonel some love. Not a statue, maybe… but some love nonetheless. So at least somebody back home got something right.

Of course, my favorite part of this whole thing was this:
Jill Edwards, a UW sophomore, questioned whether a member of the Marine Corps was the type of person the school wanted to produce.
Hey toots - that school produced TWO great Marines: Pappy Boyington and ME. Well… before the hippies and commies took over, it produced Boyington. I escaped. Either way, we both went there and we all know that's NOT the type of person the school wants to produce, but apparently does anyway. Ain't life grand?
Posted by: Mike the Marine / 14:50
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