[Diy_efi] American Hero
Greg Hermann
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Sun Apr 17 02:52:59 UTC 2005
At 10:46 PM 4/16/05, Logan Lingle wrote:
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>And likewise, perhaps you belong in Iraq..
No, I suspect you do. With your head so far up your arse as it appears to
be, we'd be rid of you in very short order.
>
>:)
>
>
>Greg Hermann wrote:
>
>>At 10:19 PM 4/16/05, Logan Lingle wrote:
>>
>>Well, go ahead and prove what a dumb pharke you are. Then, move to Canaduh.
>>Don't like your smell here !
>>
>>
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>>>I'm certainly not proud.. we shouldn't be there in the first place.
>>>
>>>The WMD was a joke, the Terror links were a joke, Condi and her
>>>"Aluminum Tube" are and were a joke, Abu Griab is a sick joke, Americans
>>>being held forever, on order of the king is an unconstitutional joke,
>>>Gitmo is a pitiful joke, the 9 billion they've lost there is a galactic
>>>joke, and our President is a pathetic, chimp faced, Skull & Bones,
>>>Neo-Conservative joke who drank his way through college.
>>>
>>>I am not proud of our actions in Iraq at all. IMNSHO, if you had any
>>>sense, you wouldn't be either.
>>>
>>>WTF? I thought this was a Fuel Injection list, anyway.. ?
>>>
>>>
>>>Randy Bailey wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>I know this is not FI related, but men like this make me proud!!!!
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>Maybe you'd like to hear about a real American, somebody who honored
>>>>the uniform he wears.
>>>>Meet Brian Chontosh.
>>>>Churchville-Chili Central School class of 1991. Proud graduate of the
>>>>Rochester Institute of Technology. Husband and about-to-be father.
>>>>First lieutenant (now Captain) in the United States Marine Corps.
>>>>And a genuine hero.
>>>>The secretary of the Navy said so yesterday.
>>>>At 29 Palms in California Brian Chontosh was presented with the Navy
>>>>Cross, the second highest award for combat bravery the United States
>>>>can bestow.
>>>>That's a big deal.
>>>>But you won't see it on the network news tonight, and all you read in
>>>>Brian's hometown newspaper was two paragraphs of nothing. The odd
>>>>fact about the American media in this war is that it's not covering
>>>>the American military. The most plugged-in nation in the world is
>>>>receiving virtually no true information about what its warriors are
>>>>doing.
>>>>Oh, sure, there's a body count. We know how many Americans have
>>>>fallen. And we see those same casket pictures day in and day out. And
>>>>we're almost on a first-name basis with the jerks who abused the
>>>>Iraqi prisoners. And we know all about improvised explosive devices
>>>>and how we lost Fallujah and what Arab public-opinion polls say about
>>>>us and how the world hates us.
>>>>
>>>>We get a non-stop feed of gloom and doom.
>>>>But we don't hear about the heroes.
>>>>The incredibly brave GIs who honorably do their duty. The ones our
>>>>grandparents would have carried on their shoulders down Fifth Avenue.
>>>>The ones we completely ignore.
>>>>Like Brian Chontosh.
>>>>
>>>>It was a year ago on the march into Baghdad. Brian Chontosh was a
>>>>platoon leader rolling up Highway 1 in a humvee.
>>>>When all hell broke loose.
>>>>Ambush city.
>>>>The young Marines were being cut to ribbons. Mortars, machine guns,
>>>>rocket propelled grenades. And the kid out of Churchville was in
>>>>charge. It was do or die and it was up to him.
>>>>So he moved to the side of his column, looking for a way to lead his
>>>>men to safety. As he tried to poke a hole through the Iraqi line his
>>>>humvee came under direct enemy machine gun fire.
>>>>It was fish in a barrel and the Marines were the fish.
>>>>
>>>>And Brian Chontosh gave the order to attack. He told his driver to
>>>>floor the humvee directly at the machine gun emplacement that was
>>>>firing at them. And he had the guy on top with the .50 cal unload on
>>>>them.
>>>>Within moments there were Iraqis slumped across the machine gun and
>>>>Chontosh was still advancing, ordering his driver now to take the
>>>>humvee directly into the Iraqi trench that was attacking his Marines.
>>>>Over into the battlement the humvee went and out the door Brian
>>>>Chontosh bailed, carrying an M16 and a Beretta and 228 years of
>>>>Marine Corps pride.
>>>>And he ran down the trench.
>>>>With its mortars and riflemen, machineguns and grenadiers.
>>>>And he killed them all.
>>>>He fought with the M16 until it was out of ammo. Then he fought with
>>>>the Beretta until it was out of ammo. Then he picked up a dead man's
>>>>AK47 and fought with that until it was out of ammo. Then he picked up
>>>>another dead man's AK47 and fought with that until it was out of ammo.
>>>>
>>>>At one point he even fired a discarded Iraqi RPG into an enemy
>>>>cluster, sending attackers flying with its grenade explosion.
>>>>When he was done Brian Chontosh had cleared 200 yards of entrenched
>>>>Iraqis from his platoon's flank. He had killed more than 20 and
>>>>wounded at least as many more.
>>>>But that's probably not how he would tell it.
>>>>He would probably merely say that his Marines were in trouble, and he
>>>>got them out of trouble. Hoo-ah, and drive on.
>>>>
>>>>"By his outstanding display of decisive leadership, unlimited courage
>>>>in the face of heavy enemy fire, and utmost devotion to duty, 1st Lt.
>>>>Chontosh reflected great credit upon himself and upheld the highest
>>>>traditions of the Marine Corps and the United States Naval Service."
>>>>
>>>>That's what the citation says.
>>>>And that's what nobody will hear.
>>>>That's what doesn't seem to be making the evening news. Accounts of
>>>>American valor are dismissed by the press as propaganda, yet accounts
>>>>of American difficulties are heralded as objectivity. It makes you
>>>>wonder if the role of the media is to inform or to depress - to
>>>>report or to deride. To tell the truth, or to feed us lies.
>>>>But I guess it doesn't matter.
>>>>We're going to turn out all right.
>>>>As long as men like Brian Chontosh wear our uniform.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>If you are as proud of this Marine as I am, then send this to EVERYONE
>>>>YOU KNOW !!
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>Jack
>>>>70 Half-Cab
>>>>Northeast Oregon
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>Thanks,
>>>>
>>>>Randy
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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>>>I'm certainly not proud.. we shouldn't be there in the first place. <br>
>>><br>
>>>The WMD was a joke, the Terror links were a joke, Condi and her
>>>"Aluminum Tube" are and were a joke, Abu Griab is a sick joke,
>>>Americans being held forever, on order of the king is an
>>>unconstitutional joke, Gitmo is a pitiful joke, the 9 billion they've
>>>lost there is a galactic joke, and our President is a pathetic, chimp
>>>faced, Skull & Bones, Neo-Conservative joke who drank his way
>>>through college. <br>
>>><br>
>>>I am not proud of our actions in Iraq at all. IMNSHO, if you had any
>>>sense, you wouldn't be either. <br>
>>><br>
>>>WTF? I thought this was a Fuel Injection list, anyway.. ?<br>
>>><br>
>>><br>
>>>Randy Bailey wrote:
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>>>size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(1, 1, 1);">I know
>>>this is not FI related, but men
>>>like this make me proud!!!!</span></font></p>
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>>>size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(1, 1, 1);">Maybe
>>>you'd like to hear about a real
>>>American, somebody who honored the uniform he wears.<br>
>>>Meet Brian Chontosh.<br>
>>> </span></font><font color="#010101"><span style="color: rgb(1, 1,
>>>1);">Churchville-Chili</span></font><font
>>>color="#010101"><span style="color: rgb(1, 1, 1);"> </span></font><font
>>>color="#010101"><span style="color: rgb(1, 1, 1);">Central</span></font><font
>>>color="#010101"><span style="color: rgb(1, 1, 1);"> </span></font><font
>>>color="#010101"><span style="color: rgb(1, 1, 1);">School</span></font><font
>>>color="#010101"><span style="color: rgb(1, 1, 1);"> class of 1991.
>>>Proud graduate of
>>>the Rochester Institute of Technology. Husband and about-to-be father.
>>>First lieutenant</span></font><font back="#ffffff" family="SANSSERIF"
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>>>style="background: white none repeat scroll 0%; font-family: Arial;
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>>>(now Captain) </span></font><font back="#ffffff" family="SANSSERIF"
>>>ptsize="12" color="#010101" face="Arial"><span
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>>>color: rgb(1, 1, 1); -moz-background-clip: initial;
>>>-moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy:
>>>initial;">in
>>>the United States Marine Corps.<br>
>>>And a genuine hero.<br>
>>>The secretary of the Navy said so yesterday.<br>
>>>At 29 Palms in California Brian Chontosh was presented with the Navy
>>>Cross, the second highest award for combat bravery the
>>></span></font><font
>>>color="#010101" face="Arial"><span
>>>style="background: white none repeat scroll 0%; font-family: Arial;
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>>>States</span></font><font color="#010101" face="Arial"><span
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>>>can
>>>bestow.<br>
>>>That's a big deal.<br>
>>>But you won't see it on the network news tonight, and all you read in
>>>Brian's hometown newspaper was two paragraphs of nothing. The odd fact
>>>about the American media in this war is that it's not covering the
>>>American military. The most plugged-in nation in the world is
>>>receiving
>>>virtually no true information about what its warriors are doing.<br>
>>>Oh, sure, there's a body count. We know how many Americans have
>>>fallen.
>>>And we see those same casket pictures day in and day out. And we're
>>>almost on a first-name basis with the jerks who abused the Iraqi
>>>prisoners. And we know all about improvised explosive devices and how
>>>we
>>>lost Fallujah and what Arab public-opinion polls say about us and how
>>>the
>>>world hates us.<br>
>>> <br>
>>>We get a non-stop feed of gloom and doom.<br>
>>>But we don't hear about the heroes.<br>
>>>The incredibly brave GIs who honorably do their duty. The ones our
>>>grandparents would have carried on their shoulders down
>>></span></font><font
>>>color="#010101" face="Arial"><span
>>>style="background: white none repeat scroll 0%; font-family: Arial;
>>>color: rgb(1, 1, 1); -moz-background-clip: initial;
>>>-moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy:
>>>initial;">Fifth
>>>Avenue</span></font><font color="#010101" face="Arial"><span
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>>>-moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy:
>>>initial;">.<br>
>>>The ones we completely ignore.<br>
>>>Like Brian Chontosh.<br>
>>> <br>
>>>It was a year ago on the march into </span></font><font
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>>>style="background: white none repeat scroll 0%; font-family: Arial;
>>>color: rgb(1, 1, 1); -moz-background-clip: initial;
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>>>initial;">.
>>>Brian Chontosh was a platoon leader rolling up Highway 1 in
>>>a humvee.<br>
>>>When all hell broke loose.<br>
>>>Ambush city.<br>
>>>The young Marines were being cut to ribbons. Mortars, machine guns,
>>>rocket propelled grenades. And the kid out of Churchville was in
>>>charge.
>>>It was do or die and it was up to him.<br>
>>>So he moved to the side of his column, looking for a way to lead his
>>>men
>>>to safety. As he tried to poke a hole through the Iraqi line his humvee
>>>came
>>>under direct enemy machine gun fire.<br>
>>>It was fish in a barrel and the Marines were the fish.<br>
>>> <br>
>>> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">And Brian Chontosh gave the
>>>order to
>>>attack. He told his driver to floor the humvee directly at the machine
>>>gun emplacement that was firing at them. And he had the guy on top with
>>>the .50
>>>cal unload on them.<br>
>>>Within moments there were Iraqis slumped across the machine gun and
>>>Chontosh
>>>was still advancing, ordering his driver now to take the humvee
>>>directly
>>>into the Iraqi trench that was attacking his Marines. Over into the
>>>battlement the humvee went and out the door Brian Chontosh bailed,
>>>carrying an M16 and a Beretta and 228 years of Marine Corps pride.<br>
>>>And he ran down the trench.<br>
>>>With its mortars and riflemen, machineguns and grenadiers.<br>
>>>And he killed them all.<br>
>>>He fought with the M16 until it was out of ammo. Then he fought with
>>>the
>>>Beretta until it was out of ammo. Then he picked up a dead man's AK47
>>>and
>>>fought with that until it was out of ammo. Then he picked up another
>>>dead
>>>man's AK47 and fought with that until it was out of ammo.<br>
>>> </span></b><br>
>>> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">At one point he even fired a
>>>discarded
>>>Iraqi RPG into an enemy cluster, sending attackers flying with its
>>>grenade explosion.<br>
>>>When he was done Brian Chontosh had cleared 200 yards of entrenched
>>>Iraqis from his platoon's flank. He had killed more than 20 and
>>>wounded
>>>at least as many more.<br>
>>>But that's probably not how he would tell it.<br>
>>>He would probably merely say that his Marines were in trouble, and he
>>>got
>>>them out of trouble. Hoo-ah, and drive on.</span></b><br>
>>> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br>
>>> </span></b>"By his outstanding display of decisive leadership,
>>>unlimited courage in the face of heavy enemy fire, and utmost devotion
>>>to
>>>duty, 1st Lt. Chontosh reflected great credit upon himself and upheld
>>>the
>>>highest traditions of the Marine Corps and the United States Naval
>>>Service."<br>
>>> <br>
>>>That's what the citation says.<br>
>>>And that's what nobody will hear.<br>
>>>That's what doesn't seem to be making the evening news. Accounts of
>>>American valor are dismissed by the press as propaganda, yet accounts
>>>of
>>>American difficulties are heralded as objectivity. It makes you wonder
>>>if
>>>the role of the media is to inform or to depress - to report or
>>>to
>>>deride. To tell the truth, or to feed us lies.<br>
>>>But I guess it doesn't matter.<br>
>>>We're going to turn out all right.<br>
>>>As long as men like Brian Chontosh wear our uniform.<br>
>>> <br>
>>> <br>
>>> <br>
>>>If you are as proud of this Marine as I am, then send this to EVERYONE
>>>YOU KNOW
>>>!!</span></font></p>
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>>>style="font-size: 12pt;"><br>
>>> <br>
>>>Jack<br>
>>>70 Half-Cab<br>
>>> </span></font>Northeast Oregon<br>
>>> <br>
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>>>style="font-size: 12pt;">Thanks,</span></font></p>
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>>>style="font-size: 12pt;">Randy </span></font></p>
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>And likewise, perhaps you belong in Iraq.. <br>
><br>
>:)<br>
><br>
><br>
>Greg Hermann wrote:<br>
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> <pre wrap="">At 10:19 PM 4/16/05, Logan Lingle wrote:
>
>Well, go ahead and prove what a dumb pharke you are. Then, move to Canaduh.
>Don't like your smell here !
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>I'm certainly not proud.. we shouldn't be there in the first place.
>
>The WMD was a joke, the Terror links were a joke, Condi and her
>"Aluminum Tube" are and were a joke, Abu Griab is a sick joke, Americans
>being held forever, on order of the king is an unconstitutional joke,
>Gitmo is a pitiful joke, the 9 billion they've lost there is a galactic
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