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Wednesday, November 11th, 2009 at 9:32pm

General Douglas MacArthur’s Farewell Speech

Posted by Tom Skypek in Veterans

Thank you to all the veterans and their families who have made so many sacrifices to keep us all safe. This country and every citizen owes you an unpayable debt of gratitude. Below is a speech delivered by General Douglas MacArthur in 1962 at West Point.

General Westmoreland, General Groves, distinguished guests, and gentlemen of the Corps. As I was leaving the hotel this morning, a doorman asked me, “Where are you bound for, General?” and when I replied, “West Point,” he remarked, “Beautiful place, have you ever been there before?”

No human being could fail to be deeply moved by such a tribute as this, coming from a profession I have served so long and a people I have loved so well. It…

Friday, April 10th, 2009 at 2:42pm

Penn State University’s “Training Video”

Posted by Tom Skypek in Veterans

For the last five decades, the United States military has been a constant target of radical leftists on college campuses. It is clear that the naive students and leftist professors who dominate college campuses despise the men and women who guarantee their liberty–preserving their First Amendment right to communicate their often moronic and useless ideas. ROTC has been a favorite target of these inviduals. Now, veterans are being targeted. A friend of mine (HP: WB) passed along this “training video” produced by Penn State University. American Veteran has some interesting thoughts on this matter.

The video is downright insulting. Of course, it is their right to produce and distribute garbage–why stop now? But this really pushes the limits of decency. Their…

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Tuesday, November 11th, 2008 at 12:38pm

Our Nation’s Homeless Veterans

Posted by Tom Skypek in Veterans

A friend of mine passed along this article about our nation’s homeless veterans and an organization called Pathways to Housing which has been helping to provide housing options and treatment to homeless veterans. John O’Boyle, a Navy veteran, was homeless until just recently:

For 15 years, he was a nomad wandering the streets of his native New York before he got help from Pathways to Housing, a nonprofit organization.

O’Boyle spent two of his homeless years underground, riding the trains of the city’s subway system.

“I had nothing to do, so I rode the trains. I got to know the whole subway system like the back of my hand,” O’Boyle said. “The E train used to end…

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