Letter to the Editor

Submitted by Pittsburg1 on
Memorial Day honors the brave  
 
Dear Editor,
 
I read dishearteningly Cdr. Hill’s letter, “Memorial Day speaker leaves bad impression.” The speaker said that, “Minorities have had it their way too long and it was time for us to stand up and fight for what we believe in.”
 
I am a veteran, and I thought that’s exactly what I did, fight for what I believe in. Cdr. Hill did the Marine Core Captain, a favor by not publishing his name or if he is retired or active. Since America is a nation of immigrants, which minorities is he speaking of ? Is it the Mexican-Americans that have enlisted in numbers higher than any other group of people? Maybe he meant the Asian-Americans, Korean-Americans (who helped us translate Japanese code during WWII), or Chinese-Americans, who of the Asian-Americans, has the highest enlistment rate. There were the Navajo wind talkers too; or is he angry at the millions of black men and women who have served and currently serve proudly?
 
The Captain is right, he has freedom of speech and it’s his right to dislike President Barack Obama, but did he ever stop to think about the three million men and women of all races and ethnicities drafted in theVietnam War who returned home permanently disabled? I am sure they didn’t like President Johnson, but they went.
 
Memorial Day is a day to honor those men and women who fought bravely, giving their lives so one day a young man can grow up to become a Marine Corp Captain. If President Obama didn’t care for the American soldier, Sgt. Bergdahl would still be in captivity. I may have missed it, but I have not seen or heard of a recruitment poster or ad say, “Minorities need not apply!” 
 
Shelia Reed Castro,
US Navy (Ret.)

 

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