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violent_flower
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posted December 19, 2008 02:03 AM |
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OOH RAH!!! Humanity is still around..
OOH RAH!!!!!!!!This is a touching story of how there are still people that care about what are armed forces do for us and have done for us in the past....The Marines, in my opinion, being the elite of the sector.
A lifetime later, Purple Heart winner finally gets his 'dress blues'
By Bob Holliday
BLOOMINGTON -- Harold Berg ran a knife blade along the seam of the bright red Christmas present. After hesitating briefly, he pulled out a white Marine dress cap and tried it on. It was a little tight.
That was understandable because friends had collected a Marine dress uniform for Berg from various sources, including eBay.
Despite winning a Purple Heart after being wounded twice in the service, the 83-year-old World War II hero from Normal never had the uniform referred to as “dress blues.”
Until Thursday, that is.
“We consider him an American hero. That’s why we did this,” said Loy Conley, a Marine veteran of the Korean War.
Dale Mills, who served as a Marine in Vietnam, was in on the surprise as well.
“This is something Loy and I decided we needed to do,” Mills said.
The three have coffee Thursday mornings at CJ’s Restaurant, and Berg’s lack of dress blues came up in casual conversation. The friends vowed to correct the oversight.
Berg, then 17 and flushed with patriotism, joined the Marines during his junior year at Woodruff High School in Peoria.
He had other financial priorities
He got the green standard-issue uniform, but a dress blues were something he’d have had to buy. At a time, however, he had other financial priorities.
He became a member of the Marine Raiders, an elite unit that conducted amphibious light infantry warfare and operated behind the lines. There were four Raider Battalions, and Berg, a sergeant, was a member of the 1st Raider Battalion under the command of Merritt “Red” Edson.
Berg was wounded in Guam and Okinawa by enemy grenades, suffering shoulder, hand, chest and face injuries.
Berg and his high school sweetheart, Lorraine, had three children. He worked 40 years for what is now Country Insurance and Financial Services, ending as a field supervisor.
Thoughts of his Marine days never were far from his mind. He maintains contact with other Raiders as president and director of the U.S. Marine Raider Association.
Touched by his friends’ thoughtfulness in finding the uniform, he said he may display it in his home or wear it in a parade.
“This is fabulous,” he said.
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Homer171
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posted December 19, 2008 05:37 PM |
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Thanks for that, it was nice.
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DeadMan
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posted December 19, 2008 08:30 PM |
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Edited by pandora at 13:53, 24 Dec 2008.
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I'm glad we can still honor our veterans
*edited out the unneccessary bits ~pan*
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DagothGares
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posted December 19, 2008 08:57 PM |
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I'm glad we can still honor our veterans, even though they're pawns in an American imperialist scheme.
Yes, America is evil and stands for everything wrong in society. Oh, my God, they were the reason why Hitler lost the war so early too and Damn the example they put forth with their so-called 'revolution' and abolishment of slavery  and I definitely hate that electricity thing that had something to do with that Jefferson guy... And the plotting those guys do!
But anyways, that was a really nice article to see someone still being paid respect after such a long while 
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violent_flower
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posted December 20, 2008 12:43 AM |
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LMAO
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baklava
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posted December 20, 2008 12:58 AM |
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...Jefferson?
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"Let me tell you what the blues
is. When you ain't got no
money,
you got the blues."
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kookastar
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posted December 20, 2008 01:07 AM |
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the example they put forth with their so-called 'revolution' and abolishment of slavery
*cough cough... yeah as a white aussie i can't really talk, but still, *hmmmmmm
anyway...
@ VF it is a thought provocing quote, really makes you think about the power of discourse and connotation, about symbolism and self efficacy
(toss toss)
so much value put on material items to enable the weary to maintain strength is , embarrassingly, a familiar and insignificant feeling. Not one i maintained for long, but long enough to be changed. It is a shame that the only real appreciation and acknowledgement we give to those who choose to devote their lives this way (whether we agree with it or not) can be stitched into a patch, woven into a hat, or ironed into starched creases. Life is worth more than that.
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DagothGares
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posted December 20, 2008 01:18 AM |
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*cough cough... yeah as a white aussie i can't really talk, but still, *hmmmmmm
I know the glorious revolution preceded the American one, but the american one was the first bloody struggle against an absolutist feudal lord... You people kept your king (or replaced him... My memory is a bit hazy on the UK's history...)
Anyway, I still say that the french revolution got perhaps more inspiration from the American one...
But I'll stop, before I turn ths too off-topic... 
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posted December 21, 2008 06:00 PM |
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Awwwww how touchy!
And yet your government totally pisses on your veterans and you still haven't revolted against such policies. USA is so awesome
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violent_flower
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posted December 22, 2008 06:24 AM |
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Our government is an embarrassment and I live near Chicago where Chicago politics run deep and frequent. WE DO TREAT OUR VETERANS LIKE ****! There is nothing redeeming about our government our its policies. I wish that the people would take this country back and let us govern ourselves and the weak will be weaned out and we can start with a new foundation.
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Aculias
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posted December 22, 2008 06:32 AM |
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Who cares.
I got real life to worry about then that crap.
Unless you can tell us why we are in debt or what they did for us lately?
Nothing to do with the people who fight for their country.
I am thinking deeper.
Otherwise i dont give a rats crack.
Being elite or serving your country does not make you a better person.
Bye.
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