Comments on: Ave atque vale http://www.neptunuslex.com/2008/01/31/ave-atque-vale-5/ The unbearable lightness of Lex. Enjoy! Fri, 10 Feb 2012 02:43:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: ColoradoRight http://www.neptunuslex.com/2008/01/31/ave-atque-vale-5/comment-page-1/#comment-422186 ColoradoRight Mon, 04 Feb 2008 23:27:55 +0000 http://www.neptunuslex.com/2008/01/31/ave-atque-vale-5/#comment-422186 We stand in awed wonder at the sacrifices others have made for us. We can only work hard to make sure that their efforts continue to be acknowledged and that we ourselves make some small effort to pass along a country that is free. Thank you Mr. Jacobs. Rest now. We stand in awed wonder at the sacrifices others have made for us. We can only work hard to make sure that their efforts continue to be acknowledged and that we ourselves make some small effort to pass along a country that is free.

Thank you Mr. Jacobs. Rest now.

]]> By: Once a Marine http://www.neptunuslex.com/2008/01/31/ave-atque-vale-5/comment-page-1/#comment-422185 Once a Marine Fri, 01 Feb 2008 16:16:15 +0000 http://www.neptunuslex.com/2008/01/31/ave-atque-vale-5/#comment-422185 And the only thing the MSM can talk about this morning is Eddie Adams' 1968 <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2004/09/20/arts/20adam.html?ex=1253332800&en=65387b4d679ecc92&ei=5090&partner=rssuserland" rel="nofollow"> photograph </a> of the shooting of a VC infiltrator in Saigon by then South Vietnamese National Police Chief General Nguyễn Ngọc Loan. Amazing! What would I have done if I'd been in General Loan's shoes? I'd have shot the b**** too. And the only thing the MSM can talk about this morning is Eddie Adams’ 1968 photograph of the shooting of a VC infiltrator in Saigon by then South Vietnamese National Police Chief General Nguyễn Ngọc Loan. Amazing! What would I have done if I’d been in General Loan’s shoes? I’d have shot the b**** too.

]]> By: GEO6 http://www.neptunuslex.com/2008/01/31/ave-atque-vale-5/comment-page-1/#comment-422191 GEO6 Fri, 01 Feb 2008 14:07:54 +0000 http://www.neptunuslex.com/2008/01/31/ave-atque-vale-5/#comment-422191 Can't help but think of my uncle Alex, another Marine PFC, with those other brave and noble souls like PFC Jacobs, every time I am reminded of That Island Battle. Rest in Peace. Can’t help but think of my uncle Alex, another Marine PFC, with those other brave and noble souls like PFC Jacobs, every time I am reminded of That Island Battle. Rest in Peace.

]]> By: Snake Eater http://www.neptunuslex.com/2008/01/31/ave-atque-vale-5/comment-page-1/#comment-422190 Snake Eater Thu, 31 Jan 2008 22:49:10 +0000 http://www.neptunuslex.com/2008/01/31/ave-atque-vale-5/#comment-422190 Ave atque vale... indeed...Best Ave atque vale… indeed…Best

]]> By: HomefrontSix http://www.neptunuslex.com/2008/01/31/ave-atque-vale-5/comment-page-1/#comment-422189 HomefrontSix Thu, 31 Jan 2008 22:35:29 +0000 http://www.neptunuslex.com/2008/01/31/ave-atque-vale-5/#comment-422189 Yes, we are diminished. However, we are blessed that he lived. Yes, we are diminished. However, we are blessed that he lived.

]]> By: El Jefe Maximo http://www.neptunuslex.com/2008/01/31/ave-atque-vale-5/comment-page-1/#comment-422188 El Jefe Maximo Thu, 31 Jan 2008 22:35:14 +0000 http://www.neptunuslex.com/2008/01/31/ave-atque-vale-5/#comment-422188 He is the infinite gainer, and with his friends again. He is the infinite gainer, and with his friends again.

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