One Eyed Sniper Returns To Iraq

[Guest SUNTZU]

One-eyed sniper will return to Iraq

Last Friday, Camp Pendleton graduated 11 of the 27 candidates who started its sniper class. And the honor graduate of that class —— who declined to be interviewed —— is a corporal who will soon return to Iraq for his third tour of duty in that angry land.

During his second tour of duty in Iraq, this young man lost one eye to encounters with the enemy. Friday, this proud graduate received the Jim Gularti sniper school award, named after the former Oceanside Police Department officer and Vietnam-era Marine sniper who works as a civilian instructor at the sniper school.

Gularti, who attended the graduation, said, "This young Marine epitomizes Corps values and family pride. He recovered from personal tragedy to excel in a select group of Marines. His father is Cambodian. He told me, 'All I have is my son, it's my way of paying back the U.S. for helping Cambodia in the '60s.' This family appreciates all that is right about this country, in some ways, more than those who are born here and take all that it offers for granted."

[Magiccarpetrides]

Thats pretty cool.

[Guest mustangdave]

DAMN STRAIT!!! Semper Fi

[Guest clownsdd]

Sorry, but kinda old news ain't it?

By: J. Stryker Meyer - North County Times | Posted: Tuesday, June 28, 2005 12:00 am

[Guest SUNTZU]

Sorry, but kinda old news ain't it?

By: J. Stryker Meyer - North County Times | Posted: Tuesday, June 28, 2005 12:00 am

Yeah, **** it, who cares? Give me my American Idol and Dancing With The Stars.

That Medal of Honor winner wants to fly his flag daily. Yeah, but he won it in World War 2, kinda old news ain't it?

This guy stormed the beach at Normandy? When? Kinda old news, ain't it?

Really, who cares? **** it. Sorry I posted it.

[Guest Swamprunner]

Yeah, **** it, who cares? Give me my American Idol and Dancing With The Stars.

That Medal of Honor winner wants to fly his flag daily. Yeah, but he won it in World War 2, kinda old news ain't it?

This guy stormed the beach at Normandy? When? Kinda old news, ain't it?

Really, who cares? **** it. Sorry I posted it.

Well, I liked it....... . Besides, who needs two peepers to light up a haji?

[Guest clownsdd]

I meant no offense, but you posted this as if it were a "current event".

The MOH winner and his flag, though resolved, is a current event and the fact that he is a great vet is part of the story.

sorry for the burr under your saddle.

Edited December 11, 2009 by clownsdd

[Guest SUNTZU]

I meant no offense, but you posted this as if it were a "current event".

The MOH winner and his flag, though resolved, is a current event and the fact that he is a great vet is part of the story.

sorry for the burr under your saddle.

My apologies for being an a$$hole. I love this country. Not saying you don't, I just think anytime something like this happens its a good thing, no matter when it happened.