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| Local Marine To Return Service Medal To Bush In Protest |
| 2006-07-11 |
| AKRON, Ohio -- A local Marine who service in Iraq earned several medals for serving his country, but he's giving back one of the medals to the White House as a form of protest. "In a fashion reminiscent of John Kerry" Sgt. Matthew Bee is a decorated Akron Marine who spent seven months in Hadeetha, serving with the 3rd Battalion 25th Marines Weapons Company based in Brook Park. Bee received six medals of commendation, but one of them he will give back to President George W. Bush, calling the medal political, NewsChannel5 reported. The medal is the War on Terrorism service medal, and Bee calls it "eye candy" from Bush. "So, he took something noble and honorable and made it kind of dirty. And I always thought that medal was the one he pinned on us and said, 'This is my war. This is my stamp in history,'" said Bee. Bee said he is not anti-war, but rather pro-peace. He plans to travel to Washington, D.C., with a small group of Marines who feel the same way he does. They will all try to return their War on Terrorism medal to Bush personally or to members of Congress. I always thought the GWOT Service Medal was "gee-dunk" anyway. Wonder why he does give his Iraqi Campaign Medal back? Or maybe just the ribbon.... |
| Posted by:Louisiana Son |
| #10 Hope the worthless phuech goes all the way and requests a correction to his DD-214 and it gets lost in a bureaucratic malize forever. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2006-07-11 20:37 |
| #9 maybe he will go too the VFW fora beer tonight |
| Posted by: Greamp Elmavinter1163 2006-07-11 16:25 |
| #8 Doubt he'll begoing to the VFW for a beer tonight. |
| Posted by: Nimble Spemble 2006-07-11 16:19 |
| #7 Number of Marines not returning medals? Why does one get coverage and hundreds of thousands don't? Rhetorical question. Its MSM. Just as they donÂ’t cover the hundreds of thousands of automobile events everyday, but only the wreaks. |
| Posted by: Unererong Whurt5785 2006-07-11 13:07 |
| #6 Why just the one? Why would he want to keep the rest? Or was that the only one he earned in Iraq? |
| Posted by: Bobby 2006-07-11 13:06 |
| #5 Go ahead and return the medal, but keep the ribbon in case you want to run for president in thirty years. |
| Posted by: WhiteCollarRedneck 2006-07-11 12:23 |
| #4 His medal, his choice. ::shrug:: |
| Posted by: Seafarious 2006-07-11 11:48 |
| #3 Thirty years from now, when he runs for office, will he still have his medal? |
| Posted by: Mike 2006-07-11 11:36 |
| #2 TW - that's Navy/Marine speak for meaningless crap. ex. candy from the PX ice-cream, etc. |
| Posted by: GORT 2006-07-11 11:30 |
| #1 "Gee-dunk"? Translation, please. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2006-07-11 11:18 |