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war all the time...
lerel 4-14 4-14-04
this is a photo of the U.S.S. Callaghan.  the picture dates to around 1943 or 44 or so; she sank off the coast of Okinawa in the summer of 1945.

It was shortly before the bomb fell on Hiroshima...she was the last American destroyer sunk in WWII.

My father was the gunnery officer on board.  Many of his shipmates did not survive, but he did, and I was born in 1951.

In the weeks prior to the sinking, he had been firing shells containing white phosphorus at Japanese positions on Okinawa.  He always said "I always prayed for the poor bastards before I pulled the trigger."

Is phosphorus a chemical weapon?  It is certainly capable of causing "mass destruction."  It does that by burning through your flesh so that it falls off.

I am reminded of the Iraqi woman whose daughter's head was pulled out of the last house they bombed in an attempt to kill senior Iraqi officials.  The woman vomited when she saw her daughter's mangled head.

I could go on and on, but now is not the time.  I just wanted to post the picture and thank my father...

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From: Jen Lee  e-mail  
Date: 12-03-2009 23:39:22
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Message: Wow, what a story. Crazy how it does not even seem real, yet I am sure it is etched all too perfectly in the mind of "Spook". He is a national hero, I appriciate the honor of reading his story...Thank him for his service for me please :)

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One night of war  -  Dr. Paul M. Elliott, Jr.   04-20-2003 18:54:37
      One night of war  -  Jen Lee  e-mail    12-03-2009 23:39:22
            One night of war  -  lerel   03-27-2010 14:26:20

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