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July 29, 2005
Becoming A Citizen While Dodging IEDs
Glenn Reynolds makes a sharp point today: If Hollywood had any real interest in the lives of our military people, they might make movies that weren't so insultingly bad. Glenn argues that the H-wood bozos should read a few blogs written from Iraq to get a sense of the real thing, and he gives a link to Michael Yon's blog (referenced earlier here). Yon writes with a first-person authenticity that immediately calls to mind Lt. Neil Prakash.
Today Yon writes on the inspiring story of non-citizen members of the Army or Marines, who have worked toward gaining their citizenship under fire:
I was privileged to witness the award ceremony for 12 new American citizens in Deuce Four recently. I hope America makes them feel welcome. If the folks at home could see what these people are doing in Iraq, they would make these special troops feel as honored guests. But now, better yet, they are honored citizens, giving life to the concept of active citizenship.
Today, I walked to noon chow with SSG William Suarez, from Puerto Rico. Suarez has a home in central Florida, and is as American as I am, except he comes complete with a very thick Puerto Rican accent. The soldiers love to have Suarez around; he has a great reputation under fire.[...]
SSG Suarez and I had lunch today with SFC Kim, who I had never met before and will probably never meet again. (Kim just happened to sit next to us at the chow hall.) SFC Kim was born in Korea 53 years ago, but he looks about 35, and didn't even join the US Army until he was 30 years-old. Kim says he's very happy to be an American, and that some of us don't realize how good we have it.
I'll be checking Yon's blog every day now.
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Thanks for this heads up. I've added his blog to my favorites.
Posted by: Jim Voigt at July 29, 2005 03:26 PM
