April 13, 2008

A little known (Military) history on Reverend J. Wright..WOW!!


PATRIOTISM is a word that's
thrown around an awful lot by
politicians nowadays...
In 1961, a young African-American man, after hearing President John F.
Kennedy's challenge to, "Ask not what your country can do for you, but what you can
do for your country," gave up his student deferment, left college in Virginia and
voluntarily joined the Marines.

In 1963, this man, having completed his two years of service in the Marines,
volunteered again to become a Navy corpsman. They provide medical assistance to the
Marines as well as to Navy personnel.

The man did so well in Corpsman School that he was the valedictorian and became a
cardiopulmonary technician.
Not surprisingly, he was assigned to the Navy's premier medical facility, Bethesda Naval
Hospital, as a member of the commander in chief's medical team, and helped care for
President Lyndon B. Johnson after his 1966 surgery.

For his service on the team, which
he left in 1967, the White House
awarded him 3 letters of
commendation.

What is even more remarkable is that this man entered the Marines and Navy not many
years after the two branches began to become integrated.
After leaving the service of his country, the young African-American finished his final
year of college, entered the seminary, was ordained as a minister, and eventually
became pastor of a large church in one of America's biggest cities.
While this young man was serving
six years on active duty, Vice
President Dick Cheney, who was
born the same year as this
Marine/Sailor, received five
deferments, four for being an
undergraduate and graduate
student and one for being a
prospective father.

Presidents Bill Clinton and George
W. Bush, both five years younger
than the African-American youth,
used their student deferments to
stay in college until 1968. Both then
avoided going on active duty
through family connections.

So who is the real
Patriot?
The young man who interrupted his studies to serve his country
for six years or our three political leaders who beat the system?
Are the patriots the people who actually sacrifice something or
those who merely talk about their love of the country?


This man is Rev. Jeremiah
Wright, retiring Pastor of Trinity
United Church of Christ.
This information (and much more) comes from Wikipedia, the online
Encyclopedia...
Read Rev. Wright's Wikipedia full bio,

Rev Wright's Service is cut and

pasted below--

Education and military service

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Jeremiah_Wright_as_a_Marine_Medic_Tending_to_Pres_Lyndon_Johnson.jpg
Jeremiah Wright (second from right), in 1966, as a U.S. Navy Hospital Corpsman. He is tending to President Lyndon Johnson, for which he was commended (see letter superimposed on photo).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Jeremiah_Wright_Dec_1961_Boot_Camp_Graduation.jpg
Wright in Marine Corp boot camp graduation photo, 1961.
From 1959 to 1961, Wright attended Virginia Union University,[1]
Inspired by President John F. Kennedy's 1961 challenge to "Ask not what your
country can do for you, but what you can do for your country," Wright gave up his student
deferment, left college and joined the United States Marine Corps and became part of the
2nd Marine Division with the rank of private first class. In 1963, after two years of service,
Wright then transferred to the United States Navy and entered the Corpsman School at the
Great Lakes Naval Training Center, where he graduated as valedictorian.[6] Having
excelled in corpsman school, Wright was then trained as a cardiopulmonary technician at
salutatorian.[6] Wright was assigned as part of the medical team charged with care of
President Lyndon B. Johnson's (see photo of Wright caring for Johnson after his 1966
surgery).
Before leaving the position in 1967,
the White House awarded Wright
three letters of commendation.[7][8][9]
In 1967 Wright enrolled at Howard University in Washington, D.C., where he
earned a bachelor's degree in 1968 and a master’s degree in English in 1969. He also
where he studied under Samuel DeWitt Proctor.




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