PIML 96052901 / Forwarded to Patriot Information Mailing List: [Anytime five Metal of Honor recipients have something to say, I'll listen.] PIML ================================================================== From: PawlRevere@aol.com Date: Tue, 28 May 1996 21:53:15 -0400 Subject: An Open Letter to the President of the US from Metal of Honor Recipients **An Open Letter to the President of the United States from Metal of Honor Recipients** May 27, 1996 The President The White House 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20500 Dear Mr. President: Liberty is the inspiration behind the sacrifices made by the men and women of our armed services. It is the ideal that spawns the courage to defend freedom, and we honor on Memorial Day those who have gone before in defense of that freedom. The contributions of those who did not return cannot be measured or repaid, and it is the duty of the living to preserve the memory of their service. It is for this reason we respectfully request you withdraw your claim to armed service under the Soldiers' and Sailors' Civil Relief Act of 1940 in defense of the embarrassing legal charges confronting you today. It is neither our place nor our desire to render judgment on the nature of the lawsuit against you, nor the legal basis for using the Act in your defense. However, we cannot betray the memory of our fallen comrades by remaining silent on this issue. Your attempt to use a law designed for the brave men and women in uniform is indefensible. To retreat from the call to arms and then later embrace its code when it is convenient is an outrage to all who served. It is a distasteful irony that you would invoke the Act at a time when we remember those who gave their lives while wearing the uniform of the American military you once professed to ''loath." Mr. President, please hear the call of those who wore with honor the uniform of our nation. Withdraw your use of the Soldiers' and Sailors' Civil Relief Act. Respectfully, Pat Brady, MG, USA, (Ret.) MH Ernest Childers, Col., USA, (Ret.) MH James F. Baker Jr., MSGT, USA (Ret.) MH James R. Hendrix, MSGT, USA, (Ret.) MH Elliot Williams, BMC, USN, (Ret.) MH ================================================================== * Patriot Information Mailing List * http://constitution.famguardian.org/piml/piml.htm * A service to help inform those who have an active interest in * returning our federal and state governments to limited, * constitutional government * Send messages for consideration and possible posting to * butterb@sagenet.net (Bill Utterback). * To subscribe or unsubscribe, send message with subject line * "subscribe patriot" or "unsubscribe patriot" * Forwarded messages sent on this mailing list are NOT verified. * See World's Smallest Political Quiz: www.self-gov.org/quiz.html * Libertarian is to LIBERTY as librarian is to library (DePena) * PIML grants permission to copy and repost this message * in its entirety with headers and trailers left intact.