Marines Not 'Sort of Person UW Wanted to Produce'

The student senate at University of Washington's little brains of mush have lost sight of the source of their liberty. That is if they ever had sight of it at all.

The University of Washington's student senate rejected a memorial for alumnus Gregory "Pappy" Boyington of "Black Sheep Squadron" fame amid concerns a military hero who shot down enemy planes was not the right kind of person to represent the school.

Student senator Jill Edwards, according to minutes of the student government's meeting last week, said she "didn't believe a member of the Marine Corps was an example of the sort of person UW wanted to produce."

The kind of person such as Gregory "Pappy" Boyington, who volunteered to help China fight the invading Japanese?

The resolution points out Boyington, a student at the UW from 1930-34, served as a combat pilot in the 1st Squadron, American Volunteer Group – the "Flying Tigers of China" – and later as a Marine Corps combat pilot in charge of Marine Fighting Squadron 214, "The Black Sheep Squadron."

Along with the Navy Cross, Boyington was awarded the Medal of Honor by President Franklin D. Roosevelt for his heroism. He was shot down and spent 20 months in a Japanese prisoner-of-war camp.

Or maybe Captain Christopher J. Bronz USMC serving in Iraq.

While isolated and outnumbered, Captain Christopher J. Bronzi directed his Marines in a deadly assault from a rooftop, which contributed to the elimination of 250 insurgents... awarded the Silver Star Dec. 13 -- the nation's third highest award for combat heroism.

Hopefully the day will come when the nonsense their professors stuffed into their heads will begin to fade and they may appreciate those who went before them to preserve their right to be idiots.

Nicholas Provenzo from The Center for the Advancement of Capitolism tracked with Marine veterans appalled by University of Washington attempt to spin Boyington controversy

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