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Men Pray for Peace: Memorial Day 2007
Posted by DR. CLARISSA PINKOLA ESTÉS, Managing Editor of TMV, and Columnist in War.
May 26th, 2007 | 4 responses
May 26th, 2007 | 4 responses
I find that the quotes of war Generals of times past are often the best prayers for peace. General MacArthur said many brutal things about brutal war. And, he also said this:
“The soldier above all others prays for peace, for it is the soldier who must suffer and bear the deepest wounds and scars of war.”
General Douglas MacArthur
** Photo by Jim Mahoney/Dallas Morning News
***The two soldiers in the photo are Houston James, a Pearl Harbor veteran survivor, and Marine Staff Sgt. Mark Graunke Jr… Sgt. Graunke lost his right leg below the knee, his left hand, part of his right hand and the sight in his left eye while de-fusing explosives in Iraq as part of Ordnance team.
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4 Responses to “Men Pray for Peace: Memorial Day 2007”
Is it Patton or McArthur?
McArthur
Dr. E has corrected the citation.
Davebo and SteveK, thank you. I apologize; my error. I had several quotes in the post originally, but then thought one quote only was stronger and to let the picture be it’s own ten thousand words instead of mine or too many other Generals’. So I cut and cut, and did not see the mismatch.
Please bear with me I am still learning to blog; I had never done it before 3 mos ago. I still cannot post my own pictures on WordPress. It won’t take my files. Last night I tried safari, firefox, 2 other browsers, nada. It has something to do with the kind of computer I have I think.
Finally, I sent Holly in Cincinnati, athis fine picture in this post, and asked her if she could put it up for me, which she did, and then I added copy after. It was Rube Goldberg invention for sure.
I am trying to learn how to link to others’ sites/blogs now, and have not quite yet mastered that part, but hope that will be next. There are so many creative and thoughtful minds in this world
I have many photos too I have collected for over 60 years and would like to use some of those here, so please keep me in your thoughts about mastering Word Press.
Your good ‘catch’ also allowed me time to track down the photographer’s name …he surely deserves credit for the pix. He is from Dallas Morning News. His name is Jim Mahoney and the pix here was cropped by various people from his more panoramic photo original.