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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 2016
BARROW NEWS-JOURNAL
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Give prayer on this Veterans Day
On the morning of April 18,
1942 America was still in shock
and dazed by the earlier events of
December 7th, 1941.
The home of the free and the
land of the brave was dismal and
shaken. America was in desperate
need of an uplifting of spirits and
heroes.
Early on that April morning, 80
American airmen took off from
the deck of the U.S.S. Hornet air
craft carrier far out in the Pacific
in 16 B-25 bombers on a mission
that would catapult them into history.
Known as Doolittle’s Raiders, and led
by Colonel Jimmy Doolittle, the American
force was an all volunteer group on a dan
gerous mission. Only a very few knew their
goal was to bomb Tokyo.
The American raid on Japan was nothing
short of an example of courage and deter
mination by Americans. Everyone knew
before takeoff that there was a strong possi
bility that many would not return.
The airplanes were carrying only enough
fuel to reach Tokyo and then fly to mainland
China with hopes of reaching the Chinese
after dropping their bombs.
All of the planes crash landed or the
crews bailed out except one and it landed
in Russian territory. The crew was taken
prisoner. Eight American flyers became
Japanese prisoners of war and three of those
were executed by the Japanese Imperial
Army.
General Doolittle received the Medal
of Honor and all 80 volunteers received
the Distinguished Flying Cross. Several
received Purple Hearts for injuries and three
of the Raiders received a Silver Star for
Gallantry in the line of duty.
The exploits of these brave, American
flyers, caused the Japanese war machine
to alter its offensive attack plans and gave
Americans around the world something to
cheer for after three-and-a-half long months
of fear and anger.
Eighty brave and unselfish American
heroes following in the historical footsteps
of other Americans gave hope to America
and to the world without regret or hesita
tion.
From our earliest history, America has
never been short of heroes.
Consider U.S. Army Special Forces
Colonel Robert Howard (1939-2009) who
spent 36 years of his life on active duty. He
now rests at Arlington National Cemetery.
He enlisted at Montgomery, AL and vol
unteered for the Army’s Special Forces
program. After earning his “Green Beret’’
he served 54 months in combat during
which time he was wounded on 14 separate
occasions.
In 1968. he was second in command of
a platoon that was searching for a missing
American soldier in Cambodia when his
unit came under attack from a larger enemy
force.
For three-and-a half hours, and after
being wounded, he crawled around the
group’s perimeter providing first aid to the
wounded and taking command of the defen
sive position.
He continued to direct
ard was nominated on two other
different combat engagements for
the Medal of Honor.
At the time of his retirement
his combat achievements had
been recognized with 32 separate
awards.
Master Sergeant Roy P. Benavi
dez (1935-1998), the son of a
Mexican farmer and Indian moth
er, was bom in Texas. By the age
of seven, both parents had died of
tuberculosis.
At the age of 17, he enlisted in
the Army. After completing airborne train
ing he volunteered for the Army’s Special
Forces units.
In 1965, while on patrol in Vietnam, he
stepped on a land mine and was evacuated
back to the United States. His doctors con
cluded he would never walk again. After a
year of personal rehab at night after the doc
tors left, Benavidez walked out of the army
hospital and returned to Vietnam in 1968.
Months later, hearing that a Special Forc
es 12-man team was surrounded by an
enemy battalion numbering about 1000
soldiers, Benavidez jumped onto a rescue
chopper with only a knife for a weapon.
During the ensuring fight he saved the
lives of at least eight American soldiers, was
stabbed with a bayonet and then killed his
attacker with a knife.
During the battle, the Master Sergeant
received 37 separate bullet wounds, bayonet
and shrapnel wounds from the six hour fight
with the enemy.
He was found on the battlefield and about
to be evacuated with the dead when he spit
in the doctor’s face to let him know he was
still alive.
For his bravery and heroism, the United
States awarded MSG Benavidez the Medal
of Honor.
These men are just a few of America’s
Hue warriors. Like those before and after,
they answered America’s call to arms.
Our veterans have honored and continue
to honor the forged bonds between the
hearts and souls of the past that answered
other calls for our country in earlier times.
Kindred to all who fought at the North
Bridge. Bunker Hill and Valley Forge:
at Antietam and Gettysburg, and across
Europe, Africa and the Mediterranean in
World Wars.
They have since fought valiantly in Korea,
Vietnam and the Middle East, sacrificing
even their lives to answer America’s call.
General Douglas McArthur said of
America’s warrior, “...some of the world’s
noblest figures... He needs no eulogy from
me or from any other man. He has written
his own history and written it in red on his
enemy’s breast.”
On this Veterans Day, I hope you will
stop and offer a prayer for our veterans of
the ages.
All are heroes, brave men and women
who truly believe in “Duty, Honor and
Country”.
Jimmy Terrell is a retired law enforce
ment official. He can be reached at ejter-
rell@gmail.com.
jimmy
terrell
‘Intent’ is not a requirement to bring
charges against Hillary Clinton
I keep hearing from the liberal
voices that Hillary Clinton broke
no laws, and this is why Comey
did not recommend charges
against her.
I have also heard that “because
she hasn’t been convicted of a
crime, she is not a criminal.”
Well, I hate to burst your bub
bles, but:
•According to what the law
actually says, she did commit a
crime, as “intent” is not necessary
to bring forth charges against a
person who was “careless” with
classified information.
•Comey also said that had it been anyone
else — one of us mere commoners (those
are my words dumbing it down for liber
als), they would be in serious trouble with
the federal government.
•Just because the feds will not put Clin
ton through due process does not mean that
she is not, in fact, a criminal.
Take a look at the law code if you
don’t believe me; 18 U.S. Code § 793 (f)
titled “Gathering, transmitting or losing
defense information” states: “Whoever,
being entrusted with or having lawful pos
session or control of any document, writ
ing, code book, signal book, sketch, pho
tograph, photographic negative, blueprint,
plan, map. model, instrument, appliance,
note, or information, relating to the nation
al defense, (1) through gross negligence
permits the same to be removed from its
proper place of custody or delivered to
anyone in violation of his trust, or to be
lost, stolen, abstracted, or destroyed, or (2)
having knowledge that the same has been
illegally removed from its proper place of
custody or delivered to anyone in violation
of its mist, or lost, or stolen, abstracted, or
destroyed, and fails to make prompt report
of such loss, theft, abstraction, or destruc
tion to his superior officer...”
The law also states that the consequenc
es of such actions, the offender “[shall]
be fined under this title or imprisoned not
more than ten years, or both.”
I honestly don’t know how it could get
any clearer than that.
Clinton mishandled classified informa
tion according to Comey, and violated the
law whether she “intended” to do so or
not — which we all know she did. Why
else would she have had her aides take
hammers to her electronic devices? Don’t
worry — I fact-checked that, too, because
this came directiy from the FBI Investiga
tion Report on Clinton.
After reopening the inves
tigation on Clinton, Comey
first said that the FBI would
be unable to go through all
650,000-plus emails before the
election. Comey again stood
by his July decision of not
recommending charges only
eight days later, saying that the
investigation was finished so
quickly because agents “found
mostly duplicates already seen
and personal emails,” accord
ing to CNN.
How do you get “mostly
duplicates?” The original emails they
looked at for over a year were in the
amount of over 55,000.
That doesn’t even cover half of the
650,000 they recentiy recovered, let alone
“most!”
Even still, this is trying to make you
believe that even the personal emails could
not contain any illegal activity, which we
know they very well could, as well as the
fact that even if they are personal, why
would it take less than eight days to read
the hundreds of thousands of them?
Sorry, Comey, but I’m not buying it. I
smell a rat.
Not only is there enough evidence to
indict her, Comey claims that no one has
ever been convicted of this type of crime
without intent.
It is not Comey’s job as law enforce
ment to decide whether or not she will be
convicted. His job is solely to uphold the
law and arrest anyone who does not do so.
It is up to the courts to decide whether
there is a conviction or not, and the right
to due process is a right that should be
enjoyed by every American — including
Clinton.
If she has nothing to hide, then indict her
and allow her to have her day in court.
This woman is not fit to be President.
Period. Anyone who continues defending
her has no leg to stand on and is apparently
OK with allowing a person who was neg
ligent with classified information that put
our national security at risk being given
complete access to every level of classifi
cation as President.
If you’re truly OK with that, then let me
ask you this: Would you let an alleged child
rapist baby-sit your children? I would hope
to God everyone would say no!
Jessica Swords is an opinion columnist
for the Barrow> News-Journal. She can be
reached at jlswordsl998@aol.com.
Thompson continued from4A
Clinton wasn’t losing votes
to Gary Johnson, Jill Stein,
etc., the message was dear:
the major parties do not
want to cede their power, but
they’ve forgotten millions of
us.
If we don’t have the willing
ness to stand up and demand
better results of our leaders,
regardless of the letter next
to their name, that is the real
waste of time.
Scott Thompson is editor of
the Barrow News-Journal. He
can be reached at sthomp-
son@barrowjournal. com.
defensive fire during the
engagement. When a rescue
helicopter finally arrived,
Howard supervised the load
ing of his men under enemy
fire and did not get on board
until all men were on board
and accounted for.
For his action on that
December day, he was
awarded the Medal of Honor.
His other military decora
tions include eight Purple
Hearts (receiving wounds
in combat), a Silver Star, a
Distinguished Service Cross
and four Bronze Stars. How-
Headmaster’s
Corner
Steve Cummings |
ACS TO HOST FOOT
BALL PLAYOFFS - Con-
gratulations to our Football
team, as they reeled off 4
straight wins to end the year,
and will host the first round of
the State Playoffs this Friday
night. This is the 5th year in a
row the Eagles have made the
State Playoffs, and the first
time we have hosted a GHSA
football playoff game.
Led by Coach Chris Wil
liams, the Eagle coaching
staff has done a great job with
this group of young men.
Coach Williams’ motto all
year has been FAITH, FAM
ILY, FOOTBALL, emphasiz
ing the fact that your faith in
Jesus is the number one prior
ity.
Best wishes to the Golden
Eagles, as they head into the
State Playoffs this week.
ATHENS
CHRISTIAN SCHOOL
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K3-12TH CALL (706) 549-7586
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November 9, 2016 ~ Crossword Puzzle
Across
1. Weather map curves
10. Ring
15. At once, esp. payments
3 wds)
16. Accept
17. Land bordering a lake
18. Prefix with red
19. Past
20. “For shame!”
21. Animal hides
22. Corners of the eye
24. “Act your !”
25. Blood carrier
29. Insect between molts
31. Print media not controlled by
government (2 wds)
35. Delay
36. “ be a cold day in hell...”
(contraction)
37. Anger
38. Brain area
39. “The Sweetheart of Sigma
jj
40. Pleasing
42. Plant and animal life of
particular regions
44. He took two tablets
45. Chop (off)
46. Victory hand gestures
(2 wds)
50. Anoint
52. Ed.’s request (acronym)
53. Doctor’s order
58. “M*A*S*H” role
59. Cylindrical cells through which
nutrients flow in flowering plants
61. Decree
62. Not mixed with water
63. Piers
64. Writers of literary works
Down
1. “Field of Dreams” setting
2. Catch
3. “Beetle Bailey” dog
4. Accordingly
5. “Catch!”
6. “Star Trek” rank: Abbr.
7. Indian dish of yogurt,
cucumbers and spices
8. Cricket fielding position
(hyphenated)
9. Cold shower?
10. Contribute money (2 wds)
11. Better
12. Parade balloon
13. Persons to whom property is
pledged as security for loans
14. Desk item
22. Ceiling
23. Master’s Voice
25. Buff
26. Type of corrective shoe
27. Kindled anew
28. el Amarna, Egypt
30. Coarse, obnoxious people
32. Fix, in a way
33. “To is human...”
34. “Comprende?”
38. -tzu
40. Balaam’s mount
41. Dash lengths
42. Made a loud noise
43. Heads off
47. Any Time
48. Increases, e.g. weight
49. Demands
51. Dearth
53. Bank
54. Small ornamental ladies’ bag
55. Makeshift shelters
56. “Not on !” (“No way!”) (2 wds)
57. Resting places
60. Appia
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