A Warrior Got His Orders

I first met Ted Sampley at Walter Reed Army Medical Center in 2005. He arrived with a contingent of veterans from Rolling Thunder. The experience was unforgettable.

In 2005, code pink and SEIU thugs were demonstrating their contempt and hatred of our military and wounded soldiers by lining the sidewalk in front of the Main Gate on Friday nights with flag-draped coffins and holding signs with slogans such as " Your son was maimed for a lie" "Sign-up here to die for Halliburton".

Ted detested the anti-war/anti-military crowd with a passion only a Viet Nam veteran could understand completely. But he was particularly disgusted with code pink.

We hit it off immediately.

He confronted moonbat protesters on their turf and he scared them. (Hell, he scared me, sometimes.) He made our favorite moonbat, nicknamed Squeegee Boy, cry and run to the code pink hags for protection.

In October of 2006, we re-united at the BootMurtha rally in Johnsown PA. and had a great time.
In 2007, at the first GoE event, Ted was taking moonbat prisoners and performing early morning wake-up calls on the code pink hags at their rally point.

That was the last time I sw him. Ted Sampley called me friend and Brother. I will miss him.

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POW advocate, Vietnam veteran Ted Sampley dies :: WRAL.com

ENCToday

National and local political activist, decorated veteran, POW advocate, businessman and master potter Ted Sampley passed away Tuesday. He was 62.
Sampley, who was recovering from heart surgery a week earlier, was experiencing difficulties from the surgery at the Veteran's Hospital in Durham on Tuesday. He died while being rushed to surgery.
His sudden passing surprised many in Kinston.
"This is a shock to me," said master shipbuilder Alton Stapleford, the architect of the CSS Neuse II, which Sampley helped bring to fruition. "It's really hard to comprehend right now."
Sampley served several tours of duty in Vietnam in the U.S. Army and won four Bronze Stars, the Army Commendation Medal and the Vietnamese Cross of Gallantry, among other honors. He was honorably discharged during 1973.
His work with prisoner of war and missing in action groups didn't start in earnest until 1983, when he led groups demanding that the United States put pressure on Vietnam to release POWs or explain what happened to them.
Sampley was well-known on the national stage. He formed Web sites and led veteran groups against the candidacies of Democratic presidential nominee John Kerry and Republican presidential nominee John McCain.
Conservative talk-show host Rush Limbaugh mentioned Sampley on his national radio broadcast in 2004 for an incident with Kerry when the senator from Massachusetts allegedly gave Sampley a vulgar finger gesture in front of school children at the Vietnam War Memorial in Washington, D.C. Sampley also helped create the Web site "Vietnam Veterans against John McCain."
Sampley was also busy on the local front. During the past decade or so, Sampley helped found the local Salute festival, started construction on the CSS Neuse II and helped begin the National Walk of Honor at Neuseway Park that also honors veterans.

We Had An Outing Friday Night

No, no one came out of the closet. I mean we went out on the town, (Washington, DC), with some very fine young men from Chosen Company, Second 503 173DABN.
We were accompanied by Uncle Jimbo from Blackfive, Jonn Lilyea, from ThisAIntHell, (but you can see it from here) and Tankerbabe.

Jonn has a post up already about last night. It features yours truly in a supporting role alongside the irrepressible Uncle Jimbo, as we try to join the pinkos/union thugs down the street from the Main Gate at Walter Reed and call for the immediate withdrawl of Russian troops from Georgia. (The country, not the state)

We all want peace, right?

We all had our 173D Sky Angels t-shirts on. (Well, except Jonn, who does have one, but refused to dis-robe in public, in spite of several car bombs, and Harps) You can get yours by going to the 173rdSky Angels Fund website and placing your order. Do it now, before they sell out.

Video courtesey of Mrs. Trooprally. You have to admit, we look dashing in those shirts. If you want to look dashing and gain the admiration of women everywhere, order yours today. Time is running out.


Another video from Jonn, with better audio, and a close-up of union thug Bruce as he dodges my question about getting Russian troops out of Georgia. 9 o'cock? Must be a union thing.


Bruce, of course, is the union thug who orders members of his union, (some clerk/typist thing) to show up on Friday nights because, apparently, they are having a difficult time getting the pinkos to support them.

I have met hundreds of soldiers and Marines over the course of the past 3 years. Most of them I met at Walter Reed. I am still awestruck by these young men and women who volunteer to serve our country. They never claim heroic acts, never take credit for actions above and beyond, preferring instead to state emphatically, "It was THAT guy that did it", "I just did my job", "HE deserves the medal, not me".

Young, dedicated, Warriors. These are the survivors of ambushes and firefights by sadistic militants from muslim countries fixated on one goal, killing innocents in the name of some twisted belief that they are superior.

These young men are heroes. Their stories will be told. Their sacrifices and honor will be made public and when the history books are written, we will call these Warriors, our Greatest Generation.
You can take that to the bank.

A few pictures from Walter Reed are here.


Yesterday was Airborne Day and we still need everyone to call their Congresspeople and encouarge them to support 23 August as a day of recognitiotn for the 173DABN.

AIRBORNE ALL THE WAY!!!!!!!!!
HOOOOAH!!!!!!!!!

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