Is this Marine a class act or what?

Question

http://www.herald-review.com/articles/2007/01/03/news/local_news/1020214.txt

When President Bush entered Lance Cpl. Chad Watson's hospital room, the young Marine wanted to stand and shake his hand.

Just standing is quite a feat when you have just one leg and your foot is in a cast.

Supporting himself on a walker, Watson reached out his hand but immediately lost his balance and grabbed the walker.

"The second time I went off balance again," said Watson, 23. "My brother (Brandon) saw what I was trying to do and grabbed me under my arm. That stabilized me enough to shake the president's hand."

Surrounded by family members, Watson stood upright as a fellow Marine read his Purple Heart commendation, and the president pinned the medal on his blouse.

"It was all his upper body strength," said his father, Mike Watson. "There wasn't a dry eye in the house."

Then, the president said, "Lance Cpl. Watson, I command you to sit down."

"With a smile on his face, of course," Watson said.

Mike and Gina Watson said the president and first lady Laura Bush spent about 15 minutes with their family, which included Brandon, a Mount Zion High School sophomore, and Amy, a sophomore at Northern Illinois University. His other sister, Lindsey Damery, a nurse who helped Chad Watson tremendously while hospitalized, was unable to attend.

When Chad Watson asked the president if he had a few minutes to sign autographs for his siblings, he replied, "I'll sign all day for you."

A three-star general in the president's entourage told Chad Watson that he planned to tell the Marine commandant that a young Marine who was missing one leg, with the other injured, had made the effort to stand for the president.

"That is something I am most proud of," Chad Watson said.

If you have something negative to say, step on!

Answer 1

One problem with military courtesies is that young men like him have always saluted officers, and I always felt I should be saluting them first, instead. My commission wasn't worth spit compared to this young man's heart. God bless him and all those young men like him.

Answer 2

That's a great story and this is when GWB is at his best. He is comfortable amongst these young warriors and they have a mutual respect for one another.

I'm yet to see a wounded soldier, sailor, or Marine, who ever had a bad thing to say about this president. These are people who have lost so much, but they have the highest regard for their commander in chief. In your wildest dreams, could you ever imagine Bill Clinton doing something like this? I think not.

Can you imagine the resentment the people of this country would have, if another Clinton ever got close to the White House, again. We can't let that happen, ever!

Chad Watson, you rock!

Answer 3

beautiful tale. yet I purely would desire to nitpick something. LCpl. Watson isn't a soldier. he's a Marine. No disrespect to squaddies, yet to truly some Marines i be attentive to, the excellence makes a distinction. ok, now that I even have that out of ways, definite, that replaced right into an exquisite tale. and that i don't think of it replaced into front-website information through fact President Bush could then be accused of attempting to discover a image-op, and additionally through fact he does not do it for exposure.

Answer 4

Semper Fi

Answer 5

Yes, a class act. Semper Fi.

Answer 6

Ooh Rah! Too bad the country wasnt full of people like him. God loves the Marines.

Answer 7

Absolutely a class act.

Answer 8

God bless LCpl Watson.


Semper Fi


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Answer 9

From the halls of Montezuma.........
To the shores of Tripoli !!!!

Answer 10

Air Force is better