A Gurkha's plight......what do you think?

VANDOO · 16th July 2006, 10:42 PM

ONE IS NEVER SURE IF A STORY IS TRUE OR NOT THESE DAYS AS MOST PRESS IS FAR FROM TRUSTWORTHY.
IF THE STORY IS TRUE I CAN ONLY SAY THAT THE BEHAVIOR OF THE MUSEUM IS VERY SHAMEFUL.

THE MEDAL IS JUST A OBJECT WITH A SET VALUE, THE OLD SOLDIER IS WORTH SO MUCH MORE AND THE MEDAL REPRESENTS THE SACRIFICE AND ACTS HE DID TO EARN IT. A METAL IS JUST A PIECE OF TIN AND RIBBON AND IS WORTHLESS WITHOUT THE ACTS AND SACRIFICE OF THE BRAVE WHICH ARE TRUELY PRICELESS.
I HOPE SOMEONE IN THE MILITARY WITH POWER TAKES UP THE OLD SOLDIERS CAUSE AND SENDS A OLD DRILL SEARGENT TO CHEW OUT THE MUSEUM REPRESENITIVE WHO IS BEING SUCH A LOUSE AND TAKE THE MEDAL TO THE OLD MAN.

katana · 16th July 2006, 10:52 PM

Spiral, Vandoo.....I'm with you....if the facts are correct ..this is indeed SHAMEFUL.
Surely, and I do not mean this disrespectfully, one VC looks much the same to another, WHAT IS DIFFERENT IS THE ENGRAVED NAME AND THE BRAVERY WHICH PLACED IT THERE.
This man is old, in poor health and lives in poverty....is there no compassion left...to let this man have honour in his final days....surely the right of any brave warrior.....

16th July 2006, 10:42 PM	#1
VANDOO (deceased) Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: OKLAHOMA, USA Posts: 3,138	ONE IS NEVER SURE IF A STORY IS TRUE OR NOT THESE DAYS AS MOST PRESS IS FAR FROM TRUSTWORTHY. IF THE STORY IS TRUE I CAN ONLY SAY THAT THE BEHAVIOR OF THE MUSEUM IS VERY SHAMEFUL. THE MEDAL IS JUST A OBJECT WITH A SET VALUE, THE OLD SOLDIER IS WORTH SO MUCH MORE AND THE MEDAL REPRESENTS THE SACRIFICE AND ACTS HE DID TO EARN IT. A METAL IS JUST A PIECE OF TIN AND RIBBON AND IS WORTHLESS WITHOUT THE ACTS AND SACRIFICE OF THE BRAVE WHICH ARE TRUELY PRICELESS. I HOPE SOMEONE IN THE MILITARY WITH POWER TAKES UP THE OLD SOLDIERS CAUSE AND SENDS A OLD DRILL SEARGENT TO CHEW OUT THE MUSEUM REPRESENITIVE WHO IS BEING SUCH A LOUSE AND TAKE THE MEDAL TO THE OLD MAN.

16th July 2006, 10:52 PM	#2
katana Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Kent Posts: 2,658	Spiral, Vandoo.....I'm with you....if the facts are correct ..this is indeed SHAMEFUL. Surely, and I do not mean this disrespectfully, one VC looks much the same to another, WHAT IS DIFFERENT IS THE ENGRAVED NAME AND THE BRAVERY WHICH PLACED IT THERE. This man is old, in poor health and lives in poverty....is there no compassion left...to let this man have honour in his final days....surely the right of any brave warrior.....