On Monday, June 18, 2012 8:31:29 AM UTC-4, Tim wrote:
On Jun 18, 7:12*am, X ` Man dump-on-conservati...@anywhere-you-
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On 6/18/12 8:01 AM, Tim wrote:









On Jun 18, 6:43 am, X ` Man dump-on-conservati...@anywhere-you-
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On 6/18/12 7:27 AM, BAR wrote:

In article ci.org,
says...

Rangel joined the US Army at 18. *He was assigned to the segregated, all-African-American 503rd Field Artillery Battalion. *His nickname was ?Sarge,? which was funny, because Rangel actually was a private first class, not a sergeant.

On November 27, 1950, Rangel?s commander, General Douglas MacArthur, learned that the Chinese Army was about to surround America?s Eighth Army. *MacArthur ordered the Eighth Army to retreat. *But that could happen only if American units held off the Chinese forces on the Eighth Army?s right flank. *Charlie Rangel?s unit was given that suicide mission, in what became known as the Battle of Kunu-Ri.

The Chinese Army quickly surrounded Rangel?s unit. *His unit kept fighting.

Sundown brought less shooting, but also bitter cold. *The temperature dropped below zero. *Even at night, the Chinese Army?s bugle orders rang out, and the night sky was lit by Chinese flares. *Rangel called it a ?waking nightmare.? *He kept fighting.

Having the high ground, the Chinese Army pounded Rangel?s unit with artillery fire. *On the third day, an explosion sent shrapnel into Rangel?s back. *The shrapnel hit him so hard that he was tossed into a ditch. *He kept fighting.

Rangel and his unit could hear American soldiers screaming and moaning. *They could hear American soldiers being taken prisoner. *Rangel said, ?We couldn?t see any possible way out of the situation.? *They could have surrendered. *But they didn?t.

Rangel and his unit were trapped behind enemy lines for three days of heavy fighting. *After three terrible days, under cover of darkness, Charlie Rangel, sleepless, wounded, bleeding and freezing, led 40 American soldiers to safety.

Half of Rangel?s battalion died in the fighting. *Rangel spent a long time in the hospital, recuperating. *For his courage and leadership, he was awarded a Purple Heart, a Bronze Star, two Presidential Unit Citations, and three battle stars.

And Charlie Rangel was awarded a certain perspective on life itself. *As Charlie always says, ?Since Kunu-ri, I have never, never had a bad day.?

One week from Tuesday, Congressman Charles Rangel faces the voters in the New York Democratic Primary. *National Public Radio calls it Rangel?s ?toughest reelection challenge? since he won the seat in 1970.

Win or lose, it won?t be a bad day for him. *Not after what he went through at Kunu-ri.

Are you Alan Grayson or are you just stealing his words?

http://www.democraticunderground.com/125146994

Wow. Rangel was a hero during his service in the military. You weren't.

So was John McCain...

Rangel was a hero:

"Rangel and his unit were trapped behind enemy lines for three days of
heavy fighting. *After three terrible days, under cover of darkness,
Charlie Rangel, sleepless, wounded, bleeding and freezing, led 40
American soldiers to safety.

"Half of Rangel's battalion died in the fighting. *Rangel spent a long
time in the hospital, recuperating. *For his courage and leadership, he
was awarded a Purple Heart, a Bronze Star, two Presidential Unit
Citations, and three battle stars."

McCain got shot down and survived a brutal prison camp. No small task,
but in comparison to what Rangel did, not such a big deal.

Actually, it was quite a big deal.

And not to take away anything from Rangel's ordeal, but McCain graduated from the Naval Academy, was a pilot, and retired as a Captain (equivalent to a Colonel) from the Navy. All big accomplishments. Rangel was a Private.