{"id":59258,"date":"2015-04-14T12:23:06","date_gmt":"2015-04-14T16:23:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=59258"},"modified":"2015-04-14T13:19:25","modified_gmt":"2015-04-14T17:19:25","slug":"bed-wetters-oppose-memorial-to-fallen-soldiers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=59258","title":{"rendered":"Bed wetters oppose memorial to fallen soldiers"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Marine_7002 sends a link to the Detroit Free Press<\/a> which reports on the discussion between handwringers and bedwetters in Michigan over a memorial that includes a *gasp* “machinegun”;<\/p>\n

Council President Jerry Aubry says he’s not opposed to the fallen soldier monument itself, but rather the prominence of the proposed location.<\/p>\n

“I don’t think it needs to be a center point of our Central Park,” Aubry said. “The boots, the machine gun, the helmet; I understand it should be there somewhere, but I don’t think it should be right in the middle of the park.”<\/p>\n

“Being a veteran I want to see a monument there, yes,” said Councilman Tom Nader. “I just don’t think this is the proper one.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

For decades, the upturned rifle has been used to mark where soldiers have fallen on the battlefield so they can be located by graves registration folks. The current use with boots, helmet and dog tags is common at impromptu memorial ceremonies on the battlefield. <\/p>\n

That is not an M16 or even a machine gun, by the way. It is an M4 – it is a gas-operated, magazine-fed, selective fire, shoulder-fired rifle with a telescoping stock and 14.5 inch long barrel.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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