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  • Jeffrey’s Uncle

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    I received a letter last week from Tim Lickness, Cpl Jeffrey Starr’s uncle, with some words of advice I think anyone hoping to lead Marines one day should hear: I note you want to be a Marine officer. I wish you well. I was a young airborne First Lieutenant, infantry platoon leader during the Vietnam…

  • Cpl Jeffrey Starr

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    This has been bothering me since I first read about it on Michelle Malkin’s site over a week ago. On October 26th, the New York Times published (in the paper marking the 2000 dead landmark) a passage about a 22 year-old Corporal who was killed on April 30th. The following excerpt is from the passage:…