Comments on: Final Salute (A Book Review)

By: Roman General

Roman General — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 05:06:50 +0000

I had to stop reading this post three times so I could cry and feel some of the pain and sacrifice given. I do not know if I could actually read the book.

Thank god for people like CJ and Jim Sheeler. Without dedicated soldiers such as them we could not enjoy the freedoms that we experience today. They lead on when all seems to be the contrary and the insurmountable becomes their triumphs. Testaments to the Corp, the Queen of Battle and to moral imperatives most will never understand.

By: Sam

Sam — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 14:10:58 +0000

Mr. Sheeler has a special gift for telling a story as it should be told minus any agenda slanting that story one way or another. For any of us fortunate enough to spend any amount of time with Jim it doesn't take long to fully understand that he does not have any hidden agenda that we tend to expect from most of the reporters out there today. Jim's agenda if you wish to call it so is solely to connect with the individual he is writing about and to tell that persons story in a way that brings them alive to the reader behind the newspaper or book.

By: john dragneff

john dragneff — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 18:53:25 +0000

this book is excelent!!!! i was the one who escorted HM3 Anderson and Jim was there the whole time. i was unsure what to think about a reporter being there, but after reading the newspaper article he wrote, i knew he was serious about his job and not just earning a paycheck. i HIGHLY recommend this book to anyone who can read.

By: Flag Gazer

Flag Gazer — Thu, 29 May 2008 14:25:42 +0000

Sheeler was on C-Span over the weekend talking about his book and having members of the families of the fallen do readings. It was amazing. This book is on my muct read list.

By: CJ

CJ — Thu, 29 May 2008 14:04:13 +0000

We don't need a draft. We need more civil mindedness and less selfishness.

By: Isaac

Isaac — Thu, 29 May 2008 12:34:17 +0000

CF,
People should be free do join or not. The draft will only kill morale and destroy the military. I should know, all my 3 brothers have finished their term of service and I will be drafted in a few years time.

By: Critical Facts

Critical Facts — Thu, 29 May 2008 05:53:45 +0000

"Since Americans don't feel a connection to this war, it's simply too easy to send them into the next one."

All the reason to bring back the draft, CJ!!

Had the draft been implemented circa 2001-03, we would neither be in Iraq today nor lamenting the sad and untimely deaths of so many of our heroes!!

By: MissBirdlegs in AL

MissBirdlegs in AL — Thu, 29 May 2008 00:49:51 +0000

Thanks, CJ. I'm probably gonna have to get that book. I read several of his articles in the Rocky Mountain News on Major Beck and his heartbreaking duty. I'd never attempt to read the book in public, though.