Guy Himmaparn Posted March 29, 2008 Report Share Posted March 29, 2008 Funny story from one of our local rags: Elderly ex-Marine gives teen thief a lesson http://www.marinij.com/ci_8718727?source=rss_viewed SANTA ROSA - A teenager learned it is not a good idea to try to rob a former U.S. Marine at knifepoint, no matter how old he is. Santa Rosa police Sgt. Steve Bair said an 84-year-old man was walking on Fourth Street with a grocery bag in each arm when the boy approached him with a large knife at about 2 p.m. Wednesday. "Old man, give me your wallet or I'll cut you," the boy said. The man said he was a former Marine who fought in three wars and had been threatened with knives and bayonets before. The 84-year-old put his bags on the ground and told the boy that if he stepped closer he would be sorry. When the boy stepped closer, the man kicked him in the groin, knocking the youth to the sidewalk. The ex-Marine picked up his grocery bags and walked home, leaving the teen doubled over. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Julian2 Posted March 29, 2008 Report Share Posted March 29, 2008 There was a very satisfying case in my home city a few years back where an elderly man shot dead an armed intruder. He was a former state skeet shooting champion. But the REALLY satisfying part was when the court ruled that the old gentleman had no case to answer and the deceased's family wept in court and shouted abuse at the judge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flashermac Posted March 29, 2008 Report Share Posted March 29, 2008 If the guy had been in three wars, I'd expected him to be a RETIRED Marine, not any ex-Marine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torneyboy Posted March 29, 2008 Report Share Posted March 29, 2008 Great story ..thanks :thumbup: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drogon Posted March 29, 2008 Report Share Posted March 29, 2008 always satisfying. Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drogon Posted March 29, 2008 Report Share Posted March 29, 2008 Now, this man is 84 years old so: Lets say he entered the marines at 18 so: - WW2, joined 1942 (fought around 1943-1944) - Korea - Vietnam -> please I want the name of this marine -> He is a living rarity Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Julian2 Posted March 29, 2008 Report Share Posted March 29, 2008 It probably wasn't all that uncommon amongst officers, many who would have obtained commissions in WW2 and retired after Vietnam, a career span of around 35 years. Someone who was 20 in 1940 would be 88 now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flashermac Posted March 29, 2008 Report Share Posted March 29, 2008 I knew plenty of senior NCOs in Vietnam who had served in WWII and Korea. Most had got out for a while and then gone back in. One sergeant first class was a Maine lobster fisherman and talked like one. He told me he'd had enough sense to stay in the reserve when he got out after both WWII and Korean. Thus when he finally got 20 years active service and could retire, he'd get a pension based on about 28 years. Of course, VN was 30 plus years ago. The WWII vets are thinning out rapidly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guy Himmaparn Posted March 29, 2008 Author Report Share Posted March 29, 2008 If the guy had been in three wars, I'd expected him to be a RETIRED Marine, not any ex-Marine. Yes, and comments from readers in both local newspapers that carried this story pointed out the same error, Flash. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ultras67 Posted March 29, 2008 Report Share Posted March 29, 2008 On a similar vein there was a story a few weeks ago in the local papers about an ex serviceman who got "held up" by some young junkie. Basically after coming out of a fish and chip shop he got threatened by the junkie and decked him with one hand without spilling any of his dinner that he held in his other hand. A tale to gladden the heart right enough. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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