I KNEW MICHAEL COOPER, AND I WORKED FOR MICHAEL COOPER. I WENT TO EASTERN WAYNE HIGH SCHOOL WITH HIS DAUGHTER AND SON. I PLAYED FOOTBALL WITH DAVID COOPER ON A WINNING FOOTBALL TEAM. I WAS RAISED IN AN ARMY FAMILY. MY FATHER WAS CLOSE FREINDS WITH COLONEL MATTHEWS, STEVE MATTHEWS FATHER DURING THE TIME WE ALL LIVED IN OAK FOREST. CWO 4 WALTER DAVID ARNETTE WAS MY FATHER, AN ARMY HERO! HE GREW-UP IN A POOR FAMILY IN THE SWAMPS OF PENSECOLA FLORIDA, JOINING THE ARMY AT THE AGE OF 17! HE WORKED HIS WAY THROUGH THE RANKS IN THE ARMY BEGINNING WITH PRIVATE, AND A NCO IN THE INFANTRY, AND AS AN AIRBORNE TROOPER. MY FATHER EARNED HIS RANK AS CHIEF WARRANT OFFICER 4! HIS SERVICES AND EXPERTISE WERE CONSIDERED SO VALUABLE DURING THE VIETNAM ERA THAT THE GOVERNMENT MADE IT COMPULSARY FOR HIM TO CONTINUE SERVING IN THE ARMY, WAY PAST THE TIME HE WANTED TO RETIRE! MY FATHER WAS OFFERED A COMMISSION TO RISE EVEN FURTHER IN THE RANKS, BUT REMAINED TRUE TO HIS PERSONAL VOCATION, AND CALLING AS AN ENGINEER! MY FATHER WAS INJURED DURING THE SERVICE FOR THIS COUNTRY, AND THIS I HAVE IN COMMON WITH HIM AS A DISABLED VETERAN. I WAS INTIALLY ASSIGNED TO THE 82ND AIRBORNE DIVISION, AND THEN SERVED WITH THE 3RD INFANTRY AT FORT MYER THE OLD GUARD VOLUNTARILY. LIKE MY FATHER, I ALSO EXTENDED MY ENLISTMENT AT THE REQUEST OF THE GOVERNMENT! MANY OF MY CLASSMATES AT EASTERN WAYNE HIGH SCHOOL WERE IN SERVICE CONNECTED FAMILIES WITH SEYMOUR JOHNSON AIRFORCE BASE! THIS DOES NOT ONLY INCLUDE THE E.W.H.S. CLASS OF 1975 OF WHICH I WAS PRESIDENT, BUT FOR ALL OF MY FELLOW EASTERN WAYNE HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES TO THIS VERY PRESENT DAY! YOU DONT HAVE TO BE SERVICE CONNECTED TO BE PATRIOTIC, NOR TO APPRECIATE THE GREAT SACRIFICES OUR VETERANS HAVE RENDERED AND SUFFERED THROUGH TO PARTICIPATE IN A GATHERING LIKE OCTOBER FEST, AT JACKS CLUBHOUSE, OR ANYWHERE ELSE IN THE WORLD! TO BE INSULTED BY A PERSON WHO ADVOCATES SUPPORT FOR THE VERY CLIENTELE THAT AM INTIMATELY ASSOCIATED WITH, SERVED WITH, AND ALSO REPRESENT, IS REPREHENSIBLE, DISRESPECTFUL, UNPATRIOTIC, AND UTTERLY UNCIVIL! THE SHEER NUMBERS OF E.W.H.S. CLASSMATES THAT COULD HAVE AUGMENTED THE MONIES RAISED AT OCTOBER FEST IN 2015 FOR THE WELFARE OF VETERANS IS STAGGERING TO SAY THE LEAST! WHAT A PITY!
Posted on: Wed, 22 Oct 2014 03:22:39 +0000
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