Artillery Captain
Artillery Captain
What famous Marine ordered his artillery to shell the Army if they started to retreat?
When an Army captain asked this Marine Colonel for the direction of the line of retreat in Koto-ri Korea, this Colonel called his artillerymen, gave them the Army position, and ordered: “If they start to pull back from that line, even one foot, I want you to open fire on them.” Turning to the captain, he replied, “Does that answer your question?
We’re here to fight.”
Ironically this Marine General had been awarded five *Navy Crosses in his military career and his son tried following in his fathers footsteps so he would be proud of him but unfortunately those footsteps proved to be fatal and he stepped on a landmine in Vietnam and lost both legs and hands and later became an alcoholic and then shot himself to death. Beforehand he wrote a Pulitzer award-winning book called “Fortunate Son” ~ 1st Lieutenant Lewis Puller Jr. USMC “Chesty’s son”
RIP
* Second to the Medal of Honor
Lieutenant General Lewis Burwell “Chesty” Puller
(he was a Colonel at the time, of course)
Full article here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chesty_Puller
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Those things that hurt, instruct.
~ Benjamin Franklin
Employees on both sides of a retrenchment, large or small (leaving or staying) suffer terribly over losing the people that may have worked as many as 10, 25, or 30 + years. Youâ € ™ re allowed to feel bad for the duel. Itâ € ™ sa process necessary after the experience of losing his job.
I remember working for a chemical company in New Jersey for over eight years. My social life was wrapped around my work. Virtually everyone I socialized with, drank with, ate with skied with, and playing tennis with working in the same company. When I left my company to return to school, I remember waking up the next day and the panic of not having a job. Until then, IA € ™ d always had one. Since I missed my friends, coworkers, and some of my routines. He was also very hard to get used to not having easy access to all the office supplies you might need. (Dona € ™ t laugh, itâ € ™ s really difficult and as suddenly realize, expensive!)
My father was a captain in an artillery unit of the National Guard, and after 20 years a soldier weekend once a month and camp for two weeks a year, decided to retire. My parent € ™ s social life revolved around the armory € "for adults and kids € ™ parties, balls, fashion, and virtually all other social gatherings, large and small, including people my father served with. Even our hair was a friend of the National Guard!
Jobs gives us something more than employment. For many, itâ € ™ s identity, a place to use our skills and talents and see how to build over time as they become more proficient in them. [1] When we lose our work, our lives change radically. The custom, apparently minor day-to-day rituals and things are no longer happening or not.
When my dad and I went to our respective jobs, we feel really sad for our losses, however, we decided to leave. For employees who have little or no choice, the pain can be overwhelming. And it really is pain. It is important to recognize and allowing himself to mourn as you might for the loss of a loved one, friend or a beloved pet.
Many people can not equate the loss employment to be as devastating as the loss of a loved one. This can result in a number of dismissed employees be felt no pain and loss they experience.
More than a relative, friend or career expert will have to enter fully into the search for a joba € "without taking time to regroup. People around you may suggest that â € œlook the positive side, â € â € œkeep stiff upper lip, â € or â € œif rains, let a smile be your € umbrella.â With good intentions, you may feel pressure to hide their feelings. This may prevent the healing process of their pain. [2]
â € œ There is no pain like the pain that speak.â €
~ Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
If you continue to deny their true feelings about his loss of employment and Dona € ™ t let five stages to go through pain [3], the tensions in your mind and body can be seriously destructive to health.
In this time, in our world, it is rare that a person has not been touched by the loss of self-employed or someone close to them. The stigma that was once there is very rarely or never said. Feel what you need to feel. Let it out. Talk to people who are close to you and let him go through what you need. Eat Well, drink fluids no alcohol, exercise and rest. Practice extreme self-care. title = "http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=4933058584326605239 # _ftn4 "> [4] A little similar to her mother, doesn € ™ t it?
If you lost your job or keep in their work of an employee of dismissal, give yourself time to grieve. You need it, you deserve it, and youâ ™ € ll come out on the other side of someone much more strong.
â € œJoy comes, the pain is gone, we know how. €
~ James Russell Lowell
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About the Author:
Peggy Titus-Hall is a certified professional co-active coach with a varied background in guiding individuals and groups in career transition and communications coaching and training. She has worked closely with individuals making life transitions. Peg received her coaching training and coaching certification through the Coaches Training Institute (CTI) in 2005, and she is accredited through the International Coach Federation (ICF) as an Associate Certified Coach. She hosts Tap Your Potential, an online TV program focusing on the personal side of owning a small business. Broadcasts of Tap Your Potential are available 24/7 online at http://www.profitabilitychannel.com/index.php?ref=CoachPeg.
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