Inspired by President John F. Kennedy's 1961 challenge to "Ask not what your country can do for you, but what you can do for your country," Jeremiah Wright gave up his student deferment, left college and joined the United States Marine Corps and became part of the 2nd Marine Division with the rank of private first class.
In 1963, after two years of service, Wright then transferred to the United States Navy and entered the Corpsman School at the Great Lakes Naval Training Center, where he graduated as valedictorian.
Having excelled in corpsman school, Wright was then trained as a cardiopulmonary technician at the National Naval Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland where he graduated as salutatorian.
Wright was assigned as part of the medical team charged with care of President Lyndon B. Johnson. Before leaving the position in 1967, the White House awarded Wright three letters of commendation.
- adapted from wikipedia, inspired by Daniel Schorr
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I am prior military and what bothers me most about Reverend Wright isn't that he's an African American, that he's a former Marine, or that he gives fire laden sermons. Rather, it is that he is a full blown Marxist who would encourage candidates to have more government intrusion in our lives.
Perhaps all you need is patience. Full blown Marxism calls for the ultimate withering away of the state. Thanks for reading and commenting.
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