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***DarrylS*** · 05-04-2009, 10:18 AM

This story was never picked up by any of the media even Fox, Washington Times musta missed it somehow.. even the other side seemed to ignore it... good story..

Interestingly it was first reported on Media Matters Web Site..

A must-read for Memorial Day, 5/23/07 | McClatchy

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Here's Lt. Col. Bateman's account of a little-known ceremony that fills the halls of the Army corridor of the Pentagon with cheers, applause and many tears every Friday morning. It first appeared on May 17 on the Web-log of media critic and pundit Eric Alterman at the Media Matters for America Web site.

....."11:00 hours: Twenty-four minutes of steady applause. My hands hurt, and I laugh to myself at how stupid that sounds in my own head. `My hands hurt.' Christ. Shut up and clap. For twenty-four minutes, soldier after soldier has come down this hallway—20, 25, 30. Fifty-three legs come with them, and perhaps only 52 hands or arms, but down this hall came 30 solid hearts.

"They pass down this corridor of officers and applause, and then meet for a private lunch, at which they are the guests of honor, hosted by the generals

***Harry Boy*** · 05-04-2009, 10:34 AM

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Originally Posted by DarrylS

This story was never picked up by any of the media even Fox, Washington Times musta missed it somehow.. even the other side seemed to ignore it... good story..

Interestingly it was first reported on Media Matters Web Site..

A must-read for Memorial Day, 5/23/07 | McClatchy

Your right, I can understand why NBC wouldn't talk about it but I'm surprised Fox isn't all over it.