Taken from Clarence Fitch Chapter Statement on Vieques by Dave Cline:
This is the (reconstructed) text of Dave Cline's statement at the Pearl Harbor Day press conference in New York City.
Hello, my name is David Cline. I am a disabled Vietnam veteran. I hold 3 Purple Hearts, a Bronze Star and a Combat Infantryman's Badge. I served with the 25th Infantry Division in Vietnam in 1967. Over the years since my return I have been involved in many veterans causes and am a member of numerous veterans organizations.
Today is the day that all Americans remember Pearl Harbor. And while we remember what President Franklin D. Roosevelt called "a day that will live in infamy," we mourn the loss of the lives of over 2000 brave men and women in the Japanese attack.
And today we have also come to condemn the US Navy's continuing occupation and bombardment of the Puerto Rican island of Vieques. The attack on Pearl Harbor was 58 years ago. That attack lasted less than one day. World War II lasted 4 more years.... Read More
