“Everyone knows that people are dying in Iraq, but to walk past this on the way to work every day is too much,”
Disabled Veteran's Tribute Upsets Army Recruiters In Minnesota
By MONICA DAVEY
& THE NEW YORK TIMES NEWS SERVICE
Published on 12/27/2005
Duluth, Minn. — As those thinking of becoming soldiers arrive on the slushy doorstep of the Army recruiting station here, they cannot miss the message posted in bold black letters on the storefront next door.
“Remember the Fallen Heroes,” the sign reads, and then it ticks off numbers — the number of American troops killed in Iraq, the number wounded, the number of days gone by since this war began.
The sign, put up by a former soldier, has stirred intense debate in this city along the edge of Lake Superior.
The seven recruiters at the station here, six of whom have served in Iraq, want the sign taken away. “It's disheartening,” Staff Sgt. Gary J. Capan, the station's commander, said.
“Everyone knows that people are dying in Iraq, but to walk past this on the way to work every day is too much,” Capan said.
But Scott Cameron, who was wounded in the Vietnam War, says his sign should remain. Cameron volunteers for state Sen. Steve Kelley, a candidate for governor whose campaign opened an office next door to the recruiting station, and he has permission to post the message he describes as “not anti-war, but pro-veteran.”
By MONICA DAVEY
& THE NEW YORK TIMES NEWS SERVICE
Published on 12/27/2005
Duluth, Minn. — As those thinking of becoming soldiers arrive on the slushy doorstep of the Army recruiting station here, they cannot miss the message posted in bold black letters on the storefront next door.
“Remember the Fallen Heroes,” the sign reads, and then it ticks off numbers — the number of American troops killed in Iraq, the number wounded, the number of days gone by since this war began.
The sign, put up by a former soldier, has stirred intense debate in this city along the edge of Lake Superior.
The seven recruiters at the station here, six of whom have served in Iraq, want the sign taken away. “It's disheartening,” Staff Sgt. Gary J. Capan, the station's commander, said.
“Everyone knows that people are dying in Iraq, but to walk past this on the way to work every day is too much,” Capan said.
But Scott Cameron, who was wounded in the Vietnam War, says his sign should remain. Cameron volunteers for state Sen. Steve Kelley, a candidate for governor whose campaign opened an office next door to the recruiting station, and he has permission to post the message he describes as “not anti-war, but pro-veteran.”
