RIP John C Holliday

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RIP John C Holliday

#1 Post by themanintheseersuckersuit » Fri Apr 01, 2016 5:56 am

From my local paper
http://www.scnow.com/obituaries/article ... l?mode=jqm

SGT. JOHN CHARLTON HOLLADAY USMC


SGT. JOHN CHARLTON HOLLADAY USMC Sgt. John Charlton Holladay, USMC was killed in action during World War II by a Japanese sniper on July 20, 1943 at Bairoko Harbor on New Georgia Island in the Soloman Islands. After more than 72 years, his remains were found on February 24, 2015, were properly identified on July 30, 2015 through modern DNA technology and are being returned home for burial
Suitguy is not bitter.

feels he represents the many educated and rational onlookers who believe that the hysterical denouncement of lay scepticism is both unwarranted and counter-productive

The problem, then, is that such calls do not address an opposition audience so much as they signal virtue. They talk past those who need convincing. They ignore actual facts and counterargument. And they are irreparably smug.

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