Marine Corps hero Major Kurt Chew-Een Lee dead at 88
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Major Lee said to me in January on his Birthday no less,
if they give me the Medal of Honor,
it won’t do me any good if I’m dead.
Major Lee and I have shared many conversations,
e-mails, letters, and phone calls over the last
year and a-half.
I delivered a message that I held for 40 Years
from Colonel Archie Van Winkle to Major Lee.
That is how we became such good friends.
Oh yeah,
the message was that the Colonel said to me back
in 1972 when I served under him in the Marines,
Major Lee deserved the Medal of Honor.
Major Lee interviewed the Colonel back
before they both headed out for Korea,
to head one of his Machine-Gun Platoons,
but declined to do so citing a lack of
experience with Machine-Guns.
Major Lee said he probably made a mistake.
Colonel Van Winkle received his Medal of Honor
heading a Rifle Platoon in the same 7th Marines
Baker Company as Major Lee.
I miss them both.
Steve McGowan Lance-Corporal USMC {RET}
Steve McGowan - March 8, 2014 at 1:32 am |
Thank You for such a great comment!
Insightful and interesting,
I do hope you comment more
in the future Steve.
I served in the Marine Corps also,
from 1979 until 1982,
in peace time,
I never saw combat or did
anything brave like that.
I was at Camp Lejune doing
communications stuff and was
honored to serve.
Spent 13 weeks in boot camp
at Parris Island. (Whew)
From one Marine to another OOO RAH!
Thank You for your service in The Marines
and Thank You for reading 22MOON Steve.
I started this website to be comical
and cover celebrity gossip but when my
eyes were opened I realized perhaps in some
small way I could morph this site to
try to help save America in some small
way,
and the site evolved into what it is now.
I don’t do this for the money,
there is no money in it,
I don’t accept advertising.
But both of us did swear to fight
all enemies of America be they
foreign or domestic,
so in a small way I’m just
trying to do my part.
I can thank the Marine Corps
for saving a skinny kid going nowhere
to believe in myself and never ever give up.
Semper Fi
James
A/K/A Rash Manly
rashmanly - March 8, 2014 at 7:01 am |
Medal of Honor recipients do have a sense of humor.
As a Motor-Pool Dispatcher for the MP’s aboard Camp Pendleton,
it was my job to issue Trip Tickets and various
Vehicles for the Mp’s to use on Patrol of the Base.
Invariably I’d run into an occasional
problem issuing some Vehicles.
A “BOOT” LT. came in needing a Vehicle
to perform his shift as Officer of the Day.
He had spied the brand new Rambler American Sedan
outside my Office that had just come in that afternoon,
all the way from the Tank Plant in Warren Michigan.
I’d just finished polishing,
and shining it up,
and had backed it into
Colonel Archie Van Winkle’s Vehicle Cage.
The Colonel was looking forward to it’s arrival,
and had mentioned to me that it would be there any day.
He was the Provost Marshal of the MP’s,
and being a recipient of the Medal of Honor,
he certainly deserved his own Vehicle, I’d say.
Well,
this Lt. said he wanted the New Sedan out there.
I explained to him that the Vehicle was the
Colonel’s and that I couldn’t allow him access to it.
He got all uppity and barked that he was giving
me a Direct Order to allow him the Vehicle.
Well,
I was a short-timer and had more time on
the crapper than this Boot did in the Corps,
but I had to follow a Direct order and
handed him the Trip-Ticket and the keys.
The following morning he had returned the Vehicle.
It was full of mud,
scratches, and even a few dents.
As the Lt. handed me the keys,
he mentioned that I may want
to clean it up a bit.
But, he neglected to give
me a Direct Order to do so.
So,
I backed it into the Colonel’s Cage,
and waited.
An Hour or so later the Colonel came in
as he usually did asking how my Weekend
had been on Duty there,
and asked for his normal cup of coffee
that he always said was terrible.
He asked if his New Sedan had come in yet.
I explained what had transpired
with the Lt. and his Direct Order.
As per normal,
the Colonel put his arm on my
shoulder and said lets go look at it.
He said,
“Mac,
you did the right thing,
you had no choice in the matter,
I’ll take care of it.”
A few Weeks later while having a cup
of my terrible coffee with the Colonel,
I said that I hadn’t seen the Lt.
who messed up your Vehicle, Sir.
What ever happened to him, Sir ?
Well,
Colonel Van Winkle was from the State of Alaska.
He said,
“Mac, have you ever heard of the Aleutian Islands?”
Steve McGowan Lance-Corporal {ret} USMC - March 9, 2014 at 2:49 am
I almost forgot, Major Lee and I always ended our phone calls, E-Mails,letters and such, without fail, with the following : SEMPER-FI !
So to you my fellow Jar-Head, Rashman, I’ll do in kind ! SEMPER-FI !
Steve McGowan Lance-Corporal {ret} USMC - March 9, 2014 at 2:59 am |
Most excellent and interesting
stories Steve,
Thank You for sharing them and
Thank You for reading 22MOON!
Rash
rashmanly - March 11, 2014 at 5:43 pm |
I think both major lee and colonel van winkle would have been interesting guys to meet
bob mowreader - March 31, 2014 at 4:05 am |