Source: Washington Post
Veteran George Anderson Glenn who was court-martialed over $50 a half a century ago was pardoned by President Bush yesterday.
Court-martialed half a century ago over $50, George Anderson Glenn was among 11 people pardoned yesterday by President Bush.
Glenn was a 19-year-old Army private when he accepted the money to ride herd on a shipment of goods destined for the black market in South Korea.
"It's sort of like a big stone been taken off my shoulders," Glenn, now 69, said in a telephone interview from his home in Alexandria, Ala., after he received word he had been pardoned.
Bush has issued 82 pardons and sentence commutations during 63 months in office, mainly to allow people who committed relatively minor offenses and served their sentences long ago to clear their names.
Despite the court-martial in 1956, Glenn served 20 years in the Army. He retired in 1977 as a sergeant after spending time in Vietnam, then worked at nearby Fort McClellan as a civilian. Glenn said he handled classified material in that job.
It took this long to pardon the guy who dutifully served his country? A proud soldier who served 20 years in the army, and who retired as a sergeant. The same person who later as a civilian handled classified materials.
I understand the need to uphold justice in the military ranks, but this story is beyond preposterous.
This guy served in Vietnam, for heaven's sake...this was beyond due.
Tags: [George Glenn Anderson], [soldier court-martialed in 1956 over $50 finally receives a pardon], [Bush pardons soldier]
No comments:
Post a Comment