Let’s just honor a real American patriot who is the direct opposite of the man sitting in the people’s house.
As a veteran’s adovcate, I am really impressed with not only the heroism but the courage and intelligence that is part of Robert Swan Mueller III . The achievement of this vet is inspiring and awesome. What a legacy !
After he completed 8th grade, his family moved to Philadelphia while Mueller himself went on to attend St. Paul's School in Concord, New Hampshire, where he was captain of the soccer, hockey, and lacrosse teams and won the Gordon Medal as the school's top athlete in 1962.
Now Donald J. Trump played some games in school as he was avoiding Vietnam and left him with bone spurs ( according to Donald J Trump) but never so impaired to leave him off the golf course or hockey or messing and exercising around in the bed ( anyone’s bed).
| United States |
| United States Marine Corps |
| 1968–1971 |
| Captain |
| H Company, 2nd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division |
| Platoon commander |
| Vietnam War |
| Bronze Star (with valor) Purple Heart MedalNavy Commendation Medal(2) (with valor) Combat Action RibbonSouth Vietnam Gallantry Cross |
Robert Swan Mueller III
A graduate of Princeton University, Mueller served as a Marine Corps officer during the Vietnam War, receiving the Bronze Star Medal with Combat "V" for heroism and the Purple Heart Medal. After graduating from the University of Virginia School of Law (1973), he worked at a private firm in San Francisco for three years until his appointment as an Assistant U.S. Attorney (AUSA) in the same city. Before his appointment as FBI Director, Mueller served as a United States Attorney, as United States Assistant Attorney General for the Criminal Division, and as Acting U.S. Deputy Attorney General
In 1968, Mueller joined the U.S. Marine Corps. He has cited his teammate David Spencer Hackett's death in the Vietnam War as an influence on his decision to pursue military service. Of his classmate, Mueller has said, "One of the reasons I went into the Marine Corps was because we lost a very good friend, a Marine in Vietnam, who was a year ahead of me at Princeton. There were a number of us who felt we should follow his example and at least go into the service. And it flows from there."Hackett was a Marine Corps first lieutenant in the infantry and was killed in 1967 in Quảng Trị Province by small arms fire.
After completing his military service, Mueller attended the University of Virginia School of Law, where he served on the Virginia Law Review. He graduated in 1973
Mueller was accepted for officer training in the United States Marine Corps in 1968, attending training at Parris Island, Officer Candidate School, Army Ranger School, and Army jump school
In July 1968, he was sent to South Vietnam, where he served as a rifle platoon leader with Second Platoon, H Company, 2nd Battalion, 4th Marines, 3rd Marine Division.On 11 December 1968 during an engagement in Operation Scotland II, he earned the Bronze Star with 'V' distinction for combat valor for rescuing a wounded Marine under enemy fire during an ambush in which he saw half of his platoon become casualties. In April 1969, he received an enemy gunshot wound in the thigh, recovered, and returned to lead his platoon until June 1969. For his service in and during the Vietnam War, his military decorations and awards include: the Bronze Star Medal with Combat "V", Purple Heart Medal, two Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medals with Combat "V", Combat Action Ribbon, National Defense Service Medal, Vietnam Service Medal with three service stars, Republic of Vietnam Gallantry Cross, Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal, and Parachutist Badge.
Arriving in Vietnam, Mueller was well trained, but he was also afraid. “You were scared to death of the unknown,” he says. “More afraid in some ways of failure than death.” Mueller knew that only the best young officers went on to Ranger training, a strenuous eight-week advanced skills and leadership program for the military’s elite at Fort Benning, Georgia. He would be spending weeks practicing patrol tactics, assassination missions, attack strategies, and ambushes staged in swamps. But the implications of the assignment were also sobering to the newly minted officer: Many Marines who passed the course were designated as “recon Marines” in Vietnam, a job that often came with a life expectancy measured in weeks. Mueller credits the training he received at Ranger School for his survival in Vietnam.
Now for folks who are not familiar with this area of combat… KheSang was heavily bombarded and was under siege with a bloodbath of casualities. It is not like Robert Mueller was sitting around in South Vietnam smoking cigars and just accidentally got wounded. That in itself would be honorable and serving his country but he was active in firefights in the middle of one of the most dangerous times and places during Vietnam.
I know of no time or place in Vietnam that it was not one of the most dangerous times, IMO. I have talked and helped too many vets trying to get compensation for service connected injuries.
During the second half of 1967, the North Vietnamese instigated a series of actions in the border regions of South Vietnam. All of these attacks were conducted by regimental-size NVA/NLF units, but unlike the usual hit-and-run tactics used by the People's Army forces, these were sustained and bloody affairs.
In early October, the NVA had intensified battalion-size ground probes and sustained artillery fire against Con Thien, a hilltop stronghold in the center of the Marines' defensive line south of the DMZ in northern Quảng Trị Province. Mortar rounds, artillery shells, and 122 mm rockets fell randomly, but incessantly upon the base. The September bombardments ranged from 100 to 150 rounds per day, with a maximum on 25 September of 1,190 rounds. Westmoreland responded by launching Operation Neutralize, an aerial and naval bombardment campaign designed to break the siege. For seven weeks, American aircraft dropped from 35,000 to 40,000 tons of bombs in nearly 4,000 airstrikes.
Combat on Hill 875, the most intense of the battles around Dak To.
On 27 October, an NVA regiment attacked an Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) battalion at Song Be, capital of Phuoc Long Province. The North Vietnamese fought for several days, took casualties, and fell back. Two days later, the 273rd NLF Regiment attacked a Special Forces camp near the border town of Loc Ninh, in Binh Long Province.[31] Troops of the US 1st Infantry Division were able to respond quickly. After a ten-day battle, the attackers were pushed back into Cambodia. At least 852 North Vietnamese soldiers were killed during the action, as opposed to 50 American and South Vietnamese dead.
Links to these battles and Mueller in Vietnam combat
service
en.wikipedia.org/… Operation Scotland
Mueller after military service went on to become a notable prosecutor, FBI director, and distinguised American hero working on behalf of the American people. Now we know what Donald J Trump has done before and after the Vietnam War. He has lied, cheated, avoided his military service claiming bone spurs, and of course compared avoiding a veneral disease as his own personal Vietnam. He plays golf ( and according to many, cheats). He tweets and uses insults, uses veterans as props, is bigoted, sexist, and thinks he is the greatest thing since sliced bread. He creates situations that actually does put AMERICANS in danger and has no empathy or love of anything except money. He has allowed and done so himself, insulted Vietnam veterans including a POW such as John McCain. He is such a loser. Of course he hates Robert Muller III. He does not hate him JUST for investigating him but Mueller is everything he is not. Making America Great Again...One lie and tee off at a time. Mueller was born into an affluent family but was taught basic courtesy, pride, and class , achievement and a brotherhood with a band of brothers. Trump learned a lot from a group as well. THE MOB. He obviously has a brotherhood with The Mob. Trump was on the Apprenctice and bankrupted several businesses including casinos. It appears he is bankrupting America. For the veterans who have been misguided or gaslighted into being all in for the loser, take a long look at who really had your back and still does. Thank you Mr. Mueller for your service and continued service. I am going to keep going and try to do the right thing my husband often says, “ What are they gonna do, send me back to war”? Keep going Mr. Mueller, what can they do, send you back to war? But getting rid of Rosenstein or Mr Mueller can hurt us all, though, because this is not a witchhunt..we have too many witches and convictions. A man like Mueller would not have kept investigating if there was no there ...there. He is way too honorable. Thinking of your friend on this upcoming Memorial Day, Mr. Mueller. FOR AMERICAN TROOPS, 1968 was the deadliest year of the war, as they beat back the Tet Offensive and fought the battle of Hue. All told, 16,592 Americans were killed that year—roughly 30 percent of total US fatalities in the war. Over the course of the conflict, more than 58,000 Americans died, 300,000 were wounded, and some 2 million South and North Vietnamese died. Just 18 months after David Hackett was felled by a sniper, Mueller was being sent to the same region as his officer-training classmate Kellogg, who had arrived in Vietnam three months earlier. Mueller was assigned to H Company—Hotel Company in Marine parlance—part of the 2nd Battalion of the 4th Marine Regiment, a storied infantry unit that traced its origins back to the 1930s. nangalama.blogspot.com/… If I know nothing else about combat vets, I know this. They are at their best, while under Stress. Mueller is a hero. x xYouTube Video