The American Spectator

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p>Should anyone be surprised that Newsweek would refuse to even acknowledge her death? Had a traitorous "journalist" broken a toe nail that would have been front page news, but a Marine dying isn't worth the ink unless it can be used to attack President Bush or weaken the resolve of the spineless American public. br> -- Michael Tomlinson br> Jacksonville, North Carolina /p>

When I first heard of Maj. McClung's death, I recall uttering, "Oh, no," and immediately thinking about the late Army Maj. Marie T. Rossi-Clayton. On March 1, 1991, at age 32 and commander of an aviation unit, she died while piloting a Chinook helicopter in Operation Desert Storm. Perishing with her were three other crew members. Like Maj. McClung's remains, Maj. Rossi's also lie in Arlington National Cemetery.

Rossi-Clayton said before her death, "I think if you talk to women in the military, we see ourselves as soldiers. What I am doing is no greater or less than the man who is flying next to me."

p>May we all -- and that includes Oliver North as well as Newsweek -- remember her and Maj. McClung, as well as the men who served next to them and who also gave their lives in that service. br> -- C. Kenna Amos br> Princeton, West Virginia

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