Some soldiers do treat the enemy with honor

I noticed that the letter writer (Nick Yost, Feb. 21) was “proud of every member of the armed forces” which included, of course, those who urinated of the dead bodies of the Taliban fighters.

I too, as he claimed to be, was in World War II. I served in the European, Middle Eastern and Asian (Russia) theaters, I doubt if any of my comrades in arms ever urinated on an enemy soldier. In fact, some of them ended up with German and Japanese war brides.

I recall giving some “K” rations to starving German prisoners of war.

My friend in Marion was quite upset that it was a Marine who posted the urination celebration on the Internet. That man was a hero. He saw the event as disgusting and anti-American. And that's why court martials exist, to separate weeds from the life nurturing grains.

I am not anti-Marine. One of my uncles was a Marine colonel. One of my brothers-in-law (a proud Marine) owns a Purple Heart.

Herbert Maynard

Cedar Rapids