Marine who was student at Columbine (HS) during 1999 attack killed in Iraq

wicket

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Tue Dec-14-04 12:38 PM
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Marine who was student at Columbine (HS) during 1999 attack killed in Iraq

http://www.boston.com/dailynews/349/nation/Marine_who_was_student_at_Colu:.shtml

A Marine who was a freshman at Columbine High School when two students killed 13 people there was killed in action in Iraq, his family said.

Lance Cpl. Greg Rund, 21, was on his second tour of duty in Iraq when he was killed Saturday, his family said in a statement released Monday. He had talked about joining the Marines throughout high school and enlisted shortly after graduating in 2002.

Rund was a freshman when Dylan Klebold and Eric Harris shot 12 students, a teacher, and then themselves on April 20, 1999.

''Greg made us so proud, but he never wanted to be recognized for his actions,'' said the statement from his family. ''Neither Columbine nor Iraq was to define him.''

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xultar

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Tue Dec-14-04 12:41 PM
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1. Was he Anti-DLC or Pro DLC? n/t

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wicket

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Tue Dec-14-04 01:05 PM
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2. huh?

:shrug:

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donheld

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Tue Dec-14-04 01:34 PM
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3. What has that to do with a man's death????

:evilfrown:

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Downtown Hound

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Tue Dec-14-04 02:17 PM
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4. The cycle of violence continues

Remember in Bowling for Columbine when MM is talking about all the invisible threads that make up our culture of violence? Look no further than this young man to see how they play out. Very sad.

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Tue Dec-14-04 03:01 PM
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5. Sloppy, sloppy reporting -

They killed 12 students and a teacher. They shot many more than that.

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wickerwoman

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Wed Dec-15-04 10:23 AM
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8. Plus the irony of this sentence

"''Greg made us so proud, but he never wanted to be recognized for his actions,'' said the statement from his family. ''Neither Columbine nor Iraq was to define him.'' "

under this headline:

"Marine who was student at Columbine (HS) during 1999 attack killed in Iraq"

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Wed Dec-15-04 10:18 AM
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7. kick

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