THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT 

                         THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
                 Copyright (c) 1994, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: THURSDAY, June 16, 1994                    TAG: 9406160015 
SECTION: FRONT                     PAGE: A18    EDITION: FINAL  
SOURCE: Short 
DATELINE: 940616                                 LENGTH:

MOCKING HEROES

{LEAD} In 1969, Bill Clinton dodged the draft and called the military ``loathsome.''

Twenty-five years later, he presided over Memorial Day and D-Day ceremonies at Omaha Beach, professing his love for the military. What a mockery!

{REST} To think that so many lives were lost 50 years ago to defend this country so we could see a liberal draft dodger in the White House today. It's just shameful.

I feel that my father and all the other war heroes who lived through and died in World War II have been dealt a terrible injustice.

A man of honor should have presided over D-Day ceremonies, not Bill Clinton. He has no honor.

ELLEN K. HELLER

Virginia Beach, June 8, 1994 by CNB