Vietnam Vet Living In Utah Can't Get His Personalized License Plate Commemorating The Year He Earned His Purple Heart Because He Was Awarded It In 1969

 

Fox - A Vietnam War veteran in Utah says he’s surprised over the reason for the denial of his request for a personalized license plate commemorating the year he was wounded and awarded a Purple Heart. Arnold Breitenbach of St. George sought a license plate with the designation CIB-69, representing the Combat Infantryman’s Badge he received and the year he was awarded the Purple Heart. The Utah Division of Motor Vehicles denied his request, citing state regulations prohibiting the use of the number 69 because of its sexual connotations, The Spectrum newspaper of St. George reported (http://bit.ly/1GWrVXn ). “While your intended meaning behind the requested plate, CIB-69, is honorable, the Division of Motor Vehicles is required to follow Utah law when approving personalized plates,” Division of Motor Vehicles audit manager Sherri Murray wrote him in a letter. Breitenbach, who served as a gunner on an Army armored personnel carrier, said he doesn’t think everyone has such a dirty mind that they would be offended. “They’ve got Viagra (ads) all over the place. I can’t imagine myself sitting on the sofa with my parents when I was a little kid having something like that on TV,” he said. “In today’s day and age, it seems like everything is out in the open.” Breitenbach wrote Gov. Gary Herbert asking for help with his cause, but he was referred to the established appeals process. His appeal was denied in January.

 

Obviously without making jokes he should be allowed to have whatever license plate he wants. But it is really funny that he got denied because you can’t have the number 69 on your license plate in Utah. It seems like a Snapple Fact that Bob Costas would read during a 19 inning baseball game. Like a “Wacky Law” your mom will forward to your email account where it’s like fwd:fwd:fwd:fwd:MUST READ LOL:fwd:fwd:fwd:CHECK OUT THESE LAWS:fwd:fwd and you never click it and that’s why you have 5,000 unread emails. But yes, at the end of the day clearly people should use their brains for two fucking seconds and realize that he is trying to put on the year he was wounded in Vietnam, not promote the sexual act where two people engage in oral sex at the same time. (Though how can we be so sure…hmmmmmmmm)