A SIMPLE THANK YOU
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no problem...
Tarp.....No problem...we've lived in an era when CACO calls have been rare.....and still are uncommon.
Can you just imagine when 10 to 40,000 men would die in a single day? I'm not sure our country could stomach the likes of D-Day, Anzio, Iowa Jima, Tarawa.....anymore.
Those black sedans must have been all over.
All, sorry for the double post......my hands were shaking just to imagine it again.
Tarp.....No problem...we've lived in an era when CACO calls have been rare.....and still are uncommon.
Can you just imagine when 10 to 40,000 men would die in a single day? I'm not sure our country could stomach the likes of D-Day, Anzio, Iowa Jima, Tarawa.....anymore.
Those black sedans must have been all over.
All, sorry for the double post......my hands were shaking just to imagine it again.
MedGrl
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Thanks for posting this WorkingMan.
And thank you to all those solders active duty/retired/MIA/POW/KIA we thank you all.
And thank you to all those solders active duty/retired/MIA/POW/KIA we thank you all.
Taipei Personality
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I think this has been posted here before, but for those who haven't read it . . .
Taking Chance Home
Taking Chance Home
johnmcl
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More in American Photo
Hi guys,
There is a couple of more photos, including the article, in one of my favorite non-shooting mags, American Photo.
http://www.americanphotomag.com/article.asp?section_id=2&article_id=3476&page_number=1
I'm a retired Marine so this article and the photos really struck home. That heartbreaking photo of the woman on the impromptu bed is of her listening to the music they had selected for their upcoming wedding.
SF
John
Hi guys,
There is a couple of more photos, including the article, in one of my favorite non-shooting mags, American Photo.
http://www.americanphotomag.com/article.asp?section_id=2&article_id=3476&page_number=1
I'm a retired Marine so this article and the photos really struck home. That heartbreaking photo of the woman on the impromptu bed is of her listening to the music they had selected for their upcoming wedding.
SF
John
fiVe
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Sometimes words are so very inadequate. To all soldiers: Peace and a Deep Heart-felt thanks.
hrb02
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God Bless our military!
1911 Tuner, I'm going to copy your idea. Thanks!
1911 Tuner, I'm going to copy your idea. Thanks!
Whether it is true or not, the sentiment is genuine. And danged if I didn't get the same allergies as Zundfolge, must be pollen or something coming through the screen.
Tuner - I love that idea and I sincerely look forward to being able to do that soon!
Tuner - I love that idea and I sincerely look forward to being able to do that soon!
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1911Tuner
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Good Ideas
I recommend it highly, Mal. It tends to lift your spirits for the rest of the day.
I recommend it highly, Mal. It tends to lift your spirits for the rest of the day.
My tears are real.
I also remember the day my cousin Dick came home in an aluminum box from Vietnam. As a hundered or so of us from our hometown waited behind the wing of the jet, a conveyor belt started bringing his casket to the door. The box jammed against something, and as his mother, father and 9 brothers and sisters watched, two airline workers with lugged soled boots kicked his coffin and pushed it with their feet to get it to turn to go out the opening of the plane's door.
There was no flag. There was no respect from the people on the plane. Only the tears of a family and the friends who would miss him forever.
This was Vietnam, when the country turned it's back on it's servicemen and women.
Don't let it happen again. please.
HSO, The Boston Herald the next day showed the picture of Dick's mother throwing herself over the casket in tears as he was lowered down another conveyor belt. I hope this is first hand enough for you!
I also remember the day my cousin Dick came home in an aluminum box from Vietnam. As a hundered or so of us from our hometown waited behind the wing of the jet, a conveyor belt started bringing his casket to the door. The box jammed against something, and as his mother, father and 9 brothers and sisters watched, two airline workers with lugged soled boots kicked his coffin and pushed it with their feet to get it to turn to go out the opening of the plane's door.
There was no flag. There was no respect from the people on the plane. Only the tears of a family and the friends who would miss him forever.
This was Vietnam, when the country turned it's back on it's servicemen and women.
Don't let it happen again. please.
HSO, The Boston Herald the next day showed the picture of Dick's mother throwing herself over the casket in tears as he was lowered down another conveyor belt. I hope this is first hand enough for you!
possum
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working man,
From a u.s army infantryman you are welcome, and everyone else that appreciated thier freedoms and the american way of life. what we do is for this country which we have voluntered to do and i plan to do so for 20yrs unless my number is called sooner, i am honored to serve my country and the personel of this country. I am honored to have appreciation from you fellow firearms lovers and great american citizens, i will always defend this great land and it's people until the day i die. so THANK YOU!
"THIS WILL DEFEND"
From a u.s army infantryman you are welcome, and everyone else that appreciated thier freedoms and the american way of life. what we do is for this country which we have voluntered to do and i plan to do so for 20yrs unless my number is called sooner, i am honored to serve my country and the personel of this country. I am honored to have appreciation from you fellow firearms lovers and great american citizens, i will always defend this great land and it's people until the day i die. so THANK YOU!
"THIS WILL DEFEND"
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Thank you, God, for letting such fine young people wear the uniform of the United States of America
and for giving me the ability to still shed a tear.
and for giving me the ability to still shed a tear.
DesertRat
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I'm speechless.
possum
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meritourious service medal, is the acronyme that i know for msm but i beleive that dpesec is referring to something different.
depicts - I have to relate a story that made me feel very good, sort of like the good feeling Tuner has gotten when dining out.
About 5 years ago a gentleman knocked on our front door. He looked to be around my age. He was asking permission to hunt deer in my "lower forty". We struck up a conversation that lasted about an hour. Seems he was a Vietnam Vet who lived a few miles away, but he knew there were deer where I lived (so do I). Anyway, he was a Cobra driver during the war. He related some darn good stories to my wife and I. As he was about to leave, (this was very spontaneous on my part, I hadn't even thought about it) I looked at him and said, "Welcome home." Well, I thought he was going to cry. He paused about 3 seconds and said, "I know you mean that, and I thank you." I will never forget that, the look on his face and the feeling I had.
(Of course I gave him the permission to hunt.)
Oh, and to add a little humor to the story. As we walked him outside, I saw someone in his car. "Who's that?", I asked. "That's my wife. I was just going to pop in and told her I wouldn't be long." I kinda chastised him for not inviting her in. She said she was about to call the sheriff, she was starting to think we had abducted her husband!
About 5 years ago a gentleman knocked on our front door. He looked to be around my age. He was asking permission to hunt deer in my "lower forty". We struck up a conversation that lasted about an hour. Seems he was a Vietnam Vet who lived a few miles away, but he knew there were deer where I lived (so do I). Anyway, he was a Cobra driver during the war. He related some darn good stories to my wife and I. As he was about to leave, (this was very spontaneous on my part, I hadn't even thought about it) I looked at him and said, "Welcome home." Well, I thought he was going to cry. He paused about 3 seconds and said, "I know you mean that, and I thank you." I will never forget that, the look on his face and the feeling I had.
(Of course I gave him the permission to hunt.)
Oh, and to add a little humor to the story. As we walked him outside, I saw someone in his car. "Who's that?", I asked. "That's my wife. I was just going to pop in and told her I wouldn't be long." I kinda chastised him for not inviting her in. She said she was about to call the sheriff, she was starting to think we had abducted her husband!
Mal H,
I welcome home every Vietnam Vet I meet. Since we weren't welcomed home then, we do it particularly to each other now.
I'm sure that "Cobra Driver" appreciated it Mal, as I do when I hear it.
I even hear "Thanks For Your Service" now and then, since the war started in Iran. Shocks me sometimes times, like mentioning to the young guy in my local gunshop that I hadn't shot an M16 since Nam, and he said, "Thank you sir for your service". I was touched. I could have lived without the sir part, because a few grey hairs betray me, but I too knew that kid was sincere, and I appreciated it.
I welcome home every Vietnam Vet I meet. Since we weren't welcomed home then, we do it particularly to each other now.
I'm sure that "Cobra Driver" appreciated it Mal, as I do when I hear it.
I even hear "Thanks For Your Service" now and then, since the war started in Iran. Shocks me sometimes times, like mentioning to the young guy in my local gunshop that I hadn't shot an M16 since Nam, and he said, "Thank you sir for your service". I was touched. I could have lived without the sir part, because a few grey hairs betray me, but I too knew that kid was sincere, and I appreciated it.
V4Vendetta
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My older brother was in a store one day & the vet in front of him didn't have enough money to buy some stuff. My brother gave him the money and told him "You guys put yourselves in danger for us so the least I can do is give you some money for toothpaste."
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