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yellowwing
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Posted: 2003-Nov-11 12:52
Today is a special day to everyone that has had the priviledge of putting on a uniform in defense of others. We remember all of the Veterans that are no longer with us. And we are honored that everyone joins us in our grief and pride.
Some died heroically and some seemed to die without purpose. But everyone of us is joined together in the Universal warrior spirit. Defend those that cannot defend themselves.
It has not always been easy. From fighting to end human tyranny, to standing guard to keep the peace in a never heard of land.
Our secret truth is that we did it for each other. No one is going to hurt us while we have each other to rely on. But for millions of Veterans of all nations, it did not work out that way. So today we honor the fallen.
"They shall not grow old as we who are left grow old.
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning,
WE WILL REMEMBER THEM."
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JQ
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Joined: Mar 11, 2001
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Posted: 2003-Nov-11 19:03
WHAT IS A VET?
Some veterans bear visible signs of their service: a missing limb, a jagged scar, a certain look in the eye. Others may carry the evidence inside them: a pin holding a bone together, a piece of shrapnel in the leg--or perhaps another sort of inner steel: the soul's alloy forged in the refinery of adversity. Except in parades, however, the men and women who have kept America safe wear no badge or emblem. You can't tell a vet just by looking.
What is a vet?
He is the cop on the beat who spent six months in Saudi Arabia sweating two gallons a day making sure the armored personnel carriers didn't run out of fuel.
He is the bar room loudmouth, dumber than five wooden planks, whose overgrown frat-boy behavior is outweighed a hundred times in the cosmic scales by four hours of exquisite bravery near the 38th parallel.
She - or he - is the nurse who fought against futility and went to sleep sobbing every night for two solid years in Da Nang.
He is the POW who went away one person and came back another - or didn't come back AT ALL.
He is the Quantico drill instructor who has never seen combat--but has saved countless lives by turning slouchy, no-account rednecks and gang members into Marines, and teaching them to watch each other's backs.
He is the parade-riding Legionnaire who pins on his ribbons and medals with a prosthetic hand.
He is the career quartermaster who watches the ribbons and medals pass him by.
He is the three anonymous heroes in The Tomb Of The Unknowns, whose presence at the Arlington National Cemetery must forever preserve the memory of all the anonymous heroes whose valor dies unrecognized with them on the battlefield or in the ocean's sunless deep.
He is the old guy bagging groceries at the supermarket -- palsied now and aggravatingly slow -- who helped liberate a Nazi death camp and who wishes all day long that his wife was still alive to hold him when the nightmares come.
He is an ordinary and yet an extraordinary human being--a person who offered some of his life's most vital years in the service of his country, and who sacrificed his ambitions so others would not have to sacrifice theirs.
He is a soldier and a savior and a sword against the darkness, and he is nothing more than the finest, greatest testimony on behalf of the finest, greatest nation ever known. We will never be able to repay the debt of gratitude we owe.
~Author Unknown~
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crash
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Joined: Dec 02, 2003
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Posted: 2003-Nov-11 22:07
http://www.gcsdistributing.com/WeSupportU.htm
Someone sent this to my dad.
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taudette
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Posted: 2003-Nov-12 09:54
I was watching a remembrance day ceremony on television this morning, where several people spoke the most touching words, recounted the most inspiring stories, and read the most amazing poems. They showed a WW1 veteran (103 years old),listening to the presentation in a school auditorium, where he was also able to tell his story.
After listening to all the dedications, a grade 2 student put up his hand, and said to the vet "I am so glad you were born, cause if you weren't, Hitler would rule the world and that would stink". I laughed and cried at the same time! We should never stop having these ceremonies, and remembering what was done for us to secure our freedoms.
Vive le Canada! and God Bless America!
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yellowwing
Joined: May 21, 2002
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Posted: 2003-Nov-12 22:02
Hitler sux! That's for sure. We did a presentation at a local elementary school. The kids were excited that 'army guys' were in the building.
When I watched those youngsters lay wreaths, my only thought was that I hope they never have to experience warfare in their lifetime.
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