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RIP Maj. Daniel J. Keating Jr. - May 22, 1968
May 22, 2015
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Posted on 05/22/2015 6:46:40 PM PDT by keat
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posted on
05/22/2015 6:46:40 PM PDT
by
keat
To: keat
Gone but not forgotten. Thanks.
To: keat
This was 9 days after I was born. Feels so long ago but not to those whom he left behind. And he had 5 children so young. he gave everything for his country. he deserves to be remembered by all,
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posted on
05/22/2015 6:54:08 PM PDT
by
dp0622
To: keat
I may be assuming too much but I am going to anyway....was this your Dad?
I thank you for his service and sacrifice. I also thank you and your family for having to lose someone in service to our country.
Some gave all.....
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posted on
05/22/2015 6:54:23 PM PDT
by
Nifster
To: Nifster
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posted on
05/22/2015 6:55:40 PM PDT
by
keat
To: keat
This hero, and many, many more, are the reason we observe a Memorial Day holiday.
To him, and all the others, I offer my prayers and a heartfelt "thank you".
May they rest in peace.
(An aside...I noted your screen name and the last name of the hero...how are you related...brother, son?)
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posted on
05/22/2015 6:58:42 PM PDT
by
OldSmaj
(obama is a worthless mohametan. Impeach his ass now!)
To: keat
I’m certain he is so proud of you! May his memory never be forgotten.
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posted on
05/22/2015 7:01:26 PM PDT
by
RushIsMyTeddyBear
(The White House is now known as "Casa Blanca".)
To: keat
Semper Fi to yer Dad, keat...and to you and the rest of your family. Please pass my regards.
That said, Lieutenant Keating’s photo reminds me of a young PFCBob;-)
Enjoy his memory, and tilt one back for him, as I will!
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posted on
05/22/2015 7:01:53 PM PDT
by
SgtBob
(Freedom is not for the faint of heart. Semper Fi!)
To: OldSmaj
It’s my Dad. Force Recon officer, died in an ambush while accompanying some of his young Marines on a mission to rescue a downed chopper.
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posted on
05/22/2015 7:02:27 PM PDT
by
keat
To: keat
Many thanks for posting this in honor of your Dad, keat.
Those were difficult times in our country but the Patriots came forward and served, as did your Dad.
Semper Fi!
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posted on
05/22/2015 7:08:39 PM PDT
by
jazusamo
(0bama to go 'full-Mussolini' after elections: Mark Levin....and the turkey has.)
To: keat
Then you are painfully aware of why we observe this day.
Your father was a hero.
May God bless you.
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posted on
05/22/2015 7:11:13 PM PDT
by
OldSmaj
(obama is a worthless mohametan. Impeach his ass now!)
To: keat
To: keat
The Bay Area's own.
We're proud of your dad. Thanks.
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posted on
05/22/2015 7:17:14 PM PDT
by
skeeter
To: keat
May the soul of this Hero rest in peace beneath a green carpet of grass in a Nation he helped to keep free.
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posted on
05/22/2015 7:17:18 PM PDT
by
South40
(Hillary Clinton was a "great secretary of state". - Texas Governor Rick Perry)
To: RushIsMyTeddyBear
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posted on
05/22/2015 7:19:46 PM PDT
by
keat
To: keat
Thanks for posting. God bless you and your family. I appreciate your father’s sacrifice for our nation.
To: keat
Our regrets for your loss and thanks for his service.
To: keat
Just look up...The brightest star you see is that proud dad looking down and beaming at you and your siblings...
Rest in peace, Marine.......
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posted on
05/22/2015 7:32:09 PM PDT
by
Boonie
("Nuke 'em all...Let Allah sort 'em out...)
To: Boonie
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posted on
05/22/2015 8:07:49 PM PDT
by
keat
To: keat; All
I would sincerely suggest that you write a biography of your father even if it has to be self published and then distribute copies to relatives and to libraries at all Marine Corps posts and stations at least in CONUS. Without such a document your father's memory will vanish in a few decades and he will be another of these melancholy footnotes in some history either of Force Recon or Marine operations. The Army official histories are studded with these small footnotes noting a sergeant or lieutenant was awarded (often posthumously) the DSC for some engagement in Europe or the pacific or Korea. These names are hauntingly ghostly as the identities flit past.
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