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The ‘Incredible’ Thing an 8-Year-Old Boy Did for a Soldier Will Be Remembered For a ‘Lifetime’
CBS News via the Blaze ^
| 3/2/14
| Steve Hartman
Posted on 03/02/2014 3:51:10 PM PST by Kartographer
Like most 8-year-olds, Myles Eckert was already dreaming up ways he could spend a $20 bill he had just discovered laying in a Cracker Barrel parking lot earlier this month.
“I kind of wanted to get a video game, but then I decided not to,” the child recounted to CBS News.
That’s because Eckert saw Lt. Col. Frank Dailey enter the restaurant. The man in uniform changed his mind.
Why?
“Because he was a soldier, and soldiers remind me of my dad,” Eckert explained to CBS.
(Excerpt) Read more at theblaze.com ...
TOPICS: Culture/Society; US: Ohio
KEYWORDS: 20dollars; 8yearold; myles; ohio; ohioairguard; soldier; toledo
Some live a lifetime never realizing that Freedom isn't free and here is a eight year old boy who knows it well.
To: Kartographer
Myles pays a visit to his dad. TIFFANY ECKERT
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posted on
03/02/2014 3:54:48 PM PST
by
Kartographer
("We mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes and our sacred honor.")
To: Kartographer
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posted on
03/02/2014 4:16:24 PM PST
by
4yearlurker
(Some people say that experts agree!!)
To: Kartographer
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posted on
03/02/2014 4:22:36 PM PST
by
Empireoftheatom48
(God help the Republic but will he?)
To: Kartographer
Dang, something is wrong with my monitor. It’s keeps getting all blurry.
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posted on
03/02/2014 4:24:44 PM PST
by
metmom
(...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith....)
To: Kartographer
screen too blurry for much of a reply...thank you for posting this!
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posted on
03/02/2014 4:26:18 PM PST
by
3D-JOY
To: Kartographer
It's hard to imagine a world without a Dad. For me at least. Mine has been gone for what 6 years now but I think of him most every day. I also remember my Grandfather, who I only knew for several years until he passed. I think I was like 4 or 6 when he was gone. Faint memories I've held dear my whole life are all I have of Grandpa.
Very inspiring story. Thanks for posting it.
If only the politicians who send these men into harms way could realize, but of course they're not like us... They have cold hearts. For them it's all about fame and money. We the great unwashed know the hearts of little boys because they still live inside us.
Lord have mercy on us all.
To: Kartographer
I pd. (silently) for an uniformed service man's/his family @ an Capt. Dees during next to Bluegrass Army Depot.
Shall repeat same @ the BBQ rest. this week, esp. since 0'Muslim/Congress cut their pay/bennies.
the least i could do.
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posted on
03/02/2014 4:36:38 PM PST
by
skinkinthegrass
(The end move in politics is always to pick up a gun..0'Caligula / 0'Reid / 0'Pelosi)
To: Kartographer
*tear*
Such a great kid, does the (what's left) of the nation proud.
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posted on
03/02/2014 4:39:15 PM PST
by
skinkinthegrass
(The end move in politics is always to pick up a gun..0'Caligula / 0'Reid / 0'Pelosi)
To: Kartographer
May God bless that very special young gentleman.
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posted on
03/02/2014 4:39:55 PM PST
by
Heart-Rest
("Our hearts are restless, Lord, until they rest in Thee." - St. Augustine)
To: Kartographer
May God hold this fine young man and his momma.
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posted on
03/02/2014 5:10:12 PM PST
by
HANG THE EXPENSE
(Life's tough.It's tougher when you're stupid.)
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