We won't forget who gave their lives so we could live in freedom, free from tyranny.
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2 posted on
05/05/2003 1:29:30 PM PDT by
knighthawk
(Full of power I'm spreading my wings, facing the storm that is gathering near)
To: knighthawk
very nice profile page. kudos to you. FReegards & God Bless
To: knighthawk
I did not realize you were from the Netherlands!Your country has been a good friend to us (except for the electronics co.)and I thank you for this wonderful report.
7 posted on
05/05/2003 1:46:12 PM PDT by
MEG33
To: knighthawk
I wish other European countries, like the one that skunk Pepe LePew comes from (hint, hint), could be as grateful as the Netherlands is.
8 posted on
05/05/2003 1:55:48 PM PDT by
Ebenezer
(Strength and Honor!)
To: knighthawk
God bless the Dutch!
So different from the French, Belgians, Germans and Russians.
9 posted on
05/05/2003 1:57:35 PM PDT by
ZULU
To: knighthawk
I hear the French celebrate the liberation of paris with a rousing rendition of the Horst Wessel Song.
At least, that's what I hear.
To: knighthawk
It's interesting that Holland has it's Remembrence Day and Liberation Day back-to-back. The symbolism is quite touching.
11 posted on
05/05/2003 2:02:57 PM PDT by
facedown
(Armed in the Heartland)
To: knighthawk
I work for a company HQ'd in the Netherlands city of Venlo, which is on the German border. On my first visit there in '97 I was having a beer after work, when a Dutchman, recognising my accent asked if I was an American. Replying in the affirmative, he asked to shake my hand and then went on to say:
"If it was not for you Yanks, I would not be alive today. Everytime I meet an American, I have to tell him how much so many of us here appreciate what you did for us.
We were starving, eating weeds when your parachutes delivered the first food we had had in weeks. That was when the germans soo left. Don't let anyone ever forget."
As tears were welling in his eyes, he then told me that he went to America, as soon as he turned 18. He went there to enlist in the Army, as his way of showing his gratitude. But, since he could not speak English he was not accepted. He thenwent to work at a Hotel in Cleveland, as a busboy to learn English. He later was accepted and spent two years in the Army to pay back "a small part" of what he owed America.
He then reached into his wallet, pulled out an old worn photograph of him in an US Army uniform, with a smile from ear to ear.
By this time, there were also tears in my eyes.
Bedankt to the Dutch!
12 posted on
05/05/2003 2:47:31 PM PDT by
Michael.SF.
(one of these days I will come up with something clever to put here)
To: knighthawk
Can you get legal guns there?
That's the lismuth test.
13 posted on
05/05/2003 2:54:36 PM PDT by
Monty22
To: knighthawk
Check out this soldier's recollections:
A Dutch Soldier Remembers
There was a recent FR thread discussing the Muslim activity in the Eindhoven area. I knew that part of the U.S. 101st Airborne Division had parachuted into Holland near Eindhoven, so I did a quick Google search and found the above website. IMO, it's well worth a bookmark.
To: knighthawk
BUMP!Het aller beste van Nieuw Zeeland!
To: knighthawk
"Freedom is Not For Sale". There is a huge Amen in that statement!!! Have many, many more!!!
Love,
Nix
19 posted on
05/05/2003 5:41:58 PM PDT by
Nix 2
(http://www.warroom.com QUINN AND ROSE IN THE AM)
To: knighthawk
This is so nice to see knighthawk. Thank you for remembering.
To: knighthawk
Happy Liberation Day! My father, of Dutch extraction, was in the US Army, (82nd Airborne) during WWII. At one point he was in Arnheim and elsewhere in Holland. Later he was transferred to the 84th Infantry and fought on the front lines in Germany (1944-45). Some years ago I visited Arnheim during one of several trips to Holland.
To: knighthawk
Happy Liberation Day celebration, Knighthawk. Belated but sincere.
29 posted on
05/06/2003 6:09:50 PM PDT by
Spirited
To: knighthawk
To our friend, knighthawk, across the sea. Happy Liberation Day!
31 posted on
05/07/2003 12:27:01 AM PDT by
Mugwumps
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