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Long Road Home: LT SMASH is finally Stateside!
www.lt-smash.us ^ | August 26, 2003 | LT SMASH

Posted on 08/26/2003 9:07:56 PM PDT by Choose Ye This Day

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If you're not crying after reading this...

Follow the URL to LT SMASH's actual blog--he has some pictures up. This is just a heartwarming and touching story of a true patriot coming back home.

[Didn't see it posted elsewhere.]

1 posted on 08/26/2003 9:07:57 PM PDT by Choose Ye This Day
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To: Treasa
fyi
2 posted on 08/26/2003 10:11:18 PM PDT by jla
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To: MNLDS
Bawling here in MO waiting 'til my bro comes home. So glad this one's home safe and sound -- what a great read!
3 posted on 08/26/2003 10:19:40 PM PDT by StarCMC (God protect the 969th in Iraq and their Captain, my brother...God protect them all!)
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To: kjfine
ping
4 posted on 08/26/2003 10:20:25 PM PDT by StarCMC (God protect the 969th in Iraq and their Captain, my brother...God protect them all!)
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To: StarCMC
May he come home safe and soon. And may God bless our brave servicemen and women, in harm's way, fighting for US.
5 posted on 08/26/2003 10:54:20 PM PDT by Choose Ye This Day (http://thetaoofthedow.blogspot.com)
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To: MNLDS
Welcome home Lt. Smash, we've been reading your blog for so long we feel like we all know you.
6 posted on 08/26/2003 10:56:58 PM PDT by McGavin999
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To: Radix; TruthNtegrity; ohioWfan; mystery-ak; Severa; 68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub; Kathy in Alaska; ...

7 posted on 08/27/2003 12:18:50 AM PDT by kayak (God bless President Bush, our military, and our nation!)
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To: MNLDS

Thanks LT!

8 posted on 08/27/2003 12:36:35 AM PDT by bellevuesbest
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To: MNLDS
If you're not crying after reading this...

I'm sooooo glad I keep a box of Kleenex reeeeeal close by. LOL! Thank you for posting LT. SMASH'S homecoming account. His way with words had me almost able to feel his excitement and anticipation all the way through.

9 posted on 08/27/2003 12:47:00 AM PDT by radu (May God watch over our troops and keep them safe)
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To: Ragtime Cowgirl; bentfeather; SAMWolf; snippy_about_it
((((((ping))))))

You may need some of these....I managed not to use them all. :-)

LT. SMASH'S account of his long trip home is truly touching.

10 posted on 08/27/2003 1:28:23 AM PDT by radu (May God watch over our troops and keep them safe)
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To: MNLDS
Thank You LT SMASH for your service to our country.
Welcome Home!
11 posted on 08/27/2003 3:18:29 AM PDT by 68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub (THANK YOU TROOPS!)
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To: amom
ping!
12 posted on 08/27/2003 3:19:10 AM PDT by 68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub (THANK YOU TROOPS!)
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To: MNLDS; radu
I was home at last.

Welcome Home to Lt Smash.

Thanks for the ping radu, and the tissues.

13 posted on 08/27/2003 3:30:11 AM PDT by snippy_about_it (Pray for our troops)
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To: jla
{Wiping happy tears}...Good Morning, Thanks J. :)
14 posted on 08/27/2003 5:16:35 AM PDT by Treasa
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To: radu; snippy_about_it
I hope you left some tissues in that box.

Thanks for the ping Radu.

Welcome Home, Lt Smash.
15 posted on 08/27/2003 7:10:23 AM PDT by SAMWolf ("Sometimes I think war is God's way of teaching us geography." -Paul Rodriguez)
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To: radu; MNLDS; MJY1288; Calpernia; Grampa Dave; anniegetyourgun; Coop; Ernest_at_the_Beach; ...
A few hours later, the captain announced that we had crossed over into US airspace over Lake Erie. A cheer went up throughout the plane, even louder than when we left Kuwait.

Like a baby, here, radu. Thanks for the ping. Thanks, for the post MNLDS.

Thank you, LT, for sharing your experiences with strangers around the world. Well done. Welcome home.

No need to bring your own kleenex, Freepers. Radu's providing. LT's home.

If you want on or off my pro-Coalition/anti-wanker ping list, just ping.

One last awesome LT tribute post:

8 Living With America   - L.t. Smash's instructions on how to get along with the world's rightful Superpower.

16 posted on 08/27/2003 12:58:22 PM PDT by Ragtime Cowgirl (Rummy to Rats, 8/21* This much is certain: their cause is lost. That regime will not be coming back.)
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To: Ragtime Cowgirl
Im waiting for 1sgt Mike's day...soon I hope.
17 posted on 08/27/2003 1:09:54 PM PDT by mystery-ak (The War is not over for me until my hubby's boots hit U.S. soil.)
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To: Ragtime Cowgirl
Lt Smash ... Bump!

Be Ever Vigilant!
18 posted on 08/27/2003 1:13:01 PM PDT by blackie
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To: Ragtime Cowgirl; mystery-ak
A salute to Lt. Smash and to happy homecomings!
19 posted on 08/27/2003 1:28:54 PM PDT by MEG33
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To: Ragtime Cowgirl; MNLDS
Thanks for the ping RC;good post mnlds!


Wiping eyes.

Well heck.

Welcome home, Lt. Smash.
20 posted on 08/27/2003 1:29:37 PM PDT by eyespysomething
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