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The Fisher House program is a unique private-public partnership that supports America's military in their time of need by providing homes close to a loved one during the hospitalization for an unexpected illness, disease, or injury. There are currently 31 houses located on the grounds of every major military medical center and several VA medical centers. These houses will play a critical role in caring for casualties from Operation Iraqi Freedom. Donations will be used to help meet the cost of lodging for a family whose loved one was injured in Operation Enduring Freedom or Operation Iraqi Freedom. There is a limit to the number of families who can stay in a Fisher House and program is committed to help provide lodging for families who must find commercial lodging, because the Fisher House is full.

You think you're hot?
Our military forces in Iraq sweat it out in 130 degree heat everyday!

Cool Our Troops is a non-profit effort to 'Cool' our troops in Iraq. They are raising funds to send personal misters to 50,000 military personnel serving in Iraq. The misters are portable, no batteries or electricity required, and rely on evaporation to cool surrounding temperatures by 20-30 degrees.

Access the Wounded Heroes Guestbook to write a message of encouragement for a hero wounded in the line of duty.   Messages in the Wounded Heroes Guestbook are viewed by wounded soldiers, their loved ones, and the general public.

	Links to Veteran Associations

Share your thoughts, good wishes and messages with American troops deployed around the globe. In turn, we hope those in service will be able to view them on this site, and perhaps respond themselves. ADD A SERVICEPERSON: Please help make this tribute more complete by creating a page for your own friends and family who are currently deployed around the globe.

Support the Military Relief Societies!
Please support the the Military Relief Societies that help families whose loved
ones were injured or killed in battle. Click any one of the following:

Audio Reports from the
3rd Brigade Combat Team

Click on the patch and you can see and hear the voice of
our own txradioguy reporting from somewhere incountry.

Veterans Helping Hospitalized Veterans and Troops Overseas!

click the banner to visit

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The USO Canteen Post Office

E-Mail Our Military Links

To enter, Click on the Post Office Please stop in the USO Canteen Post Office Daily to E-Mail our Troops.

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Click on the pic and I'll guide you
to the start of today's
Guest Military Chaplain Service



Please stop in and say a prayer of protection for the military. Prayers from all denominations are needed.

                                          




Dear God:
I ask that no Airman, Coast Guardsman,
Marine, Sailor, Soldier or National Guardsman
Feel alone or forgotten.
Please guide the people of Free Republic to
The USO Canteen Post Office
So they can e-mail a service man or woman today.
AMEN

CLICK HERE for Troop Prayer Thread 9

Thank You TEXOKIE

Sunday Liberty starts after the Guest Military Chaplain's Service!

[MoJo2001]

Thank you for posting the Peral Harbor Chaplains!

May we never forget December 7th and September 11th.

[Cindy]

December 7, 1941: "JAPAN ATTACKS PEARL HARBOR!"

[Fawnn]

Thank you for today's thread.

Never forget!

[Hondo1952]

Thank you for the testimonial from the Chaplain.

I had an experience on 6 December 1991 with Pearl Harbor Survivors I would like to relate. It was the 50th anniversary of the attack and I was in charge of recruiting in Southern Maine and Eastern New Hampshire. My commander was from Hawaii and he wanted to host the Survivors to honor them. Between 50 and 75 showed up. Many had never met, many were lifetime friends and brothers as only military people can be. To a man they were the most humble and thankful men I've ever known. They all were wonderful and spent a lot of time talking to us about their experiences. It was a memorable day in my Army career.

My Father had a friend that I knew received a battlefield commission in the Pacific. What I didn't know until I saw the license plate on his wifes car was that he was at Pearl Harbor also. He is a real character and has brightened the lives of everyone he has met. He has problems getting around now, but he still has a huge garden he works by himself and he gives most of the vegetables away. He does the same with his beef cattle. These are not just Survivors, they are Victors. They won in the game of life.

[HuntsvilleTxVeteran]

My brother-in-law was on the USS New Orleans during the
Pearl Harbor attack.
This Ship later was hit by a torpedo and had it's bow
blown off. They saved the ship by rigging up repairs
and backing it to an atoll where where better repairs
were made. Then this ship was returned to San Diego to
have a new bow installed.
He was the transferred to a new DE USS Laws where he
was until the war was won.

[Valin]

"And the answer is..................???"



I just axe the questions. I leave the answers to others smarter than I.
(talk about setting the bar low)

[tomkow6]

SALUTE!

 

 

[tomkow6]

Good morning, Tonk! Good morning, Canteen Crew! Good morning, EVERYBODY!

GOODMORNING

TROOPS!

 

[tomkow6]

Today's FEEBLE attempt at humor:

Our local Catholic church has plans to bring their parishioners to services by bus; they plan to call it mass transit

[tomkow6]

 

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[VOA]

My mom was 8 years old when Pearl Harbor happened.
She has told me that given the grave tones of the adults around her talking
about Pearl Harbor, she was very afraid that the Japanese would come and attack
her family.
In northern Oklahoma.

She laughs a bit, then says "people don't understand now, it was a good time to be scared.".