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Posted on 09/23/2004 7:50:37 PM PDT by Diva Betsy Ross
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DRABIK, PETER EDWARD Name: Peter Edward Drabik Rank/Branch: United States Army/E3 Unit: 4th Inf Div Date of Birth: 03 November 1947 Home City of Record: Union Bridge MD Date of Loss: 24 September 1968 Country of Loss: South Vietnam Loss Coordinates: 141145 North 1074851 East Status (in 1973): Returnee Category: Aircraft/Vehicle/Ground: Ground Missions: Other Personnel in Incident: Refno: Source: Compiled by P.O.W. NETWORK from one or more of the following: raw data from U.S. Government agency sources, correspondence with POW/MIA families, published sources, interviews. REMARKS: 730316 RELEASED BY PRG SOURCE: WE CAME HOME copyright 1977 Captain and Mrs. Frederic A Wyatt (USNR Ret), Barbara Powers Wyatt, Editor P.O.W. Publications, 10250 Moorpark St., Toluca Lake, CA 91602 Text is reproduced as found in the original publication (including date and spelling errors). UPDATE - 09/95 by the P.O.W. NETWORK, Skidmore, MO PETER E. DRABIC Sergeant- United States Army Captured: September 24, 1968 Released: March 16, 1973 After graduating from Francis Scott Key High School, Eddie became a maintenance clerk at Mitchell Transfer in Union Bridge, Maryland. In September 1968 at age 20, Eddie became a rifleman with the 4th Infantry Division in Vietnam. Upon leaving Friendship International Airport his father gave him a St. Christopher medal and told him that he knew it would bring him back. Soon after Eddie's arrival in Vietnam, his family received three letters that he had written the three days that his unit was in the field. The next day, while his mother and sister were baking cookies, they received a message that Eddie was missing in action. All that could be told them was that Eddie had been out on a recon patrol but was pinned down by an ambush of the Viet Cong. Eddie received a face wound, became separated from his group, and when the patrol returned to the area, he had been captured by the Viet Cong. Until his name appeared on the final POW list of those who were coming home, no one knew whether Eddie was alive or dead. But, the family had never given up their faith and belief that Eddie was coming home. Two shrines had burned continuously and the family's reliance upon God helped them all through the ordeal. Eddie came home ready to use his car that had been waiting in the garage, to ski and roller skate, and to romp with his beagle, Snoop, who had so missed his master. Union Bridge had never known such a day as the day Eddie came home. November 1996 Peter Drabic resides in Maryland. |
HA HA HA HA HA HA!!! Good one!
And just in case you need more coffee and a snack...
Hi cy!
Awwww!! We'll have Jake #1 and Jake #2. :o)
Good morning, Ma!
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"On national security, Americans have the clearest possible choice. Our opponents say they approve of bold action in the world, but only if no other government disagrees. I'm all for united action, and so are the 34 coalition partners we have in Iraq right now. But America must never out-source America's national security decisions to the leaders of other governments. Some of our opponents are skeptical that the war on terror is really a war at all. They view terrorism more as a crime -- a problem to be solved with law enforcement and indictments.
Our nation followed that approach after the World Trade Center was bombed in 1993. The matter was handled in the courts, and thought to be settled. But the terrorists were still training in Afghanistan, plotting in other nations, and drawing up more ambitious plans. After the chaos and carnage of September the 11th, it is not enough to serve our enemies with legal papers. With those attacks, the terrorists and their supporters declared war on the United States -- and war is what they got. The men and women who are fighting the war and who have seen the enemy understand the stakes. Last year, in a letter home from the Iraqi theater, a Navy Corpsman named Lonnie Lewis wrote this: "We have to remind ourselves of what this country stands for: life, liberty and justice for all. In order to maintain those rights, we have to stop the threat of terrorism." Corpsman Lewis's letter concludes: "My family is first. My country is where they live. I will defend it."
This is the caliber of the people who are defending America. We are counting on them. The people of Iraq, and people across the Middle East, are depending on them. And I assure you, ladies and gentlemen, the cause of freedom is in good hands. This nation is prosperous and strong, yet we need to remember the sources of America's greatness. We're strong because we love freedom. America has a special charge to keep, because we are freedom's home and defender. We believe that freedom is the deepest need and hope of every human heart. We believe that freedom is the future of every nation, and we know that freedom is not America's gift to the world, it is the Almighty God's gift to every man and woman in this world."
FReegards...MUD
Hiya SW. You in Texas or VA today? LOL
hugs to you and duckie
GM sw! When does duckie come home??
duckie is FINE (just talked to her, though she's REALLY busy at work this AM);leg is FINE;all is well.
free dixie/HUGS, duckie/sw
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