Good morning, Gabz!
I love the sentiments of that poem.
I do too!
The one I am familiar with is a slightly different version, but could easily be modified to fit your version.
Well, today's soldier is tomorrow's veteran, so it all works for me. :-)
Yes, today's soldier is tomorrow's Veteran.
I have to share this story with all the Finest, from a thread yesterday. I wish to salute FReeper Just another Joe, a veteran and dear friend for the kindness he showed to a soldier this week.
Gotta tell you folks about this.
I was at the airport last night to pick my wife up. She's been in the PI for a month and a half.
Got to talking to a young Marine. Seems like he had a 36 hour layover in KC and the airline had sent his duffle bag ot Cancoun, Mexico. It had everything in it. His clothes, his money, his ATM and credit cards.
The airline gave him a couple of the small pillows and a couple of the thin airline blankets and told him they would have his duffle to him about 2:00 PM the next day. His next flight didn't leave until 11:00 PM.
I asked him if he would take some help if it was offered. He said sure.
I told him that we would stick around to pick up my wife and then he could come home with us, stay the night, eat a couple of good meals, and I would take him back to the airport the next day.
You should have seen the look of increduality on his face!
He said to me, "You don't know me. Why would you offer to do that for me?"
I just said that I had been in the military, been stuck in airports with no luggage, and wished that someone had done it for me.
He came home with us and slept the night. He's at my house right now with my wife feeding him up nicely with some Italian beef sandwiches, pepperincinis, and iced tea.
He's headed back to Fallujah. He had 12 days leave after 14 months in Iraq.
I figure it's the least I could do for one of our servicemen.
41 posted on 11/10/2004 12:00:27 PM EST by Just another Joe (Warning: FReeping can be addictive and helpful to your mental health)
Thank you JaJ