Tom was ecstatic! He was a Reagan conservative to begin with. Loved W from the beginning. But when Bush showed up for dinner - it bowled him over! He is still talking about it. :-)
We here in the FR Hobbit Hole had adopted Tom's platoon for troop support and had been sending them packages for months. I heard great things from the guys in the platoon about that visit. I am fairly certain that every last one of those guys would have loved to be there to confront those Chilians today! Chili woulda been toast! So much for foreign relations! LOL
I will relay your thanks to Tom. He will smile and look humble and just say he was doing his job. :-)
did either of your sons get their picture made with the President? I also would like to say thank you to your fine, brave men. God bless them.
"I will relay your thanks to Tom. He will smile and look humble and just say he was doing his job. :-)"
Sounds like a great guy. I have a special fondness for the military - -I had the good fortune (though I probably didn't realize it so much at the time), to meet many wonderfulemilitary guys, since my dad was a lifer in the Air Force.
He passed away 2 years ago next Feb, but was so very proud of his service (as were we). He had a ballcap that says, "Veteran WWII, Korean War, Vietnam". I'm so happy that my sister got that to give to my nephew when he's a bit older. We'll make sure he understands just how special that cap and the military is.
I'm glad Tom is home safe and think it's super he got to shake hands w W.