Posted on 01/20/2005 10:45:45 AM PST by crushelits
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Amazing. God bless him always. I am moved to tears seeing this.
A hero saluting a leader.
Contrats with Sue Niederer the LW moonbat at ANSWER today.
I bet W did,too. He really has a big heart for these heroes.
God bless this young man and his family!
That, my friends, IS a Marine!
It would be nice now if our country compensated this hero in a manner that honors his sacrifice.
America's finest at his best. Thank you for your sacrifice Casey. We will never forget. God bless you.
The few, the proud...
Cpl. Owens epitomizes what the Corps is all about.
God bless Cpl. Owens, God bless the Marine Corps and God bless America!
Semper Fi,
Kelly
Another idea is to donate to the VA hospitals. The VA's are bearing a heavier and heavier load. Yesterday, I heard a talk by our local VA hospital director and the VA has a huge task before it. Because of improvements in body armor, etc., more troops are surviving injuries that they wouldn't have survived in the past and this is causing the VA to have to make changes in how they operate. From what I understand, each VA hospital has a person who coordinates receipt of donations (both money and goods).
Just a thought.
Affirmative. Let 'em protest. But IMHO, what those particular groups stand for and the way they conduct themselves makes them unworthy to stand in the presence of our combat vets. Not that there's anything that can be done about it.
And a proud, loving mother saluting both.
that's it. I believe they provide college assistance for the children of military persons injured or killed in the action.
They showed this Marine on TV during the singing of the national anthem! They did not show that he is in a wheelchair. God bless him and every man and woman who gives of themselves to fight for America!
re: can't remember when I've been so moved by a photo.
Amen! I recall a picture I saw on the news wire when I worked at the newspaper. It was taken at the funeral of a soldier who had died in the line of duty and a member of the honor guard was handing the folded flag to the man's ten-year-old son. What a photo, Mom standing next to the boy, crying. I kept of copy of it somewhere, but could not find to post with this response. I have been saving photos for years, in addition to taking thousands and thousands of my own, and I keep thinking I'll get around to indexing them one day.
re: right of those idiots to protest against their government is one of the most important reasons this young man was fighting
Amen! Well put! In fact, in my mind those idiots are simply demonstrating for the lefties among us the difference between this Marine and those who protest the war.
Wow...just wow...
re: The Marine and his mother's comportment combine to a synergistic effect of story
It would have been so easy to have photographed him and not included Mom in the picture. As a photographer my hat is off to the person who took or edited this image! Good eye!
God bless him and keep his family close.
Marine ping.
Casey's from our neck of the woods - he's a Houston boyee!
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