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FReeper Canteen~May~National Military Appreciation Month~May 5, 2005
May 4, 2005 | bentfeather/Canteen Crew

Posted on 05/04/2005 8:06:40 PM PDT by Soaring Feather


For the freedom you enjoyed yesterday...
Thank the Veterans who served in The United States Armed Forces.

~May~ National Military
Appreciation Month~



We thank you, you who volunteer
To join the military to protect
what's here...
The Constitution, the Rule of law,
Our way of freedom loved by all
In this wondrous land of ours
Whose Stars and Stripes flow freely
O’er the land, whose seas are free,
Don’t tread on us... we are too, proud
To let you turn us into dust!

We appreciate your bravery, your valor,
Your honor, your gallantry,
Thank You for all you do.
And let Freedom ring the whole world through.










The price that's paid for freedom made
an entire family terribly sad.
A nation must know the price that's paid
of blood, of tears, of love,
greater than any made
a life for freedom paid.

May our gracious God touch the hearts
and ease their pain.
Their loved one did not die in vain...
A Hero walks tall in a lofty land
of peace and will be forever young,
In the Mansions of the Lord.

Amen

bentfeather
05/04/05




TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Free Republic; Government; News/Current Events; Political Humor/Cartoons
KEYWORDS: airforce; army; coastguard; familysupport; information; marines; militarysupport; nationalguard; navy; veterans
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To: tomkow6
Good Thursday afternoon, Angel Boy! Good Thursday afternoon, Patriotic Pattie!


541 posted on 05/05/2005 12:59:42 PM PDT by Kathy in Alaska (~ www.ProudPatriots.org ~ next campaign is Operation 4th of July~)
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To: 68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub
for having an expired life raft aboard.

That could have been disastrous had the ship gotten into trouble & that life boat failed!

542 posted on 05/05/2005 1:00:45 PM PDT by AZamericonnie (I AM an AMERICAN not because I live in America but because America lives in me!~Ray Cornelius~)
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To: Lady Jag

:):):)


543 posted on 05/05/2005 1:00:57 PM PDT by blackie (Be Well~Be Armed~Be Safe~Molon Labe!)
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To: bentfeather; All
I'm not much for posting vanity stuff, but it would be a blessing if my FRiends here in the canteen would take a moment to say a prayer for Franz Grissom, the former leader and musical arranger for my old unit, the (now defunct) US Navy Steel Band, back in its glory days of the 60's.

I never served with him, but his reputation, his legend, his influence and legacy carried on long after his duty with the band ended and I was but a Seaman Apprentice making my bones.

According to Dave Grissom, Chief Grissom is very sick in Southern Hills Hospital in Las Vegas, Nevada (702-880-2100, #436B). Dave says Franz would love to hear from his friends and old comrades and I plan to call just as an admirer and follower in his trail blazing footsteps.

Thanks for your time.


544 posted on 05/05/2005 1:01:43 PM PDT by Drumbo ("Of course I have an attitude, I spent my life beating things for a living." - Drumbo Thunder)
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To: Arrowhead1952
I like the newest member of the Special Ops Team. Thanks to all of you for helping keep Texas and the USA safe. And thanks for helping honor our military, past and present.


545 posted on 05/05/2005 1:03:27 PM PDT by Kathy in Alaska (~ www.ProudPatriots.org ~ next campaign is Operation 4th of July~)
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To: Darksheare

You done good! ;)


546 posted on 05/05/2005 1:03:40 PM PDT by blackie (Be Well~Be Armed~Be Safe~Molon Labe!)
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To: Kathy in Alaska
Here are some car magnets for our troops.

547 posted on 05/05/2005 1:05:26 PM PDT by Arrowhead1952 (TV News and the MSM - - - ROTFLMAO)
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To: All

U.S. Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Ty W. Jones and Capt. Isaac Lee discuss emergency procedures in case a mishap occurs when moving hulks of Russian armored vehicles May 2. A CH-53E Super Stallion from HMH-4654 picked up six hulks from an airfield in Al Asad, Iraq and took them to a test firing area. U.S Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Juan Vara

A CH-53E Super Stallion from Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 465 approaches a hulk as Marines from a helicopter support team wait to hook the vehicle to the helicopter May 2. One Super Stallion from HMH-465 moved six hulks of Russian armored vehicles and avoided risking Marines’ lives and damages to ground transportation equipment. U.S Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Juan Vara

548 posted on 05/05/2005 1:06:59 PM PDT by Kathy in Alaska (~ www.ProudPatriots.org ~ next campaign is Operation 4th of July~)
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To: Arrowhead1952
Hey, I have those on my vehicle. And I'm surprised that they have all stayed there since the day I put them on.

SUPPORT OUR TROOPS!!!

549 posted on 05/05/2005 1:08:43 PM PDT by Kathy in Alaska (~ www.ProudPatriots.org ~ next campaign is Operation 4th of July~)
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To: blackie

LOL!
Thanks!

I get pretty tired of my typos myself.
And hate using the spell checker as it sometimes completely goofs things up by inserting the html, and my html is suspect.


550 posted on 05/05/2005 1:09:48 PM PDT by Darksheare (There is a flaw in my surreality, it's totally unrealistic.)
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To: Kathy in Alaska; bentfeather; All
The President's Speech on the National Day of Prayer

551 posted on 05/05/2005 1:11:23 PM PDT by AZamericonnie (I AM an AMERICAN not because I live in America but because America lives in me!~Ray Cornelius~)
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To: laurenmarlowe

What a great story, "Operation Salami Drop"!! Thanks.


552 posted on 05/05/2005 1:13:46 PM PDT by Kathy in Alaska (~ www.ProudPatriots.org ~ next campaign is Operation 4th of July~)
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To: Drumbo

Prayers up drumbo.


553 posted on 05/05/2005 1:14:14 PM PDT by StarCMC (It's God's job to forgive Bin Laden; it's our job to arrange the meeting.)
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To: Arrowhead1952

I have the all-yellow one.


554 posted on 05/05/2005 1:14:53 PM PDT by StarCMC (It's God's job to forgive Bin Laden; it's our job to arrange the meeting.)
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To: Darksheare

My email (Eudora) program has a spell checker.


555 posted on 05/05/2005 1:15:18 PM PDT by blackie (Be Well~Be Armed~Be Safe~Molon Labe!)
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To: All

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Patrick J. Carr hooks a static wand to the hook hanging from a CH-53E Super Stallion as Lance Cpl. Michael W. Tolbert waits to hook up a Russian armored vehicle to the helicopter May 2. Carr and Tolbert are landing support specialists with Combat Logistics Battalion 2 and were part of a helicopter support team when a Super Stallion from Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 465 picked up six vehicles from the airfield here and took them to a test firing area. U.S Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Juan Vara

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Michael W. Tolbert and Cpl. Benny Avalos, landing support specialists with Combat Logistics Battalion 2, stand on a hulk nicknamed “the yellow monster” as a CH-53E Super Stallion weighting 33,235-pounds hovers inches above them.s U.S Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Juan Vara

556 posted on 05/05/2005 1:16:49 PM PDT by Kathy in Alaska (~ www.ProudPatriots.org ~ next campaign is Operation 4th of July~)
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To: Drumbo

Prayers for Chief Grissom Drumbo.


557 posted on 05/05/2005 1:18:33 PM PDT by AZamericonnie (I AM an AMERICAN not because I live in America but because America lives in me!~Ray Cornelius~)
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To: blackie

A-OH-%%%@!! has a spell checker too, but I find it annoying, and when you want to say something nonsensical,it doesn't like it and forces you to change it.


558 posted on 05/05/2005 1:20:21 PM PDT by Darksheare (There is a flaw in my surreality, it's totally unrealistic.)
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To: AZamericonnie
Ya know I googled "shrimp man in a hovercraft" & oddly enough no images appeared! What gives?

How about a shrimp boat hovering with men?


559 posted on 05/05/2005 1:23:15 PM PDT by Lady Jag (Googolplex Star Thinker of the Seventh Galaxy of Light and Ingenuity)
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To: Darksheare

Eudora just underlines it and you can change it if you wish, or you add the weird word to your dictionary. ;)

You are in total control with Eudora 6.2.1.2. LOL


560 posted on 05/05/2005 1:25:07 PM PDT by blackie (Be Well~Be Armed~Be Safe~Molon Labe!)
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