Posted on 04/23/2007 12:05:36 PM PDT by LibertarianSJ
COPPERAS COVE – History will be made today when Copperas Cove resident Bill Thomas and his wife, Georgia, present President George W. Bush with a Purple Heart at the Oval Office.
Thomas said he and his wife came up with the unprecedented idea to present the president with the Purple Heart over breakfast one morning a few months ago as they discussed the verbal attacks, both foreign and domestic, the commander in chief has withstood during his time in office.
"We feel like emotional wounds and scars are as hard to carry as physical wounds," Thomas said.
The medal was awarded to Thomas on Dec. 18, 1965, following injuries he sustained while serving in heavy combat with the 173rd Airborne Brigade in Vietnam.
It is one of three he was awarded during his service.
Thomas said the Purple Heart he is presenting the president has special meaning to him because the injury he suffered to earn it occurred just after a friend, Richard Peterson, lost his life attempting to save him.
(Excerpt) Read more at kdhnews.com ...
Wow. What a beautiful story, and such a kind thing to do. God bless him.
What a great, uplifting post! Thank you.
Just want to be sure you see this!
Amen to that!
Copperas Cove bump!
Yay for Copperas Cove!! Had good friends in college who hailed from there.
Thanks for the ping, Deb. I am really moved by this.
Heart-warming BTTT
Emailed the Author for a follow up story Ping!
What a gesture!
wow, john kerry tried to give nixon some other guys purple heart... but he just threw it over the fence... if he only made an appointment he would have gotten a tour and a chance to meet checkers...
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Yes he does deserve this honor. I think the enemies within (Congressional DIMs come to mind!) are as dangerous as the ones who are terrorizing the middle east. They want to take him down, no matter what danger they put the rest of us in. He “gets” it...the danger. God bless him.
Thanks for pinging me to this touching article, Deb. Remember on yesterday's Dose where I commented on the saddness in GWB's eyes? He took us through 9/11, the tough decisions on the war, and so on. He fought for reelection, and then, less than a year later, Katrina hit. On the heels of Katrina, the "summer soldiers and sunshine patriots" among conservative pundits and forums like FR all turned on him about Harriet Miers. They didn't just turn on him; many of them were vicious.
I think Katrina followed by the Miers dustup took something out of him that he has never quite been able to get back. Burnout happens to the best of us given enough stress and pressure.
This priceless and wonderfully generous gesture by Mr. and Mrs. Thomas tells me others see it too. The emotional wounds and scars this President has endured are indeed as hard to carry as physical wounds. I'm so grateful to the Thomas' for doing something to comfort the President -- for doing something I would do in a heartbeat if I could.
Thanks for the ping!
You hit the nail squarely on the head, Wolfstar!
He has seen the face of satan himself and knows that he
stands, with God’s help, between the monsters and his
beloved country...and us.
Just keep praying for this man. The Thomases’ gesture
touched his soul.
What a great story...thanks for the ping.
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