WELCOME HOME JUSTIN SHARRATT

Free Republic ^ | October 2, 2007 | freema

[pattty]

Welcome home Justin, and thank you for your service!!!

[Little Bill]

Welcome Home Brother, son, Americas Children are amazing.

[trimom]

Another fine American. Job well done, Marine.

[Ben Chad]

Wish I could be there. Welcome home hero.

[freema]

I hope his mama wears him OUT!

[scrabblehack]

Canonsburg, PA — home town to Bobby Vinton, Perry Como, Cpl. Sharatt, and myself (was born there now in TN)...

[Larry Lucido]

Welcome home, and Semper Fi!

[dandelion]

A big hug for you and your happy warrior! May God bless you both forever...

and hooray for ALL our troops stateside and overseas!

[RDTF]

Oh betcha she will!

[Eagles6]

Welcome home Justin.

[freema]

[imskylark]

Awesome news!

[darrylsharratt]

Freema, all
The Sharratt family, Darryl, Theresa, Jaclyn and Justin, thank you for your unyielding support and prayers. Yes, Justin is HOME. The hugs were long and the tears flowed. We are fortunate and thankful that God chose to return him to us. We, as a family, can now look to the future.

With the return of Justin our ordeal of the past 20 months has come to an end. I assure you we will not rest till LCpl Tatum, SSgt Wuterich, Lt Grayson and LtCol Chessani are exonerated. Our family reached out to you for support and we know you will continue to support these Marine heroes.

God Bless

God Bless Our Haditha Marines

Darryl, Theresa, Jaclyn and Justin

[brityank]

Welcome Home, Justin.

Herewith I present something my father passed to me:

Tommy
Rudyard Kipling

I went into a public-'ouse to get a pint o' beer,
The publican 'e up an' sez, "We serve no red-coats here."
The girls be'ind the bar they laughed an' giggled fit to die,
I outs into the street again an' to myself sez I:

O it's Tommy this, an' Tommy that, an' "Tommy, go away";
But it's "Thank you, Mister Atkins", when the band begins to play,
The band begins to play, my boys, the band begins to play,
O it's "Thank you, Mister Atkins", when the band begins to play.

I went into a theatre as sober as could be,
They gave a drunk civilian room, but 'adn't none for me;
They sent me to the gallery or round the music-'alls,
But when it comes to fightin', Lord! they'll shove me in the stalls!

For it's Tommy this, an' Tommy that, an' "Tommy, wait outside";
But it's "Special train for Atkins" when the trooper's on the tide,
The troopship's on the tide, my boys, the troopship's on the tide,
O it's "Special train for Atkins" when the trooper's on the tide.

Yes, makin' mock o' uniforms that guard you while you sleep
Is cheaper than them uniforms, an' they're starvation cheap;
An' hustlin' drunken soldiers when they're goin' large a bit
Is five times better business than paradin' in full kit.

Then it's Tommy this, an' Tommy that, an' "Tommy, 'ow's yer soul?"
But it's "Thin red line of 'eroes" when the drums begin to roll,
The drums begin to roll, my boys, the drums begin to roll,
O it's "Thin red line of 'eroes" when the drums begin to roll.

We aren't no thin red 'eroes, nor we aren't no blackguards too,
But single men in barricks, most remarkable like you;
An' if sometimes our conduck isn't all your fancy paints,
Why, single men in barricks don't grow into plaster saints;

While it's Tommy this, an' Tommy that, an' "Tommy, fall be'ind",
But it's "Please to walk in front, sir", when there's trouble in the wind,
There's trouble in the wind, my boys, there's trouble in the wind,
O it's "Please to walk in front, sir", when there's trouble in the wind.

You talk o' better food for us, an' schools, an' fires, an' all:
We'll wait for extry rations if you treat us rational.
Don't mess about the cook-room slops, but prove it to our face
The Widow's Uniform is not the soldier-man's disgrace.

For it's Tommy this, an' Tommy that, an' "Chuck him out, the brute!"
But it's "Saviour of 'is country" when the guns begin to shoot;
An' it's Tommy this, an' Tommy that, an' anything you please;
An' Tommy ain't a bloomin' fool -- you bet that Tommy sees!

You, Sir, are a true "Tommy" -- you have walked the talk and survived the fire. God bless and protect you always.

[ticked]

Welcome HOME Justin!!!!

[freema]

[RedRover]

[freema]

Looking good tonight, Red.

[Marine_Uncle]

I include freema in the reply dad, due to the ping from her, but surely I voice in unisons our joy at your son's coming home. May the good Lord provide a way for all these terrible horrors to receed and be replaced by new things. Things that only offer hope and a bright healthy future for you and yours.
As for your continued support for those remaining Marines that must still be fully exonerated from any wrong doing, we can only salute you in your efforts.
The very nature of these investigations has angered many a real American. We shall not forget how these Marines where treated. I do hope now that General Pace has turned over his position to Admiral Mullens, that he will take a personal interest in working toward having the Navy Department scrutinze how the NCIS operates.
This travesty should never happen again.