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Vietnam Wall - 25th Anniversary, Nov. 10,2007
Nov. 03,2007
Posted on 11/03/2007 5:09:05 PM PDT by trooprally
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To: trooprally
Also Marine Corps Birthday!
Welcome home to all my fellow Marines who came back, and Present Arms to all those who did not.
Semper fi!
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posted on
11/03/2007 6:45:03 PM PDT
by
clintonh8r
(Waiting for the other Hsu to drop....)
To: muawiyah
"These guys live forever as long as we remember them." Something most folks never think about....
Those guys are eternally young...
They still look the same, and their voices haven't changed.
Their laugh is unchanged, their cries for help remain unchanged, their final calling calling out in vain to their mothers still rings true in a voice their mothers would recognize...
One need only GO TO THAT WALL, in the still and quiet of predawn......place your hands on the wall and call to those you know.
They come.....they ALWAYS come to welcome you, and bitch a little that it's been too long since you last came....
It is such a overwhelming experience -- that always bring such an flush of tears that you'll see a lot of old men "blowing the noses" and "wiping their glasses" to avoid the embarrassment of being seen...
Every veteran, who has a brother's name on that wall and even those who were blessed to come home with their unit intact -- should visit... They expect you....they will welcome you.....and you will experience a level of contact with our lost brothers that is impossible to describe...
If at all possible --- go.
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posted on
11/03/2007 6:50:15 PM PDT
by
river rat
(Semper Fi - You may turn the other cheek, but I prefer to look into my enemy's vacant dead eyes.)
To: trooprally
You and Mrs. T have been intrepid Freepers, and we appreciate all of the protests and rallies that you do attend.
I hope to join you one of these days.
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posted on
11/03/2007 7:08:04 PM PDT
by
exit82
(I believe Juanita--Hillary enabled Juanita's rapist.)
To: river rat
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posted on
11/03/2007 7:08:29 PM PDT
by
exit82
(I believe Juanita--Hillary enabled Juanita's rapist.)
To: battlegearboat
My cousin is there. It reminds me of the Jefferson memorial at night. Hollowed ground.
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posted on
11/03/2007 7:11:19 PM PDT
by
359Henrie
(38 million illegals create a big carbon footprint. The real inconvenient truth.)
To: Bender2; trooprally; SAMWolf; snippy_about_it
I have never been able to go to the Vietnam Wall.I had to go once. I was in D.C. and knew the names of 18 family members are listed. I had a few minutes, but was able to locate at least one. His name is here...
To: clintonh8r
My first child was born on November 10,much to the joy of my Marine Corps family.
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posted on
11/03/2007 7:22:52 PM PDT
by
Mears
To: trooprally
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posted on
11/03/2007 8:26:30 PM PDT
by
Kathy in Alaska
(~ RIP Brian...heaven's gain...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~)
To: trooprally
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posted on
11/03/2007 8:31:36 PM PDT
by
do the dhue
(They've got us surrounded again. The poor bastards. General Creighton Abrams)
To: trooprally
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posted on
11/03/2007 8:32:58 PM PDT
by
Calpernia
(Hunters Rangers - Raising the Bar of Integrity http://www.barofintegrity.us)
To: exit82
The Wall is one of the most simple, yet moving monuments ever designed by a human being to honor the sacrifice of our soldiers.That wasn't her intent at all. Much to her dismay the Wall has become something Lin never intended it to be.
To: river rat
"They come.....they ALWAYS come"Yes, they do.
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posted on
11/04/2007 3:09:46 AM PST
by
LZ_Bayonet
(There's Always Something.............And there's always something worse!)
To: Calpernia
My FR Search was for the Vietnam Wall, 25th Anniversary. I guess it didn’t pick up on your keywords. My apology as I could have pinged the D.C. List on your thread. I guess I also need to increase the number of threads for FR on my sidebar so threads such as yours don’t get pushed below the bottom before I can review them.
Thanks for giving everyone much more heads up time than my thread. I couldn’t imagine the 25th Anniversary not being on FR before this.
[Mr] T
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posted on
11/04/2007 3:51:16 AM PST
by
trooprally
(Never Give Up - Never Give In - Remember Our Troops)
To: trooprally
I was just adding John Rowan’s letter to your thread. I posted that back in September. I don’t think you can increase your threads enough to show my post from 2 months ago ;)
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posted on
11/04/2007 3:54:11 AM PST
by
Calpernia
(Hunters Rangers - Raising the Bar of Integrity http://www.barofintegrity.us)
To: Professional Engineer
To save time at the WALL, the website for the Vietnam Wall has a
SEARCH page.
[Mr] T
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posted on
11/04/2007 3:54:58 AM PST
by
trooprally
(Never Give Up - Never Give In - Remember Our Troops)
To: do the dhue; Kathy in Alaska; Professional Engineer
Thanks for the great images and links.
[Mr] T
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posted on
11/04/2007 3:57:24 AM PST
by
trooprally
(Never Give Up - Never Give In - Remember Our Troops)
To: Professional Engineer
It was so unfortunate when we went the Wall was being renovated and you could only see a few feet. Very sad to have gone all that way. Someday maybe we can get the chance again.
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posted on
11/04/2007 5:12:37 AM PST
by
snippy_about_it
(Fall in --> The FReeper Foxhole. America's History. America's Soul. WWPD (what would Patton do))
To: trooprally
I was fortunate enought to have seen the Moving Wall a year before that. The public internet was only a gleam in someones eye in 1992.
To: snippy_about_it
I remembered something caused ya’ll to not see much.
To: Professional Engineer
It was the lighting, they were redoing all of it. It was a long way to go from Oregon but at least now being in SC we are closer.
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posted on
11/04/2007 8:04:12 AM PST
by
snippy_about_it
(Fall in --> The FReeper Foxhole. America's History. America's Soul. WWPD (what would Patton do))
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