FReeper Canteen ~ Memorial Day 2008 ~ 26 May 08

Serving The Best Troops And Veterans In The World | StarCMC and GI Joe

[Randy Larsen]

Rite Aid!

[AZamericonnie]

Thermonuclear death breath= morning breath?

LOL...too funny Diva!

[HiJinx]

It was great to meet you yesterday!

Isn't she a wonderful young lady?

[Kathy in Alaska]

My Dad was 993rd Signal Co, 1944-1945 in Kunming. He once shook hands with Gen “Vinegar Joe” Stillwell, and drove his car for a day. He usually drove Colonel Schaeffer, in a jeep, Corps of Engineers.

[HiJinx]

Cute soldierette, Bannie.
I think they say extra pounds are a sign of wisdom...or something to that effect.

[mylife]

Small world.

I salute those men

[Randy Larsen]

I resemble that remark too!

[HiJinx]

Wow - Nana’s dad was in Europe, and we lost him this weekend in ‘98. It’s always a rough time for her...

[mylife]

“Corps of Engineers”

Ledo Road?

[AZamericonnie]

~~Remember Me~~

[STARWISE]

Excellent wisdom .. ;)

[mylife]

Ledo Road

[HiJinx]

Yeah, me too!

[Randy Larsen]

They are the greatest couple I’ve ever met, to this day!

Wonderful parents, fantastic humans!

They are my heroes! And my Youngest son with his fantastic wife!

I LOVE THEM WITH EVERY FIBER OF MY BEING!

[Just Lori]

I sent you FReep mail. Let me know if I can be of further assistance in your endeavor. =)

[Just Lori]

“G” IL ? I must be having a senior moment.

[Tamar1973]

Grandmother in law

[Kathy in Alaska]

Johnny Cash ~ Ragged Old Flag

I walked through a county courthouse square,
On a park bench an old man was sitting there.
I said, "Your old courthouse is kinda rundown,"
He said, "Naw, it'll do for our little town."
I said, "Your old flagpole has leaned a little bit,
And that's a Ragged Old Flag you got hanging on it."

*
He said, "Have a seat", and I sat down.
"Is this the first time you've been to our little town?"
I said, "I think it is." He said, "I don't like to brag,
But we're kinda proud of that Ragged Old Flag."
*
"You see, we got a little hole in that flag there
When Washington took it across the Delaware.
And it got powder-burned the night Francis Scott Key
Sat watching it writing "Oh Say Can You See".
And it got a bad rip in New Orleans
With Packingham and Jackson tuggin' at it's seams."
*
"And it almost fell at the Alamo
Beside the Texas flag, but she waved on though.
She got cut with a sword at Chancellorsville
And she got cut again at Shiloh Hill.
There was Robert E. Lee, Beauregard, and Bragg,
And the south wind blew hard on that Ragged Old Flag."
*
"On Flanders Field in World War I
She got a big hole from a Bertha Gun.
She turned blood red in World War II
She hung limp and low a time or two.
She was in Korea and Vietnam.
She went where she was sent by her Uncle Sam."
*
"She waved from our ships upon the briny foam,
And now they've about quit waving her back here at home.
In her own good land here she's been abused...
She's been burned, dishonored, denied and refused."
*
"And the government for which she stands
is scandalized throughout the land.
And she's getting threadbare and wearing thin,
But she's in good shape for the shape she's in.
'Cause she's been through the fire before
and I believe she can take a whole lot more."
*
"So we raise her up every morning,
Take her down every night.
We don't let her touch the ground
And we fold her up right.
On second thought I DO like to brag,
Cause I'm mighty proud of that Ragged Old Flag."

[HiJinx]

Good one, Ma.
Heard that in church last week...

[Kathy in Alaska]

It is a great song....one that makes you think.