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To: Dubya

I hope the US military bring our fallen heroes home. Isn’t that what the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier is all about. Whatever happened to the motto “don’t leave a soldier behind?”


2 posted on 11/26/2008 7:19:59 PM PST by lilylangtree (Veni, Vidi, Vici)
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To: lilylangtree

It seems to have fell by the way side.


5 posted on 11/26/2008 7:23:26 PM PST by Dubya (Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father,but by me)
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To: lilylangtree
I hope the US military bring our fallen heroes home.

It seems to me they are home. They paid for that ground. I say let 'em keep it.

Semper Fi, bros.

L

7 posted on 11/26/2008 7:35:54 PM PST by Lurker ("America is at that awkward stage. " Claire Wolfe, call your office.)
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To: lilylangtree

It was war. The fighting out there in the Pacific was nearly sub-human. The Japanese treated us like rats, and we treated them the same.

I could see how in the fog of the war, especially on that bloody island, how men could be buried in a large group during the battle, and the people who were responsible for it all get killed, and the grave is lost.

With many men lost in the surf or in the ferocity of the battle, many literally blown off the face of the earth in one fell swoop with no remains left behind by a shell, I can also see the number of missing going up by 137 without anyone realizing it.

When I see one of those Marines or Soldiers from those campaigns, I make sure I say a humble and heartfelt thank you to them.


8 posted on 11/26/2008 7:41:02 PM PST by rlmorel ("A barrel of monkeys is not fun. In fact, a barrel of monkeys can be quite terrifying!")
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To: lilylangtree
"Whatever happened to the motto “don’t leave a soldier behind?”

We've left our dead all over this planet:
does the expression "Flanders Fields" mean anything to you?:

And there's Normandy, where over 9,000 Americans sleep:


16 posted on 11/26/2008 8:11:04 PM PST by Redbob (W.W.J.B.D.: "What Would Jack Bauer Do?)
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