FReeper Canteen ~ Hall of Heroes: Independence Day ~ July 4th, 2011

Happy Birthday, America ~ Thank you, Troops and Veterans, For Your Service To Our Countr!! | StarCMC

[Mmogamer]

*Salutes our heroes*

[Kathy in Alaska]

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~ Hall of Heroes: Independence Day!! ~

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[SandRat]

Happy Birthday America!!!

[oldteen]

~GOD BLESS THE USA~

[Kathy in Alaska]

Hello Veterans, wherever you are!!

[oldteen]

Good evening, Ladies! *hugs*

Thank you for tonights Hall of Heroes!

Have a wonderful Independence Day!

[oldteen]

Evenin' Sandy! *hugs*

Your healing going as well as expected?

[SandRat]

[Pan_Yan]

I just posted this. I thought it might interest the Canteen.

Army's Last Draftee to Retire After 39 Years

[ex-snook]

WELL DONE, THANKS,

[Kathy in Alaska]

Welcome to the Canteen, Mmogamer....thanks for the salute to our heroes.

[ex-snook]

Good post on draftees. WW II was won by draftees because the regular guys were already killed off or wounded. Of interest, since wars have been waged by volunteers they never seem to end.

[SandRat]

Evening olteen! *hugs*

It’s progrssing well, just not as fast as I’d like. Still only about 85% to 90% back.

[oldteen]

Great Soldier...great story!

Thanks for the link!

[oldteen]

That is great progress for what you started out with!

Slow and easy and eventually you'll be 100%! :)

[Kathy in Alaska]

Thanks, Pan_Yan, for the link to Command Sgt. Maj. Jeff Mellinger's retirement. We thank him for his service to our country.

And Happy Independence Day to you, and thanks for your service as well.

[SandRat]

I hope so ... 8^)

[tet68]

We call it Independence Day but it wasn’t so long ago
that it was called Declaration day. That to me
marks the event much better, we were not found
independent we DECLARED our independence.

So to all I say, Happy Declaration Day, if you have
guns, fire them, if you have cannon, fire them, let
the sound of our independent defense ring out across
the nation and the world.

[SevenofNine]

Breaking off Al Jazeera wire copy

http://english.aljazeera.net/news/middleeast/2011/07/2011740176861868.html