Posted on 08/24/2011 2:29:55 PM PDT by RobinMasters
Footage from the memorial service of Jon Tumilson, a small-town Iowa boy who loved his country and his dog and who, by the way, was one of the most elite soldiers in the world’s greatest military. He died aboard the Chinook that was shot down by the Taliban over Wardak Province a few weeks ago. He’s survived by his parents, two sisters, and his chocolate lab Hawkeye, whose bond with his master was so close that the family chose a photo of the two of them to be placed above the casket. What you’re about to see will haunt you forever. Simply shattering.
The Des Moines Register has a worthy obituary, celebrating Tumilson’s iron will power and lamenting the fact that he was just three years away from retirement. Rest in peace.
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Amen ‘’Mother’’. And I’m a guy.
I hope so - that photo is so sad. I suppose there are not too many Greyfriar Bobbies around anymore.
Did you know the real Bobby was a crabby Scot who growled at people in the graveyard? As soon as I hit Edinburgh two years ago, I, of course, ran off to see Bobby’s statue.
If I start sobbing/crying I will not stop. This beautiful animal obviously loved his master. Who can know the mind of our pets? The loyalty, the devotion...
We lost 30 of our finest and if any of our commie MSM would do their duty and investigate, Obama the madman’s fingerprints are all over their demise. He couldn’t keep his big fn’g mouth shut, and did not want to regarding our Seals. These men are from the same unit as the one that (supposedly) killed bin laden although none of these men were actually involved, but due to the widespread publicity (instead of the secrecy warranted) these men were killed.
How long are we going to sit by?
You’re not the only one. The photo is...I don’t know how to express it.
Me too jmacusa...
Bless you for your righteous anger. Amazing that a photo can light such a blaze of sadness and rage. The art of photography...
Thank you so much for the link. I enjoyed reading the explanation of the memorial. I only wish I knew about it earlier. I would have loved to donate. Leave it to the Brits!
Hello Miss Marmelstein, nice to see you here. I hear you... the dog knows only that his master is gone but can’t know why and yet, there he sits, loving and loyal to the end.
You know, this reminds of an old story called “Greyfriars Bobby’’. It’s a story about an English policeman and his little dog. The officer is either killed in the line of duty or dies of an illness and faithful to the end, his little dog sits on his grave. Like this story, it just tears the heart of of you.
Nice to see you on such a heartfelt thread - not like that hideous Bloomberg thing we’ve both been on.
I always find a bewildered animal one of the saddest sights.
Thanks dear. I hear you on Bloomberg. The guy is like a case of heartburn that just won’t go away,oy!
Edinburgh gave him a collar making him (I think) a citizen of the city. He went to all the parades and became a celebrity. He may have been on the cranky side and growled at people visiting their deceased loved ones. He kept all the cats and rats out of the place.
Bobby is not buried in consecrated ground. He is buried near his master close to the kirk. I've visited it.
The man is a freak. My fellow NYers are sleep walking into oblivion!
HTe minute we caught Bin Laden was the minute we should have left Afghanistan.
Thank you dear. It’s been a while since I’ve heard the story but it always choked me up. Growing up among all the “Scotties’’ in Kearny NJ you learn a lot about the Scots, aye lassie.
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