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Watch: Awesome Tribute by Airline Gate Agent for WWII Vets On Their Way to France for D-Day
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| 06-06-2014
| Jason DeWitt
Posted on 06/06/2014 7:38:04 AM PDT by montag813
by Jason DeWitt | Top Right News
A group of World War II veterans got a sweet surprise on Wednesday, when a gate agent at the Detroit airport serenaded them with a beautiful rendition of the national anthem over the loudspeaker.
The moving moment came on Monday, when the agent at DTW, Anna Marie Barile, started to sing over the PA system for passengers waiting for Delta flight 98 from Detroit to Paris.
There were 12 WWII veterans on this particular flight, which was headed to Omaha Beach to recognize the 70th anniversary of D-Day. When it was announced over the PA system that they were WWII veterans, they received a standing ovation from all the travelers.
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TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: dday; normandy; veterans; wwii
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To: Timber Rattler
Regional accent. You dont have one? Actually, I don't. I've lived over 60 years in Southern California.
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posted on
06/06/2014 9:59:47 AM PDT
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luvbach1
(We are finished. It will just take a while before everyone realizes it.)
To: stanne
I said I appreciated her gesture. I guess you missed that.
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posted on
06/06/2014 10:01:00 AM PDT
by
luvbach1
(We are finished. It will just take a while before everyone realizes it.)
To: montag813
Seems to me Delta’s been in a whole lot of these stories lately. God Bless ‘em.
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posted on
06/06/2014 10:01:19 AM PDT
by
onedoug
To: luvbach1
Yeah, I’d say 90% of your respondents missed it, what with all that fault-finding
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posted on
06/06/2014 10:02:30 AM PDT
by
stanne
To: China Clipper
The best YOU can say...is she pronounced some words improperly?
Actually, I also said I appreciated her gesture.
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posted on
06/06/2014 10:03:34 AM PDT
by
luvbach1
(We are finished. It will just take a while before everyone realizes it.)
To: montag813
That was beautiful. Thankfully, I have a box of tissues near my desk.
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posted on
06/06/2014 10:03:55 AM PDT
by
trisham
(Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
To: montag813
Pleased to hear it sung straight up. She held off from her own personal embellishment until the very end.
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posted on
06/06/2014 10:07:19 AM PDT
by
don-o
(He will not share His glory and He will NOT be mocked! Blessed be the name of the Lord forever!)
To: luvbach1
I didn’t hear that. I heard a wonderful, loving tribute to our WWII Veterans.
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posted on
06/06/2014 10:07:40 AM PDT
by
trisham
(Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
To: trisham
I heard a wonderful, loving tribute to our WWII Veterans. I heard that also.
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posted on
06/06/2014 10:11:42 AM PDT
by
luvbach1
(We are finished. It will just take a while before everyone realizes it.)
To: luvbach1
I heard a wonderful, loving tribute to our WWII Veterans. I heard that also.
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posted on
06/06/2014 10:12:21 AM PDT
by
luvbach1
(We are finished. It will just take a while before everyone realizes it.)
To: stanne
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posted on
06/06/2014 11:07:39 AM PDT
by
TurboZamboni
(Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable.-JFK)
To: TurboZamboni
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posted on
06/06/2014 11:31:57 AM PDT
by
stanne
To: luvbach1
Wow, the world has found another perfect a-hole to point out the mistakes of the joe six packs of the world.
It must be really be lonely living in your perfect world that you have so much time on your hands that you must always point to the mistakes of others.
Oh wait, is that you mac daddy?
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posted on
06/06/2014 11:37:06 AM PDT
by
chiefqc
To: luvbach1
Everything all right in the critics section? Sheesh! It’s the thought that counts.
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posted on
06/07/2014 6:10:14 PM PDT
by
jmacusa
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