Posted on 10/10/2001 5:24:38 AM PDT by summer
Florida front | Florida archive | help Note from two boys make the day for Tampa airport Guardsmen
Wednesday, October 10, 2001
Associated Press
LAKELAND — Two National Guardsmen on patrol at Tampa International Airport were approached by boys, about 4 and 6 years old, who handed them a piece of paper.
It was a note that said: thank you.
Lakeland-based Florida National Guard Spc. Billy Halterman and Pfc. Steve Meredith were in a terminal corridor when the boys came up to them.
"They both walked up and the little one stopped and gave me a salute," said Halterman, 20, of Haines City. "We saluted back. The older boy then said, 'We have something for you,' and handed me the note."
The boys saluted, walked back to their parents and left to board a plane Sunday.
When the guardsmen unfolded the notebook paper they found the boys had drawn an American flag and a smiling solder. The message read:
"Dear armymen and policemen. Thank you for keeping our country safe. Your freinds (sic), Murphy and Hayden."
"It made everybody smile," Halterman said. "We pull long shifts and are on our feet for hours and then when something like this happens, it makes you feel like you've done it all for something important."
Thank you for that motivating picture..
makes my job 100% worth the time and effort!!
HOOOAH!!
AIRBORNE !!!
David C. Osborne
SSG, USA
Military Police
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I absolutely love it!!
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