USO Canteen FReeper Style....Veterans Never Forgotten.......July 7,2002

FRiends of the USO Canteen FReeper Style and Snow Bunny

[SAMWolf]

"ODE TO A SOLDIER'S MOTHER"

A soldier's Mother worries when he goes to war.
She wonders if he is safe and happy,
or if she will see him any more.
She knows he doesn't want this war,
But she can also realize
He's fighting for a freedom,
This freedom is their Lives.

I don't want this War,
But people hear my voice;
I'm fighting for something special,
My Mother's right of choice.

So if I should die in combat,
Mother, please don't weep;
For I would rather die protecting you
Than die while I'm asleep.

If God should take me unto him,
During hate, hostility and war,
Remember Mother I Love my country,
But I love you ever more.

Written by
William Stephen Clark
in VietNam March 1968

Killed in VietNam July 28,1968

[LadyX]

FORGET THEM???

NEVER ~ ~ ~

WWII and Korea and Nam are very personal things to me, with memories of many.....

[SAMWolf]

[The Mayor]

Coffee anyone?

[lodwick]

Thanks for a beautiful, thoughtful splash for our vets.

[lodwick]

Nicely said. I hope your Sarg sees this also. Salute. JL

[lodwick]

Thanks for UncleSam's message to the dinks in Congress - excellent.

[LadyX]

President Bush, second left, accompanied by first lady Laura Bush, left, leaves St. Ann's Episcopal Church with his father, former President George H.W. Bush, second right, and mother Barbara Bush, right, in Kennebunkport, Maine, following services Sunday, July 7, 2002. The president is celebrating his 56th birthday over the Independence Day holiday weekend with family at their home on the Maine coast. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Two Presidents, father and son - what a great moment!!

[SassyMom]

LOL.... Here's your kisses, the kisses for tomkow are in there too. I can't believe he hasn't washed his burka, YIKES!!!!! I will remember to have a close pin for my nose anytime he is near. *giggle*

[SAMWolf]

Darn. I was hoping to get Tom's too!.
You can never have enough Canteen Kisses.

[LadyX]

In my # 48, I hurried to copy and post and didn't notice the text failed to convey what the article was about - the Minister led the congregation in the Pledge of Allegiance, two Presidents participating!

[LadyX]

"Darn. I was hoping to get Tom's too!.
You can never have enough Canteen Kisses.

WHAAAAAT ???!!!

SAM - you wanted TOM'S kisses, and admit it in PUBLIC?

(we wimmin are crushed, I tell you...)

[A Navy Vet]

IN MEMORIAM: Operation Enduring Freedom Casualties

[Scuttlebutt]

You should know better than to be questioning SAM. It's not in accordance with DOD's new policy of "Dont Ask; Don't Tell".

[SAMWolf]

<=== Good Morning Linda, enjoy.

"It felt as if I were being pushed by Angels"
Adolf Galland, after flying a Me 262 for the first time.

[Pippin]

Good Afternoon, LadyX! That's a beautiful picture.

[The Mayor]

Knock, Knock, knocking on Heavens door!

How perfect

[SAMWolf]

LOL! No, I meant the kisses SassyMom was planning on giving to Tom.

Besides Clara seems to be the only one who can get close to Tom lately. Even his "cats" won't go near him anymore.

[SAMWolf]

Thanks, the song and picture just seem to fit.