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Posted on 04/09/2003 5:36:24 AM PDT by AndyJackson
I just received the following email from a friend
Putting Things Into Perspective - On Tuesday afternoon, I boarded a flight from. I had upgraded to first class and was anticipating a relaxing flight with a fair amount of paperwork to do. The seat next to me was empty until just before the doors were closed. A young Marine came in and sat beside me. He was very reserved and it was clear that this was the first time he had ever flown first class. I asked him where he was going. He said he was accompanying a Marine to northern California. After a few more questions, I learned that he was accompanying the body of a fellow Marine, nineteen year old Lance Corporal Martinez Lopez who had fallen in Iraq, to his final resting place. Looking down I could see that the young Marine had the folded U.S. Flag that had draped the coffin with him. Nothing else seemed to matter. The War had just come very close. A very young man was bringing an even younger young man who died in battle home to his loved ones. God Bless All These Young Men and Women.
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In Honor of the fallen:
There are soldiers in many places
For some, we're allowed to see their faces
For others, are required to stay hidden
and do the orders that they are bidden.
If a known, brave soul's life comes to pass
we're told who he is and that he's home at last
If a hidden one dies while he's doing the plan
he's known only to his family and not the average man.
He's on a covert mission, so we are told
He died a soldier's way, and his life was bold
He's a hero to us, in each and every way,
because he died protecting the U.S. of A.
By David K.
(aka Johnny Gage)
October 29th, 2002
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