US soldiers Edgar Hernandez (L) and Joseph Hudson wave from a balcony at the US Army hospital in Landstuhl, Germany as they make their way back to the United States.
(AFP/DDP/Thomas Lohnes)
Posted on 04/27/2003 9:24:11 PM PDT by Amazed1953
McALLEN, Texas -- South Texans joined relatives of former prisoner of war Spc. Edgar Hernandez to welcome him back to the Rio Grande Valley on Sunday.
"I especially look forward to mom's home cooking," Hernandez, 21, said after arriving at Miller International Airport in McAllen shortly before noon Sunday.
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US soldiers Edgar Hernandez (L) and Joseph Hudson wave from a balcony at the US Army hospital in Landstuhl, Germany as they make their way back to the United States.
(AFP/DDP/Thomas Lohnes)
Did you hear the community got together and painted the small home of his parents, and remodeled it as well? What a kind gesture.
It's the soldier not the reporter who gives you the freedom of the press.
It's the soldier not the poet who gives you the freedom of speech.
It's the soldier not the campus organizer who allows you to demonstrate.
It's the soldier who salutes the flag, serves the flag, whose coffin is draped with the flag that allows the protester to burn the flag!!!
"Lord, hold our troops in your loving hands. Protect them as they protect us. Bless them and their families for the selfless acts they perform for us in our time of need. Amen."
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