[Fred Mertz]

I enjoyed reading this and thought you might too.

[Jeff Head]

"Don't be in a hurry to kill him. They might replace that guy with someone who can shoot."

One of the young soldiers had received a care package and was sharing the home-baked cookies with his friends. A photographer with a heavy French accent asked if he could have one. The soldier looked him over and said there would be no cookies for Frenchmen. The photographer then protested that he was half Italian. Without missing a beat, the soldier broke a cookie in half and gave it to him. It was a perfect moment and a perfect reflection of the American soldier.

Classic, all-American stuff. Got to put the entire article on my site.

[annyokie]

Fred, thanks for posting this article! I like this picture, I hope you do too.

[Carolinamom]

A million thanks to you, Fred, for posting this excellent article...to you, Howlin, for the ping to it; and to the embedded reporter who wrote it, my heartfelt thank you for sharing this beautiful and truthful first-hand account. To all our troops, eternal thanks.