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To: Fred Mertz; ST.LOUIE1; Aquamarine; Billie; dansangel; dutchess; Mama_Bear; FreeTheHostages; ...

Please don't feel you have to respond to this post, but I wanted you all to see it.

A day late, but still this seems to be the very best place to post it. Fred Mertz received the following photo and email from a friend of his, and he wanted to share it with all of us. It is very moving and will bring a few tears, I'm sure. And make your heart swell with pride to be an American.

From a shipmate. Hello all,

This morning I witnessed another classy and emotional presentation by the German Navy. The FGS NIEDERSACHSEN (F208) who is part of our NATO battle group called us this morning at 8am and asked if they could pass close to Starboard. What we didn't know was that they had their whole crew topside in dress blues rendering honors to the United States for Sept 11th. From their main mast they flew our flag and they held their covers over their hearts.

Needless to say, the whole crew was choked up and a few tears formed in our eyes. Both ships stayed next to each other in silence for about 5 minutes.

These are the days that remind me why I joined the Navy.

Thank you, Fred, for sending this to me to post here.

259 posted on 09/12/2003 12:04:51 PM PDT by Billie

To: Billie; Fred Mertz

Very classy thing to do. Thanks for the ping Billie and for the post Fred.

260 posted on 09/12/2003 12:07:34 PM PDT by sweetliberty ("Having the right to do a thing is not at all the same thing as being right in doing it.")

To: Billie; Fred Mertz

Thank you both for posting that beautiful and emotional tribute.

261 posted on 09/12/2003 12:09:47 PM PDT by dansangel (***Never Forget!****)

To: Billie; Fred Mertz

thanks for sharing, Fred

262 posted on 09/12/2003 12:25:09 PM PDT by FreeTheHostages

To: Billie; Fred Mertz

That's wonderful. It made my day.

I really appreciate you sharing it with us, Fred.

263 posted on 09/12/2003 12:29:27 PM PDT by Constitution Day (+ R.I.P., Man in Black. +)

To: Billie; SLB; Wally Cleaver; Lion Den Dan; Recon by Fire; Squantos; Travis McGee; RightOnline; ...

Billie,

Thanks so much for posting #259 for all to see.

264 posted on 09/12/2003 12:52:21 PM PDT by Fred Mertz

To: Billie; Fred Mertz

Thank you Fred for this reminder

Never Forget!!

265 posted on 09/12/2003 1:33:07 PM PDT by Mo1 (http://www.favewavs.com/wavs/cartoons/spdemocrats.wav)

To: Billie; Fred Mertz

Thanks, Billie & Fred..
That touched me to the core.

Kind of makes you wonder about the folks living in countries that don't support us.
What we hear and the results we see are based on the decisions of foreign governments.
Not necessarily the foreign people.

Except maybe the French, but I won't get started.

267 posted on 09/12/2003 3:19:36 PM PDT by humblegunner

To: Billie; Fred Mertz

My Heart just melted, Thanks to both of you.

268 posted on 09/12/2003 4:21:15 PM PDT by The Mayor (I have to change my tagline, I've been Taglinus FreeRepublicused again : ))

Thank you for sharing this! It brought tears to my eyes. What a lovely tribute.

269 posted on 09/12/2003 6:05:13 PM PDT by scubachick

To: Billie; Fred Mertz

Thank you both, and a thank you to the crew of the F 208.

5.56mm

270 posted on 09/12/2003 6:45:11 PM PDT by M Kehoe

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