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Who Is The American Soldier? (A MUST READ)
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Posted on 09/19/2003 4:47:50 PM PDT by ranair34
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posted on
09/19/2003 4:47:51 PM PDT
by
ranair34
To: ranair34
Great post. Thanks.
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posted on
09/19/2003 4:56:05 PM PDT
by
keats5
(And don't you dare correct my spelling!)
To: keats5
Support our troops ping!
My brother is sucking sand right now. My best wishes to all of them.
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posted on
09/19/2003 5:06:45 PM PDT
by
Malsua
To: ranair34
This must have been posted 5-10 times over the past few months. It's a nice piece. I doubt some of the facts, though. (I very much doubt that the avearge age is 19 -- that doesn't make sense. It's really in the mid-20's or just a bit higher.)
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posted on
09/19/2003 5:07:03 PM PDT
by
68skylark
To: ranair34
May I add that the average soldier has guts, yards of guts (guts=courage).
That separates him from others in his age group and Ted Kennedy.
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posted on
09/19/2003 5:09:49 PM PDT
by
LibKill
(Leaving the toilet seat up improves your household feng shui.)
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To: ranair34
It's easier to use the spoon(charger guide) that came with the bandoleer to load those mags men:
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posted on
09/19/2003 5:28:45 PM PDT
by
demlosers
To: LibKill
Ted Kennedy has yards of guts (guts = Body by Budweiser)
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posted on
09/19/2003 5:38:14 PM PDT
by
.cnI redruM
(There are two certainties. Death and Texas.)
To: demlosers
Y'know, these fine young men who are loading up their weapons will be the first to share their (innadequate) rations with the children that they meet in Iraq.
Bless them.
And let us be humble in our praise. We do not completely deserve these fine soldiers.
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posted on
09/19/2003 5:38:52 PM PDT
by
LibKill
(Leaving the toilet seat up improves your household feng shui.)
To: .cnI redruM
Ted Kennedy has yards of guts (guts = Body by Budweiser) YOU FORGOT THE < /SARCASM > thing.
Still, that's really funny. ROTFLOL! :)
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posted on
09/19/2003 5:41:30 PM PDT
by
LibKill
(Leaving the toilet seat up improves your household feng shui.)
To: LibKill
My html skills are in decline. I've been doing dbs for too long...
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posted on
09/19/2003 5:42:32 PM PDT
by
.cnI redruM
(There are two certainties. Death and Texas.)
To: .cnI redruM
I did not mean to be harsh.
Sweet sufferin' succotash! :)
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posted on
09/19/2003 5:45:16 PM PDT
by
LibKill
(Leaving the toilet seat up improves your household feng shui.)
To: LibKill
oh, I know.....
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posted on
09/19/2003 5:47:13 PM PDT
by
.cnI redruM
(There are two certainties. Death and Texas.)
To: .cnI redruM
"There are two certainties. Death and Texas"
Love that Tagline!
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posted on
09/19/2003 5:49:00 PM PDT
by
LibKill
(Leaving the toilet seat up improves your household feng shui.)
To: LibKill
Ironic - A saw it on a restaurant menu; in Yuma, Az.
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posted on
09/19/2003 5:50:48 PM PDT
by
.cnI redruM
(There are two certainties. Death and Texas.)
To: ranair34
I used to be one, and I worked with them for 15 years afterward, and still, when I saw what I saw last April I said to myself "you have no idea how good these people are."
Lest we forget...
To: ranair34
They have been out there so long that their own sweat has become an enemy. It wears away at their skin.
Hostiles fire at them daily. Every day they experience loss of comrades.
And still they play by the rules.
They don't kill indiscrimately, they help the weak and helpless.
They share their food (not quite enough food to go around) with the locals.
I wonder what I ever did to deserve the service of such men as these.
These are the best men of the current generation.
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posted on
09/19/2003 5:55:16 PM PDT
by
LibKill
(Leaving the toilet seat up improves your household feng shui.)
To: ranair34
Very good, wonderfull and moving. Many thanks
To: ranair34
bttt
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posted on
09/19/2003 7:26:42 PM PDT
by
Ben Chad
To: LibKill
There is no discription I could give of our honerable service people that would be better said than the ones already given.That was a great post and I thank you. I have great admiration of todays soldier.It proves to me that our nation is going to make it. I get worried when I look around at todays young people. They wear Pants that belong to a guy much bigger than themselves and they forget the belt.When I saw the first kid with no hair and he looked a little peekied, I thought he was sick and maybe had Cancer or something.Then all the rest of what they do and wear these days makes ya wonder. But I guess they are for the most part OK.The WW2 guys thought the same of us with our duck ass hair combs and the flat tops.Then the long hair and hippy. When ever I see a soldier on the street or wherever,they get a solid salute from me no matter what the rank.They all have my highest regard. Some look at me kind of funny but then they get it. We never got anything like that when we were out in public.There were many times when you just didn't wear the uniform, when you went out with family or going home on leave.It saved you from haveing your friends and relitaves from being attacked by the antis.Though there were other days when you went looking for these sons of bitches and your uniform got messed up a little. Mom always fixed it for me befor I went back.I can remember one night a friend was home too, and we went out together. Befor sun-up we put about six in the emergency room not to mention all the others that were so banged up there own mothers would't reconize them. We put our training to some use that night.Your wern't supposed to do that,BUT. If ya did that today you'd be sued and in jail.Any way it makes me feel good to see these young pups looking good as they do.I only wish I could help them. God Bless them all.
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