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The FReeper Foxhole Profiles the Vietnam Veterans Memorial "The Wall" - January 30th, 2004
http://www.vietnamwall.org/ ^

Posted on 01/30/2004 4:30:19 AM PST by snippy_about_it

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To: SAMWolf
Tough read for me today.

I know Sam. I considered that and always do, not just for you but for a few other members of our Foxhole "family".

It hurts a lot of our hearts for different reasons, yet we have to cover the subject to keep it alive in others.

Thank you Sam for serving.


41 posted on 01/30/2004 7:41:08 AM PST by snippy_about_it (Fall in --> The FReeper Foxhole. America's History. America's Soul.)
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To: Darksheare
Morning Darksheare. Thanks for sticking up for the guys.
42 posted on 01/30/2004 7:41:25 AM PST by SAMWolf (We secretly replaced the dilithium crystals with Folgers crystals...)
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To: snippy_about_it
Thank you Snippy.
43 posted on 01/30/2004 7:42:56 AM PST by SAMWolf (We secretly replaced the dilithium crystals with Folgers crystals...)
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To: Darksheare
Good for you Darksheare. A one man freep. Thank you.
44 posted on 01/30/2004 7:43:23 AM PST by snippy_about_it (Fall in --> The FReeper Foxhole. America's History. America's Soul.)
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To: SAMWolf
They are Vietnamese DC-3's. The Vietnamese President was visiting Soc Trang when that picture was taken. We didn't realize it took so many aircraft to haul him and his entourage around. We were a little put out because his aircraft were blocking our way into "the reservation", our revetment area. Our callsign was Warrior thus our revetment area the "the reservation". :)
45 posted on 01/30/2004 7:49:10 AM PST by ladtx ( "Remember your regiment and follow your officers." Captain Charles May, 2d Dragoons, 9 May 1846)
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Good morning everyone.

46 posted on 01/30/2004 8:00:47 AM PST by Soaring Feather (~ I do Poetry ~)
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To: bentfeather
Good morning feather. Love to see our flag waving.
47 posted on 01/30/2004 8:02:38 AM PST by snippy_about_it (Fall in --> The FReeper Foxhole. America's History. America's Soul.)
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To: snippy_about_it
The crowd is not bothersome. Have you ever been in a catherdral when something awe inspiring was going on? You know the quiet, the stillness, the sacredness of experiencing something bigger than yourself, larger than this time, this place? Maybe you experienced that feeling looking at the night sky or viewing down from a mountain. That feeling of sacredness is what the monument evokes...everyone there is in their own time and place.
48 posted on 01/30/2004 8:05:55 AM PST by Samwise (There are other forces at work in this world, Frodo, besides the will of evil.)
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To: SAMWolf
I think you should go if you get the chance. I've never seen the traveling wall. What is it made of, and how do they move it around?
49 posted on 01/30/2004 8:08:04 AM PST by Samwise (There are other forces at work in this world, Frodo, besides the will of evil.)
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To: Samwise; Professional Engineer
...everyone there is in their own time and place.

Thank you both for sharing your experiences at The Wall. My only memory of the area is that even from afar it is a moving sight. Someday I hope I'll get up close and personal with it.

50 posted on 01/30/2004 8:13:18 AM PST by snippy_about_it (Fall in --> The FReeper Foxhole. America's History. America's Soul.)
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To: Samwise
The Moving Wall is made of sheet of steel, painted black, and set on a frame at the same angle as the original. It's half scale.
51 posted on 01/30/2004 8:16:34 AM PST by Professional Engineer (NASA bumper sticker: My other Rover is a FORD too.)
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To: Samwise
That feeling of sacredness is what the monument evokes...everyone there is in their own time and place.

Well said.

52 posted on 01/30/2004 8:17:12 AM PST by Professional Engineer (NASA bumper sticker: My other Rover is a FORD too.)
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To: Professional Engineer
Double thanks. :^)
53 posted on 01/30/2004 8:20:00 AM PST by Samwise (There are other forces at work in this world, Frodo, besides the will of evil.)
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To: ladtx
Yeah, it seems the big shots travel well no matter what the circumstances.
54 posted on 01/30/2004 8:27:10 AM PST by SAMWolf (We secretly replaced the dilithium crystals with Folgers crystals...)
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To: bentfeather
Morning Feather.
55 posted on 01/30/2004 8:27:34 AM PST by SAMWolf (We secretly replaced the dilithium crystals with Folgers crystals...)
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To: Samwise
Maybe you experienced that feeling looking at the night sky or viewing down from a mountain.

I do that all the time. Siiiiigh

56 posted on 01/30/2004 8:28:29 AM PST by SAMWolf (We secretly replaced the dilithium crystals with Folgers crystals...)
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To: Samwise
It's made of some kind of laminated boards. It was taken apart into panels and moved by truck.
57 posted on 01/30/2004 8:29:43 AM PST by SAMWolf (We secretly replaced the dilithium crystals with Folgers crystals...)
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To: SAMWolf
How close to Mt Hood are you?
58 posted on 01/30/2004 8:29:48 AM PST by Professional Engineer (NASA bumper sticker: My other Rover is a FORD too.)
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To: Professional Engineer
Nice bear. :-)
59 posted on 01/30/2004 8:30:09 AM PST by SAMWolf (We secretly replaced the dilithium crystals with Folgers crystals...)
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To: Professional Engineer
I can be there in about an hour.
60 posted on 01/30/2004 8:31:05 AM PST by SAMWolf (We secretly replaced the dilithium crystals with Folgers crystals...)
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