Just a little tease! :-)
Posted on 05/10/2005 6:20:44 PM PDT by Graybeard58
I just returned from Texas today, where I had the distinct honor of visiting with "WNeighbor"
While there I presented her with a plaque honoring her and her contributions to the troops in Operation Iraqi Freedom.
It consists of a slab of marble with an inscribed bronze plaque (As pictured) From my son Steve ("smaagee") He "borrowed" the marble from the wall of Saadam's palace in Tikrit on the day Saadam was captured.
He shipped it home via the U.S. mail hidden in some books. The slab had survived 2,000 pound bombs but the postal service managed to damage about a fourth of it. What he was able to salvage he had cut in three pieces and inscribed to "300winmag", "HairOfTheDog" and "WNeighbor"
My wife was in Texas on business so I joined her there and it was just a few miles to "WNeighbor's" so I was able to deliver it in person.
I will never forget the contributions made by the three mentioned F.R. members to my son and members of the 724th Transportation Company and from many others at F.R.
I am sorry I wasn't able to deliver in person to Washington and Michigan but my heart was there.
Please remember Matt Maupin, a member of the 724th and the only U.S. Soldier in this war listed as P.O.W./M.I.A.
I just called Steve and told him to get on line. I woke him up though and he said he would tomorrow and to tell everyone hello.
Yes ma'am. And you too contributed to this honor!
hehehe... I'll share it with ya in a couple of days when you get here to help me with this garage sale! :-D
I'm glad you're the one that woke him up and not us ;~D
Hobbit Lass wants to set up a lemonade stand.
Guess you're going to have to come back again and bring Steve and Crystal along so we can go to The Ranch! :-)
Lemonade stand sounds good to me. Ought to bring us in some more customers! Nice little entrepreneurial hobbitess you've got there! :-)
check your freep mail.
back at ya
It's just 9:00pm here and he's already in bed. When he was a kid he never wanted to go to bed.
I pay him back once in a while for all the times he has awakened me.
I want to meet Ann Coulter!
Ping
Yeah, and I was having an extremely bad day Saturday and didn't look nothin' like her!!! LOL
I'll drop a bug in her ear that she needs to come tour the factory up there and meet all the retirees! :-)
Ping.
Come over and check out the cool plaque.
Just a little tease! :-)
ping
Hey girl!! What a wonderful tribute to your continual care of our folks in Iraq and Afghanistan!!!
That's putting it mildly. I sorted through all the shredded paper, and found this heavy "thing" wrapped in plastic bubble wrap. When I got it off, I was looking at the back. I flipped it around, and almost flipped out when I read the inscription.
I gotta say, however, that Saddam's "palace" looks like a second-rate casino off the Las Vegas "strip". Just needs a flashy sign. Still, he lived high off the hog for a long while.
And ended up in a rat hole and then a cell and two sons dead.
My two sons are alive and well - Take that Saadam!
Thank you "300winmag" for your contributions and care.
(((((BIG HUGS!!)))))
Wonderful. I know you are just beaming!
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