Tribute To Vietnam Veterans....Welcome Home.......March 5, 2002

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[Snow Bunny]

Even though we all were in Vietnam at different times, at different places our hearts were united and our lives they were intertwined.
After Vietnam there were no parades, not many people wanted to hear our stories, and if they did listen, they didn't really understand. I know this is a small thank you for all each of you did , but I want to thank you for serving and for being the person you were then and now.
I appreciated what you were did ,and would do in the future to secure the freedom and liberty of this nation and other nations.

A man has not lived until he has almost died…….

For those who have fought life has a flavor……..

The protected will never know.

…….. author Unknown Vietnam Veteran

THE EYES OF A WARRIOR
(A tribute to the Vietnam Veterans, and the Veterans of our past)

In the eyes of a warrior we see strength, loyalty, honor ~ we see pain, horror, and loneliness. When you look into their eyes you see the stony strength of one who has the courage to take on the world so that we may choose. You see the will that stands between fear and a belief that freedom is the most valuable gift that one can give to another. And, you see the heart ~ with its granite-hard conviction that the soul cannot survive without honor. Personal honor cannot be lost or thrown away. It is embedded in the soul of the warrior beyond this earth ~ beyond eternity, and beyond his or her own ability to survive without it.

When you look into the eyes of a warrior, you also see the dead pool of pain. It surrounds and envelopes the inner soul ~ it is a natural by-product of the prize, freedom. One cannot win this prize unless they are willing to endure the pain ~ for this is the price. No one pays this price like the warrior. The horror that is endured....remembered....is the cause of the pain but is also the means by which the warrior wins for us, the freedom and the life that we enjoy. So oblivious are we to the price they pay. The tears they shed somewhere inside where we cannot see unless we look for the brothers they were forced to leave behind, and for the loss ~ the never ending loss of war. In their eyes one will see the deepest most internal ~ and most eternal loneliness we shall ever witness. It comes from the deepest part within them, that part which suffers still, the battle.

If you look deep into the eyes of a warrior, you will see the collage of the human spirit. If you cannot envy this ~ if you cannot love, respect and honor this, then you have no right to the freedom they so willingly won, and then simply gave to you.

Have we ever stopped to think what our world would be like if we had no warriors? How would we have the right to determine for ourselves what we will do on a lazy Sunday afternoon? How would we determine for ourselves what our children will learn and how they will be raised? And the most important question of all ~~ how dare we forget these things are true?

To All Veterans:

"With all my heart I embrace you....
with all my soul I wrap you in
the protective shroud of my pride
in you and my gratitude for what
you have given me".

[Snow Bunny]

I Love you my dear brother....(((( hug )))

[Snow Bunny]

Hi LC, thank you for this poster. Good one !!!

[Snow Bunny]

T'wit this is so interesting.Thank you for telling me and all of us about the book and the Four Jill's in a Jeep.Really interesting.

[Snow Bunny]

((((( hug ))))

Your service means so much to me, and your friendship so very much.

Welcome Home my dear friend.

[Snow Bunny]

HI my friend.....I thank you for all your support and for your friendship.

[Snow Bunny]

(( hug ))

I have met a few FReepers that were in the same places as I was at the same time. What a feeling that is after all these years and to meet on here.

Your post is so kind and means a lot to me. I have a lot of respect for you and agree with your posts so much in the many threads.

Thank you Tet68 .

Welcome Home

[Snow Bunny]

I sweet LBGA, yes they were so young. From boy to man in one moment or instantly.

Thank you LBGA for all you do and for your prayers for our troops.

Thanks to your son too for serving now. God be with him always.

[DaughterOfAnIwoJimaVet]

Good to see you, too. I'll hug you back, if you don't mind! ((((HUG))))

[Ragtime Cowgirl]

Johnny's big picture of Arlington is so appropriate. Snow Bunny, thank you for your generosity of spirit and for giving us all a place to be our best, for cheering up the troops in harm's way and still today...every day. I'm humbled by you and by every soldier who served. God bless you all for your sacrifices.

Someday the purpose will be shown to us, I know, but I think God's mercy and goodness is here today with our Vietnam Vets - to teach a younger generation what it means to fight for a noble cause, under the gun and with a world against you.
The country is finally coming to learn what you all have known for thirty years. Stolen Valor: How the Vietnam Generation Was Robbed of its Heroes and History.

Welcome home!

[Snow Bunny]

((((((( hug ))))))

Thank you for being my friend IG. I admire you alot and all you do. Thank you for being in my life.

[Snow Bunny]

oops, I am sorry and I thank you for letting me know. I had big tears in my eyes .

[VietVet]

...and everyone else, Thank you. It was 33 years ago this week that I was wounded, along with a number of others in C/4/47...

Just a routine patrol on a routine day.

And thank you, "Doc" Sims, for patching me up, and you too, Lt Ross and 'Top', for trying to get me out on the supply chopper when the trees were too thick for a 'dust-off.'

And for the brother whose body went in the water and never was found, Rest In Peace.

[Snow Bunny]

I am so blessed to inow you . Thank you for your post and the link. Thank you Ragtime Cowgirl for your wonderful support of our military and our veterans and our troops now.You are a very special person and I thank you for being in my life.

[Snow Bunny]

smiling....sometimes when words are hard, or the heart is full a hug is so perfect.Thank you for the hug.

[B4Ranch]

Thank you for caring enough to say "Welcome home" to men you've never met.

[lds23]

I've said it before and I'll say it again: Thank God for our brave men who fought in Vietnam. It was one of the most important stumbling blocks we put under the USSR and the ChiComs. I understand (but can never really) the nightmares and the sadness of having your contributions seeming to go unappreciated. But your sacrifices and losses are deeply appreciated here. Thank you.

[Ben Hecks]

Thanks for all you do, Snow Bunny! Tonk said it all in #14.

[The Mayor]

God Bless
You, Billie, Snow Bunny etal do a Fantastic job

Thanks for the Ping
Rus

[rockfish59]

No problem!

[Victoria Delsoul]

You're welcome, Bunny!