[Snow Bunny]

Please just click on the graphic of the lyrics to hear the song " Some Gave All" by Billy Ray Cyrus. It is a 4 minute song so it takes a little time to load, but well worth the wait.

[Critter]

From the Vets With a Mission Homepage:

A great site, don't miss it.

A special thanks to all who served!

[68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub]

I'm re-posting your original post with the link fixed.

Please just click on the graphic of the lyrics to hear the song " Some Gave All" by Billy Ray Cyrus.
It is a 4 minute song so it takes a little time to load, but well worth the wait.

[Viet Vet in Augusta GA]

I was out of town last week & too dumb to know how to log in from the road, so this is late. Thank you from the bottom of my heart. Nice parade and welcome home.

[SAMWolf]

[aomagrat]

Bump!!!

[68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub]

>Just Click on the graphic to visit this site.

The estimate most frequently given is that
a total of 7,500 served in the military in Vietnam.

[68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub]

Please visit this thread also. It will open in a new window.

Never Forget our POW's MIA's by Snow Bunny

[68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub]

BUMP

[Vets_Husband_and_Wife]

Thanks friend.. and here is a story I recieved today. Thanks Bunny, Billie, 68-69TonkinGulfYatchClub and all the rest I'm forgetting to mention, for getting WET for all of us,.. for getting wet so the Flag could still stand for so many of our fellow Vets,.. read on to understand what I'm saying.

"Stop to salute on Memorial Day"

by Capt. John Rasmussen

EAGLE BASE, Bosnia and Herzegovina (Army News Service, May 22, 2002) --

It was raining "cats and dogs" and I was late for physical training.

Traffic was backed up at Fort Campbell, Ky., and was moving way too slowly. I was probably going to be late and I was growing more and more impatient.

The pace slowed almost to a standstill as I passed Memorial Grove, the site built to honor the soldiers who died in the Gander airplane crash, the worst redeployment accident in the history of the 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault).

Because it was close to Memorial Day, a small American flag had been placed in the ground next to each soldier's memorial plaque.

My concern at the time, however, was getting past the bottleneck, getting out of the rain and getting to PT on time.

All of a sudden, infuriatingly, just as the traffic was getting started again, the car in front of me stopped.

A soldier, a private of course, jumped out in the pouring rain and ran over toward the grove.

I couldn't believe it! This knucklehead was holding up everyone for who knows what kind of prank. Horns were honking.

I waited to see the butt-chewing that I wanted him to get for making me late.

He was getting soaked to the skin. His BDUs were plastered to his frame. I watched-as he ran up to one of the memorial plaques, picked up the small American flag that had fallen to the ground in the wind and the rain, and set it upright again.

Then, slowly, he came to attention, saluted, ran back to his car, and drove off.

I'll never forget that incident. That soldier, whose name I will never know, taught me more about duty, honor, and respect than a hundred books or a thousand lectures.

That simple salute -- that single act of honoring his fallen brother and his flag -- encapsulated all the Army values in one gesture for me. It said, "I will never forget. I will keep the faith. I will finish the mission. I am an American soldier."

I thank God for examples like that.

And on this Memorial Day, I will remember all those who paid the ultimate price for my freedom, and one private, soaked to the skin, who honored them.

[Viet Vet in Augusta GA]

Mega-ping, and thank you for making my day.
Brothers: Welcome home.
Please remember Larry Silver, Jeff Elson, and Tom Teague, KIA Vietnam, friends, comrades in arms, brothers.
God Bless this great country and people like Snow Bunny who make it great.

[Sundog]

Thank you, Snow Bun,

What a totally awesome home page you have here on Free Republic.

Cheers.