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MEMORIAL DAY--Thread Five--"The Luckiest Boy in the World"
5/28/04 | redrock

Posted on 05/28/2004 8:09:36 PM PDT by redrock

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To: RaceBannon

Thanks Race...it's good to remember.


21 posted on 05/28/2004 8:46:13 PM PDT by HiJinx (Go with courage, go with honor, go in God's good Grace. Come home when it's time. We'll be here.)
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To: 68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub

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22 posted on 05/28/2004 8:46:39 PM PDT by Soaring Feather (~The Dragon Flies' Lair~ Poetry and Prose~)
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To: HiJinx

I didnt take pictures during the crash the next year, I was manning a firehose.

I do have pictures of some damage, and the BEAR bomber that flew over to take pictures of the damage to the ship.


23 posted on 05/28/2004 8:54:22 PM PDT by RaceBannon (VOTE DEMOCRAT AND LEARN ARABIC FREE!!)
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To: RaceBannon
Lt James Oscar Hensley is still in the aircraft to this day.

God bless the men that fly and fight. All of them.

/john

24 posted on 05/28/2004 8:55:22 PM PDT by JRandomFreeper (Soy el jefe de la cocina. No disguta conmigo.)
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To: redrock
Is that the same VA hospital that was destroyed in an earthquake in 71 or 72?
I met a blind veteran who was buried alive, when a Southern California VA Hospital collapsed then, but he was eventually rescued. He said that if he had had his sight he would have gone crazy. Still it left him physically incapacitated and in need of care for the rest of his days.
25 posted on 05/28/2004 9:00:31 PM PDT by tertiary01 (The left rewards NO virtues)
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To: redrock

O beautiful, for heroes proved in liberating strife.

These are great essays, honoring great men. Happy Memorial Day, red.


26 posted on 05/28/2004 9:03:49 PM PDT by Mr. Silverback (Pre-empt the third murder attempt: Pray for Terri Schindler-Schiavo!)
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To: redrock

Thank you so much for the beautiful testimony and challenge!


27 posted on 05/28/2004 9:06:16 PM PDT by Alamo-Girl
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To: 68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub

Another beautiful story redrock! Thanks for the ping 68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub!


28 posted on 05/28/2004 9:34:43 PM PDT by lainde (Heads up...We're coming and we've got tongue blades...And panties!)
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To: redrock; PhilDragoo; Ragtime Cowgirl; Cindy; SusanTK; McGavin999; AdmSmith; seamole; Valin; ...

God Bless America and Our Troops

29 posted on 05/28/2004 9:52:49 PM PDT by Smartass ( BUSH & CHENEY IN 2004 - Si vis pacem, para bellum - Por el dedo de Dios se escribió.)
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To: redrock

Visited my step-grandfather...he was in the Navy during WW2.....he served aboard a transport from Iwo until the end.

Sadly all of my other family members who served in WW2 have passed on.

I had 2 great grandfathers who served in the Navy, and another great grandfather who flew a Hawker Hurricaine for the RAF....he flew during the battle of Britain.


30 posted on 05/28/2004 9:53:10 PM PDT by Blue Scourge (Off I go into the Wild Blue Yonder...)
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To: Incorrigible; God luvs America; plain talk; Petronski; ChevyZ28; wagglebee; AngieGOP
MEMORIAL DAY!!!!

redrock

31 posted on 05/28/2004 10:03:49 PM PDT by redrock ("Better a Shack in Heaven....than a Mansion in Hell"---My Grandma)
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To: redrock

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32 posted on 05/28/2004 10:03:52 PM PDT by VOA
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To: redrock

>>You will be better for hearing them.


....and part of the American Story...will then become part of you.<<


....and part of U.S.A.'s freedom fighters history ...will then become part of you, live and up close.

You will be able to almost feel as if you were there with them. Hearing their stories firsthand is much better than reading their autobiographies.

Being able to ask questions of the men and women will make you feel as if you were a part of it.

Holding a mans hand while tears stream down his face as he brags about how his best friend died a hero to the squad is something that you will not tend to forget easily.


33 posted on 05/28/2004 10:05:09 PM PDT by B4Ranch (“If all that Americans want is security, they can go to prison-Dwight Eisenhower-12/8/49)
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To: AFPhys; clamper1797; Terp; dead; altura; A Citizen Reporter; stboz; m87339; highlandbreeze; ...
MEMORIAL DAY!!!

redrock

34 posted on 05/28/2004 10:06:26 PM PDT by redrock ("Better a Shack in Heaven....than a Mansion in Hell"---My Grandma)
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35 posted on 05/28/2004 10:14:05 PM PDT by SAMWolf (Home is where you hang your @.)
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To: SAMWolf; PhilDragoo; Ragtime Cowgirl; Cindy; SusanTK; McGavin999; AdmSmith; seamole; Valin; ...

God Bless America and Our Troops
Thank you for Serving

36 posted on 05/28/2004 10:22:58 PM PDT by Smartass ( BUSH & CHENEY IN 2004 - Si vis pacem, para bellum - Por el dedo de Dios se escribió.)
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To: B4Ranch
"Holding a mans hand while tears stream down his face as he brags about how his best friend died a hero to the squad is something that you will not tend to forget easily."

TRUTH!!!!!

redrock

37 posted on 05/28/2004 10:23:43 PM PDT by redrock ("Better a Shack in Heaven....than a Mansion in Hell"---My Grandma)
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38 posted on 05/28/2004 10:27:08 PM PDT by Cindy
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To: Smartass

Thanks for those great pings! I enjoyed all of them.


39 posted on 05/29/2004 1:19:43 AM PDT by Happy2BMe (U.S.A. - - United We Stand - - Divided We Fall - - Support Our Troops - - Vote BUSH)
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To: 68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub

Thank you for posting these, redrock!
Thank you for the ping, Tonk!

These gems are bookmarked, both here at FR and home.

God bless our military, past and present!


40 posted on 05/29/2004 3:06:27 AM PDT by radu (May God watch over our troops and keep them safe)
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