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To the Swifties, and to all Vietnam Vets, Thank You.
03Nov2004
| Juan Rosario
Posted on 11/03/2004 9:52:04 AM PST by CGVet58
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To: 68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub
God Bless the Swifties and all the of Vets ~ without them GWB wouldn't be president ~ Bump!
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posted on
11/04/2004 7:07:26 AM PST
by
blackie
(Be Well~Be Armed~Be Safe~Molon Labe!)
To: CGVet58
Wow, thank you from the bottom of my heart. $125.00 I gave SBVT this year was the best investment I ever made.
To: CGVet58
Swift Vets and POWs for Truth. Once again the greatest of their generation stood up to be counted. They stood tall and firm for themselves and their fallen comrades. They never broke faith. Succeeding generations stand in awe of these men and women. They have defined the term "true heroes" then and now.
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posted on
11/04/2004 5:19:10 PM PST
by
CONGHUNTER
(Proud son of a Vietnam vet)
To: 68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub
I've already posted my thanks on the Swifties' web site. But here again I'll say it - Thanks to the Swift Boat Vets/POW's and
all Veterans who once again rose to their Country's defense when duty called. To my brothers who went to Vietnam, you are now vindicated, and the ghosts of shame are purged. To many others like me who caught a load of crap just for being in uniform at that time, we
at long last are vindicated.
My cousin Westmoreland? No, my fair cousin:
If we are mark'd to die, we are enow
To do our country loss; and if to live,
The fewer men, the greater share of honour.
God's will! I pray thee, wish not one man more.
By Jove, I am not covetous for gold,
Nor care I who doth feed upon my cost;
It yearns me not if men my garments wear;
Such outward things dwell not in my desires:
But if it be a sin to covet honour,
I am the most offending soul alive.
No, faith, my coz, wish not a man from England:
God's peace! I would not lose so great an honour
As one man more, methinks, would share from me
For the best hope I have. O, do not wish one more!
Rather proclaim it, Westmoreland, through my host,
That he which hath no stomach to this fight,
Let him depart; his passport shall be made
And crowns for convoy put into his purse:
We would not die in that man's company
That fears his fellowship to die with us.
This day is called the feast of Crispian:
He that outlives this day, and comes safe home,
Will stand a tip-toe when the day is named,
And rouse him at the name of Crispian.
He that shall live this day, and see old age,
Will yearly on the vigil feast his neighbours,
And say 'To-morrow is Saint Crispian:'
Then will he strip his sleeve and show his scars.
And say 'These wounds I had on Crispin's day.'
Old men forget: yet all shall be forgot,
But he'll remember with advantages
What feats he did that day: then shall our names.
Familiar in his mouth as household words
Harry the king, Bedford and Exeter,
Warwick and Talbot, Salisbury and Gloucester,
Be in their flowing cups freshly remember'd.
This story shall the good man teach his son;
And Crispin Crispian shall ne'er go by,
From this day to the ending of the world,
But we in it shall be remember'd;
We few, we happy few, we band of brothers;
For he to-day that sheds his blood with me
Shall be my brother; be he ne'er so vile,
This day shall gentle his condition:
And gentlemen in England now a-bed
Shall think themselves accursed they were not here,
And hold their manhoods cheap whiles any speaks
That fought with us upon Saint Crispin's day.
- King Henry V, Shakespeare
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posted on
11/05/2004 7:35:04 PM PST
by
Colt .45
(Navy Veteran - Pride in my Southern Ancestry! Falsum etiam est verum quod constituit superior.)
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