Posted on 11/11/2004 6:20:53 AM PST by Jeff Head
From the heart...and to you Dad, may you continue to rest in peace.
And to my hubby........may he continue to rest in peace as well.
Amen Jeff!
To all of our vets, living and dead, true honor and glory be given!
...and may He confort and bless you in your loss. You WILL BE reunited in His presence one day.
Thanks...my father was a combat vet of World War II in the Pacific...my mother's only brother died over Germany in 1944. I could never not thank them and all like them who have given so much that I and mine might be free.
THIS IS THE GREATEST COUNTRY IN THE WORLD - THANK YOU ALL FOR PROTECTING AMERICA
AND PLANTING THE SEEDS OF FREEDOM AND LIBERTY THROUGHOUT THE WORLD!!!
God Bless You All & God Bless America!
NordP (www.pledgewear.com) I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE.
An adament amen Basil...hope all is well with you and yours!
Dittos! God Bless our brave Vets and Thank You!
Thank you for those wonderful...and SPOT ON!...sentiments.
Bump!
I gave a little back to the armed forces yesterday.
I was at the airport Tuesday night to pick my wife up. She's been in the PI for a month and a half.
Got to talking to a young Marine. Seems like he had a 36 hour layover in KC and the airline had sent his duffle bag ot Cancoun, Mexico. It had everything in it. His clothes, his money, his ATM and credit cards.
The airline gave him a couple of the small pillows and a couple of the thin airline blankets and told him they would have his duffle to him about 2:00 PM the next day. His next flight didn't leave until 11:00 PM the next day.
I asked him if he would take some help if it was offered. He said sure.
I told him that we would stick around to pick up my wife and then he could come home with us, stay the night, eat a couple of good meals, and I would take him back to the airport the next day.
You should have seen the look of increduality on his face! He said to me, "You don't know me. Why would you offer to do that for me?" I just said that I had been in the military, been stuck in airports with no luggage, and wished that someone had done it for me.
He came home with us and slept the night. I left him at my house yesterday morning with my wife feeding him up nicely with some Italian beef sandwiches, pepperincinis, and iced tea.
He's headed back to Fallujah. He had 12 days leave after 14 months in Iraq.
I figure it's the least I could do for one of our servicemen.
UPDATE: The airline called Wed morning and said they had no idea where his duffel bag was.
I took the young marine to the military surplus store and got him a set of desert digital BDUs so that he wouldn't have to show up in Fallujah in his class Ds and sent him on his way at the airport last night.
Hope and pray he makes it all tight.
To the Marines: Happy Birthday!
SEMPER FI!
My Dad...Career Navy...WWII & Korea
Me...Career AF...Viet Nam
My Sons...Marines...Between Gulf War & WOT
Way to go!!!
Thanks for the ping Jeff!!
Thanks for that link...I will go there and find a way to donate on behalf of those veterans in need.
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