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Watch: Awesome Tribute by Airline Gate Agent for WWII Vets On Their Way to France for D-Day
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| 06-06-2014
| Jason DeWitt
Posted on 06/06/2014 7:38:04 AM PDT by montag813
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To: CrazyIvan
If she was a professional performing at a baseball game for pay, you might--might--have a point. But in his situation, when a patriotic person is making a spontaneous gesture of gratitude, any criticism at all is inappropriate. That would be the case if she sang badly or sang with an accent. If singing the Star-Spangled Banner is limited to those who pronounce everything flawlessly then my immigrant father, who loves and fought for this nation, could not have sung it either.
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posted on
06/06/2014 8:14:06 AM PDT
by
ottbmare
(the OTTB mare, now a proud Marine Mom)
To: firebrand
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posted on
06/06/2014 8:16:35 AM PDT
by
stanne
To: luvbach1
Petty
She hit every note, and didn’t ham it up by trying to hit the high note at the end.
I was busy as always checking for hands to heart and hats off
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posted on
06/06/2014 8:18:33 AM PDT
by
stanne
To: Joe 6-pack
Some people would bitch if hanged with a silk rope.
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posted on
06/06/2014 8:18:40 AM PDT
by
billhilly
(Its OK, the left hated Bush.)
To: luvbach1
Thank you for your service. :o/
National Anthem Airport Gate Acappella Phonetics Unit
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posted on
06/06/2014 8:19:50 AM PDT
by
maggief
To: maggief
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posted on
06/06/2014 8:30:18 AM PDT
by
Inyo-Mono
(NRA)
To: montag813
To: montag813
I’m surprised that the TSA goons didn’t break it up.
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posted on
06/06/2014 8:41:47 AM PDT
by
Timber Rattler
(Just say NO! to RINOS and the GOP-E)
To: Dilbert San Diego
The greatest generation have seen most of their numbers pass on, due to the passage of time. I was very fortunate to have met an 82nd Airborne vet last year who was there and also was at Ardennes, Malmady and Bastogne. What stories he had.
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posted on
06/06/2014 8:42:28 AM PDT
by
Bloody Sam Roberts
(Truth sounds like hate to those who hate truth.)
To: luvbach1
Regional accent. You don’t have one?
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posted on
06/06/2014 8:44:57 AM PDT
by
Timber Rattler
(Just say NO! to RINOS and the GOP-E)
To: ThomasMore
Hbo had the first two hours on today.
To: luvbach1
I appreciated the gesture, but like so many others who sing the anthem, she pronounced rockets as rockits, and perilous a perulus. Regional accents.I say "rockits" and "perulus" myself.Folks in other parts of the country might say it differently.
To: Dr. Ursus
I thought that mini-series was done very well. Nice tribute to all those who served, especially E Company.
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posted on
06/06/2014 9:00:48 AM PDT
by
ThomasMore
(Islam is the Whore of Babylon!)
To: montag813
This reminds me a bit of a brief encounter I had with an elderly,wheelchair bound,Marine at the WWII Memorial in DC.He was being pushed by his son and as he was looking around he had tears in his eyes.I’ll never forget it.
To: montag813; everyone
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posted on
06/06/2014 9:02:41 AM PDT
by
potlatch
("Dream as if you'll live forever...Live as if you'll die today")
To: montag813
About 15 years ago, I was asked to drive a busload of WWII vets to a parade.
As they got off, each one thanked me for driving. I tried to tell them the had no right to thank me for taking them on a ten minute bus ride after all they had done for us.
That was an awesome gesture by the gate agent.
BWI airport in Baltimore gets Honor Flights often. I’ve been there several times when these hero’s land or takeoff. You can always tell they’re coming by the clapping. For some reason, the airport always gets cloudy right then.
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posted on
06/06/2014 9:13:17 AM PDT
by
cyclotic
(America's premier outdoor adventure association for boys-traillifeusa.com)
To: Joe 6-pack
Some people would bitch if hanged with a silk rope.
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posted on
06/06/2014 9:21:48 AM PDT
by
billhilly
(Its OK, the left hated Bush.)
To: Timber Rattler
Indeed. A clear breech in security there. Can’t have passengers speaking or acting freely.
Move along little dogies! Right up in that chute...don’t make me get the prod!
Honestly sometimes when flying that’s what I feel like: cattle on the way to the slaughter.
To: montag813
Years ago I used to drive a cab here in Brevard County. One of our regular passengers was a gentleman that we knew only as “Mac”. I knew he was a WWII Vet. (Korea and Vietnam too) He had mentioned going ashore on Utah beach on D-Day. I was reading a book called “Overlord” which mentions a Lt John McGirr who “amused himself” putting out a fire in a duce and a half ammo truck. I asked Mac if he knew anything about that. He said, “That’s how I got my first Silver Star.” God bless Mac, and all of his generation.
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posted on
06/06/2014 9:29:31 AM PDT
by
75thOVI
("The crews of all submarines captured should be treated as pirates and hanged". Sir Arthur Wilson)
To: Gay State Conservative
There are accents and there are mispronunciations. IMO hers were the latter.
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posted on
06/06/2014 9:57:59 AM PDT
by
luvbach1
(We are finished. It will just take a while before everyone realizes it.)
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