[Jen]

The USO Canteen FReeper Style will never forget. Please come visit and see the special thread for today.

[swarthyguy]

NYTImesDday FrontPage

[Reagan Man]

Thanks for the reminder.

God Bless America.

[Clara Lou]

"Thank you" is so insufficient, but what else is there to say?

[RANGERAIRBORNE]

"RANGERS- LEAD THE WAY!"

[GodBlessRonaldReagan]

God bless all of our fighting men and women, past present and future...

[RANGERAIRBORNE]

Then I heard the voice of the Lord saying, "Whom shall I send? And who will go for us?"

And I said, "Here am I. Send me!"

ISAIAH 6:8

[VOA]

Salute to:
Jake McNeice of Ponca City, OK
Parachuted in on D-Day; survived three more parachute drops during WWII, making him
a member of a fairly elite club.
Ended up a quiet, unassuming mail carrier in my hometown.

Professor J.Q. Lynd of Stillwater, OK
Managed to make it over the beach on D-Day
Honored, with his comrades, at the dedication of a memorial in Belgium a couple
of years ago.
He became a Professor at Oklahoma State Univ.; did groundbreaking work on aflatoxins.

And last but not least,
Della Mast Mitchell, my maternal grandmother; did her part by wiring the control
panels of planes at the Boeing plant in Wichita, KS during a few summers when she
was not teaching grade school. Went to her reward last spring, "full of years".

They were just three of the many...but they are the ones that I knew.

[Captainpaintball]

BUMP for REAL Americans! They are acheivers, not sponges. Doers, not takers. Heroes, not victims. Thank you!!!

[Diver Dave]

We shall always remember. Thank you for the post.

[Reactionary]

A bump to those gave everything for freedom.

[Reactionary]

A bump to those who gave everything for freedom.

[sandydipper]

In Flounders fields where poppys grow

Between the crosses row on row.

Tis hallowed ground.