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To: TADSLOS
I'm not sure where I have been, but I have never seen this picture. I think I'm going to be sick.
6 posted on 08/11/2002 8:42:15 PM PDT by Sunshine Sister
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To: Sunshine Sister
Just be thankful you didn't see it as a video - the stills are bad enough, the actual footage is worse...
9 posted on 08/11/2002 8:56:18 PM PDT by Chad Fairbanks
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To: Sunshine Sister
You don't remember it being on CNN when it happened?
21 posted on 08/11/2002 9:22:10 PM PDT by ItisaReligionofPeace
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To: Sunshine Sister
wasn't the first time our guys got dragged through the streets there...it was just the first time CNN caught it...
86 posted on 08/12/2002 5:47:56 AM PDT by nicko
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To: Sunshine Sister; Snow Bunny

I'm not sure where I have been, but I have never seen this picture. I think I'm going to be sick.

Long ago, it was explained to me by a long-serving Marine what the duty of his Corps was, stripped of all the pretty words and happy thoughts of tradition and glory and such. It's true of all services, but his keeps it in mind more than some others. It's quite simple, really.

The duty of a Marine, and the purpose of their Corps, is to take a bullet that might otherwise go to an American civilian. That's all.

In that photo, you see an Army aviator who than now-deceased Marine would have immediately recognized as one of those of whom he was referring.

Next time you get the chance to thank one of those with that responsibility, you might take the time to do so. Most tend not to make a big deal of it, though at times, it can be a very big deal, indeed.

110 posted on 08/12/2002 9:04:32 AM PDT by archy
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