A Time To Reflect

[Tamaroa]

This weekend is one special to all of us vets. Whether we were career service or a four and outer as I was, we all took an oath to preserve, protect and defend this country against all enemies foreign and domestic. I want to take a moment and recognize my maternal grandfather, my father, my uncle, Me :-) and my son who is now a first class middie for each giving up a portion of their lives to insure this nation remains free and strong.

Bill Doherty
DC3, US Coast Guard, 1967-71

[David]

God bless all vets past and present on this memorial day :)

[thedrifter]

You left your Mother and Father,
Your family and friends,
You went and fought for freedom,
in a far off foreign land.

Though your actions were questioned,
to your heart you were true,
God Bless America and Heros like you.

Everytime I see our flag, and hear our anthem play,
I reliize the sacifice, you were all willing to pay,
A nation once divided now stands,
united through and through,
God Bless America and heros like you.

Names on a wall, statues standing tall,
The tears that fall, reminds us all.

Freedom is a gift, paid for by the courage of a few,
God Bless America and Heros like you.

By: P. Borucki

Sempers,

Roger