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"Thank You."
He is the cop on the beat who spent six months in
> > Saudi Arabia sweating > > two > > gallons a day making sure the armored personnel > > carriers didn't run out > > of > > fuel. > > > > He is the barroom loudmouth, dumber than five wooden > > planks, whose > > overgrown frat-boy behavior is outweighed a hundred > > times in the cosmic > > scales by four hours of exquisite bravery near the > > 38th parallel. > > > > She (or he) is the nurse who fought against futility > > and went to sleep > > sobbing every night for two solid years in Da Nang. > > > > He is the POW who went away one person and came back > > another - or > > didn't > > come back AT ALL. > > > > He is the Parris Island drill instructor who has never > > seen combat - > > but has > > saved countless lives by turning slouchy, no-account > > rednecks and gang > > members into Marines, and teaching them to watch each > > other's backs. > > > > He is the parade-riding Legionnaire who pins on his > > ribbons and medals > > with > > a prosthetic hand. > > > > He is the career quartermaster who watches the ribbons > > and medals pass > > him > > by. > > > > He is the three anonymous heroes in The Tomb Of The > > Unknowns, whose > > presence at the Arlington National Cemetery must > > forever preserve the > > memory > > of all anonymous heroes whose valor dies unrecognized > > with them on the > > battlefield or in the ocean's sunless deep. > > > > He is the old guy bagging groceries at the supermarket > > - paralyzed now > > and > > excruciatingly slow - who helped liberate a Nazi death > > camp and who > > wishes > > all day long that his wife were still alive to hold > > him when the > > nightmares > > come. > > > > He is an ordinary and yet an extraordinary human being > > - a person who > > offered some of his life's most vital years in the > > service of his > > country, > > and who sacrificed his ambitions so others would not > > have to sacrifice > > theirs. > > > > He is a veteran and a savior and a sword against the > > darkness, and he > > is > > nothing more than the finest, greatest testimony on > > behalf of the > > finest, greatest nation ever known. > > > > So remember, each time you see someone who has served > > our country, just > > lean > > over and say Thank You. That's all most people need, > > and in most cases > > it > > will mean more than any medals they could have been > > awarded or were > > awarded. > > > > Two little words that mean a lot, "THANK YOU." > > > > It's the veteran, not the reporter, Who gave us our > > freedom of the > > press. > > > > It's the veteran, not the poet, Who gave us our > > freedom of speech. > > > > It's the veteran, not the campus organizer, Who gave > > us our freedom to > > demonstrate. > > > > It's the veteran, Who salutes the flag, Who serves > > others with respect > > for > > the flag, And whose coffin is draped by the flag, Who > > allows the > > protester > > to burn the flag. > > > > When you receive this, please stop for a moment and > > say a prayer for > > our > > ground troops in Harms Way. Of all the gifts you could > > give a U.S. > > serviceman, prayer and support are the very best. Sempers, Roger
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IN LOVING MEMORY OF MY HUSBAND SSgt. Roger A. One Proud Marine 1961-1977 68/69 http://www.geocities.com/thedrifter001/ |
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