A tribute to the Greatest Generation

[Jerry D]

I received this in the mail today and thought it was well done
,Jerry

http://www.managedmusic.com/beforeyougo.html

The Greatest Generation
Lest we forget! Be sure to click on the link. It is memorable.

The elderly parking lot attendant wasn't in a good mood! Neither was
Sam Bierstock. It was around 1 a.m., and Bierstock, a Delray Beach, FL eye
doctor, business consultant, corporate speaker and musician, was bone
tired after appearing at an event. He pulled up in his car, and the parking
attendant began to speak. "I took two bullets for this country and
look what I'm doing," he
said bitterly.

At first, Bierstock didn't know what to say to the World War II
veteran. But he rolled down his window and told the man, "Really, from the
bottom of my heart, I want to thank you." Then the old soldier began to cry.
"That really got to me," Bierstock says.

Cut to today. Bierstock, 58, and John Melnick, 54, of Pompano Beach
and a
member of Bierstock's band, Dr. Sam and the Managed Care Band, have
written a song inspired by that old soldier in the airport parking lot. The
mournful "Before You Go" does more than salute those who fought in
WWII. It encourages people to go out of their way to thank the aging warriors

before they die.

"If we had lost that particular war, our whole way of life would have
been shot," says Bierstock, who plays harmonica. "The WW II soldiers are now dying at the rate of about 2,000 every day. I thought we needed to
thank them."

The song is striking a chord. Within four days of Bierstock placing it
on the Web the song and accompanying photo essay
have bounced around nine countries, producing tears and heartfelt thanks

from veterans, their sons and daughters and grandchildren.

"It made me cry," wrote one veteran's son. Another sent an e-mail
saying that only after his father consumed several glasses of wine would he discuss "the unspeakable horrors" he and other soldiers had witnessed in places such
as Anzio, Iwo Jima, Bataan and Omaha Beach. "I can never thank them
enough," the son wrote. "Thank you for thinking about them."

Bierstock and Melnick thought about shipping it off to a professional
singer, maybe a Lee Greenwood type, but because time was running out for
so many veterans, they decided it was best to release it quickly, for free,
on the Web.

They've sent the song to Sen. John McCain and others in Washington.
Already they have been invited to perform it in
Houston for a Veterans Day tribute -- this after just a few days on
the Web. They hope every veteran in America gets a chance to hear it.

God Bless EVERY veteran and THANK YOU to those of you veterans who may
receive this! Click the link below to hear the song and see the pictures and then share it!
http://www.managedmusic.com/beforeyougo.html

Okay That was great. I tottaly respect all WWII Vets, they saved democracy. A democracy that now threatend again, and once again our men and women are answering the call.