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A little reminder!

fedup2

Well-known member
This was done by a 15 yr old girl. Please watch and always remember!
Turn your volume up.

http://www.youtube.com/swf/cps.swf?video_id=ervaMPt4Ha0&eurl=&iurl=http%3A//img.youtube.com/vi/ervaMPt4Ha0/default.jpg&t=OEgsToPDskKo7xrYepVv5my2lfGv6fgB&autoplay=1&rel=1&border=0
 

fedup2

Well-known member
It worked this morning & now I just got the same message as you did Hanta.
Here is another url, hopefully it works.

http://www.youtube.com/v/ervaMPt4Ha0&autoplay=1
 

Broke Cowboy

Well-known member
I have not ben here in a while - likely most do not even remember - not truly important. But I have been doing some travelling.

Be that as it may I cruise in for a peek once in a while when I can get some satellite time.

I usually avoid these type of threads - but once we were four buddies. I am the last one standing - hence a very moving message.

Memories of Opie, Lief and Tuck.

Regards to all

BC
 
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Anonymous

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Yep-- a very good video...I have seen it a couple times before- and every time it plays the first part makes me think the same thing...I don't know if its the male chauvinist in me or the chivalry, but its hard for me to picture women in uniform in a combat zone :shock:

I had the same problem accepting female law enforcement- but after working with several- and having a couple get me out of tight spots- decided they not only fit, but that there is a special need and roles for them that men aren't as good at...

But it still bugs me seeing a woman packing an M-16 sleeping by a tank or riding in an APC...
 

fedup2

Well-known member
First of all BC, I would like to say “Welcome Home!” and “Thank you for serving your country!”

Many of these things are not comfortable to us, but too many people put the sacrifices these young men and women made back in the closet like rolling up their flags after the 4th of July until next year.

I belong to a club that vows never to let anyone forget our POW-MIAs until the last one is accounted for. Their family’s deserve to bury their remains before the politicians can try to bury their memories! Seems some are always trying to sweep those left behind under the table & move on.

We always set an extra place at the table & an empty chair by it for Christmas, Thanksgiving, etc. To let those POW-MIAs know, they are not forgotten & they always have a place where they will be welcome! I know you will never forget your friends like I will never forget mine. In my case, their were 4 of us left from the original 12. I lost one more after that by his own hands.

We also try to meet returning troops and welcome them home. Something you and I never received.
I wrote a poem called Welcome home for these young men and women. I know it is a clumsy attempt but I hope it gets my message across. Sorry for the length of this post, sometimes it just feels good to get some things off your chest.

Welcome Home

I welcomed you home when you stepped off the plane
And saw through your tense smile and recognized the pain
It doesn’t seem long though its been years ago
That I felt those same fears I’m still trying to outgrow

That’s why I’m here today, a stranger to you
To help calm those fears, to help you get through
When I stepped off of that plane there was no one for me
No one to talk to, it was a unpopular war you see

The questions were hard with each asker a judge
Why did you go? What was it like to kill? But I held no grudge
How could I explain what they could never understand
The nights of terror, bleeding, and dying in a foreign land

They will tell you it was for big oil or nothing at all
The memories of your brothers one by one you saw fall
Look up at that pole where that old flag flies tattered
You and I fought for that flag and that’s all that mattered

I am here to thank you and welcome you back
And to ask you to forgive those for the understanding they lack
You fought for your country, your family, and me
Because you and I know best of all, freedom isn’t free!
 

sw

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:clap: :clap: :clap: :clap:
That is very good fedup2, thank you for sharing it. When our son came home he brought me a shirt with the names, ranks and birthdates of the 23 Marines of 2/3 Marine, who did not get off of that plane. I told him that I should put it away and not wear it but he told me to wear it everyday if I want, he would get me another one cause he does not want anyone to forget those 23, never.
Broke cowboy and fedup2, thank you for your service to this country, even if it is 35 years in coming.
 

Faster horses

Well-known member
I remember you BC, very well. And welcome back. Please don't stay
away so long.

fedup2, that was a most touching poem. Thank you for sharing; and
THANK YOU and BC for your service to your country. You deserve much
more than a humble thank you...
 

fedup2

Well-known member
Thank you all for the kind words.

SW: Some friends of mine were riding through Montana on their Harleys and stopped in a small town to fill gas. A guy drove up in a beat up pickup to fill gas on the other side. A tough looking little cowboy who had the biggest belt buckle my friends had ever seen stepped out.

He looked them over and saw the Vietnam Vets colors they were wearing. He walked up to one of the biggest guys and told him that he was also a Nam Vet. My friend gave him a hug & said welcome home brother & thank you for serving. This guy stood there for a few seconds and then the tears came pouring out. He said that no one had ever welcomed him home or thanked him before. He got in his pickup and left without filling. Guess he just didn't want anyone to see him cry!

So I guess its never too late! Thank your son for me and tell him he is in my thoughts as well as his family for giving him the support he needs.
 
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