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A Salute To Our Veterans

Hanta Yo

Well-known member
> >GET YOUR TISSUES READY FOR WHEN YOU LISTEN TO THE
> SONG..............................
> >
> >
> >
> > 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
> >http://www.beforeyougo.us , 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 and send it to everyone you know!:
> > Click here: Dr. Sam & The Managed Care
> Blues Band
> >
> > http://www.beforeyougo.us/
> >
 

Faster horses

Well-known member
Hanta, that was nothing short of profound.

It really touched me, I have tears in my eyes and a sadness
in my heart. Yet I feel proud. How can that be... :???:
 

passin thru

Well-known member
Thanks Hanta


Thanks Dad
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