Army Times Photos: Faces of Valor (An FR Holiday Tribute to our Armed Forces)

Army Times ^ | 12/16/03

[Wolfstar]

In this holiday season, never forget those who sacrific so much to keep us free and safe. Join with me in honoring our Armed Forces by posting your tribute on this thread.

[Molly Pitcher]

Thank you. Let us not forget!

[BillF]

Thanks for a great post!

[GrandmaPatriot]

Thank you all and God Bless you and keep you safe during this Christmas season and always.

[eureka!]

Thank you for the post. Great shots. Dio ping.

To our Troops, President and Administration: God Bless you and Thank You. Godspeed for continued success with minimal sacrifice....

[Conspiracy Guy]

Great Photo Essay. I wrote this yesterday. Hope you won't mind if I post it.

"Freedom"

Freedom isn’t free you know,
It isn’t even cheap.
Many paid the highest price,
So freedom, we could keep.
Soldiers fought and soldiers died,
In many foreign lands.
In forest deep and thick with snow,
And even desert sands.
We fought at sea and in the air,
The battle rages still.
We must back our troops today,
And show we have the will.
To stay the course until it’s done,
And then again we’ll see.
That freedom still belongs to us,
But never is it free.

Conspiracy Guy 12/15/03
USAF 1972 - 1976

[najida]

Thank you!

God Bless you and watch over you.

[Wolfstar]

Ping in honor of our Armed Forces.

[TMD]

Here's a link I found on the 4th ID message board.

http://www.redneckrepairs.com/pow/stand/

It's a great tribute to our fine young men and women.

[Wolfstar]

Don't mind at all. Great poem.

[MEG33]

Just great!..Thank you!God bless our wonderful armed forces.

[CholeraJoe]

Great photos! I actually had someone ask me if I joined the military because I couldn't get a job elsewhere. I almost decked him. How clueless can you get?

[caisson71]

God Bless our President, our Country and the men and women in our armed forces. I thought we were good when I was in uniform but these men and women today are head and shoulders above us. And let us not forget the Coast Guard. They are in Iraq like the rest of the armed services.

[Wolfstar]

Wonderful photo tribute on that site. Thanks so much for linking it here. All photos, links, poems, prayers and other messages honoring our Armed Forces are most welcome on this thread.

[Conspiracy Guy]

CJ,

But in your case and mine, that was true.

CG

[Conspiracy Guy]

Thanks. Want some more of my Troops Tributes?

[mystery-ak]

Thank you

[Wolfstar]

Good day, Joe. There are so many touching photos on the Army-Navy-Air Force-Marine Times sites. I think one of the most heart-wrenching is that one that I posted of the parents standing there seemingly all alone receiving the casket of their son. I wish I could comfort them in some way.

[Wolfstar]

Any heartfelt tribute to our guys and gals is welcome on this thread. That's why I started it — so FReepers could post their tributes to our Armed Forces.

[CholeraJoe]

Maybe yours but I didn't have a choice. If I wanted a college education, I had to go ROTC. Being a sharecropper's son from Selma, there wasn't alot of college money laying around. My draft number was low. Either way I was headed for the military.