Posted on 02/05/2005 9:14:59 AM PST by InfantryMarine
God Bless All Our Brave Troops!
What a Story....God bless our Marines...
mark BTTT
"To my 10 Heroes: mission accomplished. Be proud in your brothers, for they honored you. Be proud in your people, they supported you. Be proud of the Iraqis, they learned and they drew courage from you. May you rest with the Angels...eternally free of all pain and sorrow! God Bless and Keep the Magnificent Families of 2nd Bn, 24th Marines, keepers of the flame of FREEDOM.":LtCol Mark A. Smith
I give eternal gratitude for such men.
This is powerful.
I read every word of this one.
Semper Fi!
fyi
Sounds like a great tag line.
Semper Fi!
BTTT
Thank you all for ALL you do!
Hope this inspires you a little bit...You are an inspiration to us and make every American proud!
USNRetired
Defenders of Freedom
Defenders of Freedom, that’s what we are!
No battlefield too dangerous, no region too far.
We’ll march thru the desert with sand in our boots,
To search out a tyrant, take aim and shoot.
We’ll crawl thru the jungle, hide out in the woods,
Sleep in a foxhole, Go for days without food.
We’ll fire our weapons, drop bombs if we must,
Unless evil surrenders, it’s Baghdad or bust!
From the tortured and downtrodden we hear the call;
We’ll hammer away till dictatorships (& insurgents!)fall,
We want the needy to know that they’re not alone,
Even tho’ some of us won’t return home.
We’ll lay down our lives so you can be free,
Leave our loved ones behind for your liberty.
From Saratoga to Somalia, we’ll sacrifice;
From Shiloh to Saigon, we’ll pay the price;
From Omaha Beach to The South China Sea,
Wherever we’re needed, that’s where we’ll be!
You’ll know when you see the Red, White and Blue,
We’ll defend your freedom because that’s what we do!
~Cris Steele
ping for later must read
http://www.clermontyellow.accountsupport.com/flash/UntilThen.swf
Until Then..a tribute to those who serve.
Bravo Zulu DeviDog!
Its really sad that we can't read more stories like this from our MSM. You guys are heroes.
Thanks for this great post. It is obvious that our Marines in Iraq have upheld the long time and high standards of combat Marines while raising the standards!
"In Yusufiyah, 20 separate mortar attacks were attempted. Fox would identify the origin, and counter-fire. The enemy was highly ineffective because one, he knew Fox would shoot back, and two, he has been so shot up and decimated he is using his junior varsity, which with these guys the varsity is suspect at best. In Lutafiyah, they tried to mortar and then escape, which is what these cowards do. Too bad for this mortar crew their route of egress was cut by a Mobile Strike Team. Well, suffice it to say, one of them will never be a mortarman or anything else ever again, and two were apprehended, and all of their weaponry and mortar tubes seized! They tried to mortar in Al Rasheed as well, and were attempting to use a four man observation team to direct the accuracy of their rounds. Seems bad luck was all-around this day for the insurgents as one of our Sniper teams put an immediate and permanent halt to that activity."
This is an amazing read....great thanks for posting. They make me so proud; proud of them, proud to be American; proud of our President; and proud for what our country stands for.
God bless all of them, and I pray the fallen heroes rest in peace and their families are comforted. I thank them for their service and their sacrifices.
Proud of our troops *ping*
Marine Grunt Bump!
Semper Fi,
Kelly
Read every fantastic word! (and then bookmarked)
WOW!! That was awesome, thank you!! God Bless our Brave Troops!!
A powerful post - Thank you.
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