Applause in the Airport? Beyond the Beer Commercial ... It Happens ... It Really Happens

Agape Press ^ | 02/10/05 | Matt Friedman, Ph.D.

[nevergore]

Geez...they probabaly didn't realize some Marines could read (Big Grin)...

Former Squid....

NeverGore :^)

[Tolik]

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[MoodyBlu]

Great story. As an Air Force dependent, I made that same flight from Yakota to Travis in 72. We stopped in Anchorage and I vividly remember all of the soldiers on the plane from Viet Nam. Thank you for your service!

MoodyBlu

[CSM]

Blurry screen ping!

[tsmith130]

Then let me take this opportunity to applaud you, gratefully welcome you home, and sincerely thank you for your service, robowombat!

[Warrior_Queen]

My friend, I was very young during VietNam. I know it's 30+ years too late but "Welcome Home" and THANK YOU!!!

[katana]

but I'm feeling up

His nurses must be very understanding.

Just kidding.

CNN and the other networks should be prosecuted for sedition.

Not kidding.

[dangus]

I know I've applauded the troops at BWI on several occasions.

[SunTzuWu]

That was my favorite Super bowl commercial. It brought tears to my eyes then and now. I am so disgusted with the MSM I don't know what to do.

[Allegra]

"And -- I'm breaking up now [editor's note: with tears] -- every one of us just started crying like babies. Everybody in the terminal -- I kid you not, at least two to three hundred people -- just started clapping, spontaneously. To me, it was so much worth what we were doing, to realize that people over here actually get what we were doing. We weren't over there because it's fun. We're over there doing a job.

This is wonderful and heartwarming. And damn the media for making these guys even have any question as to how they'll be greeted or how the American public preceives them.

I make a point of telling our troops how much support they have back home, and after reading this, I will step up my efforts in that category another notch.

Damn the media.

[dangus]

I've seen (and been in) simply spontaneous applause. Just a handful of GIs going through the gate...

A little less so now, probably just because the raw emotions have subsided.

[Kennesaw]

BTTT

[Budge]

Clap! Clap! Clap! Clap! Clap! Clap! Clap! Clap! Clap! Clap! Clap! Clap! Clap! Clap! Clap! Clap! Clap! Clap!

For the heros returning home!

[day10]

You better believe it happens! This past Christmas Eve my boys and I were on the way to Florida to see my parents and had a layover in Atlanta - Hartsfield. While waiting at our gate a large group of soldiers came in at the gate next to us. Pretty much everyone waiting at our gate got up and gave them a long round of applause.

The soldiers were very gracious. My boys are 9 and 7 and they were very wide eyed - this was a big deal to them. They shook hands with several of the soldiers and, of course, this was a great opportunity for Dad to reinforce the "important things in life".

[ElPatriota]

, I can understand that happening in an airport. If the idea of a soldier putting his LIFE on the line for you, us, does not move you (to tears), then you must be a Democrat! :-[

[Guenevere]

Patriotic bttt!

[elfman2]

Thanks

[MEG33]

I know it's overdue but..Welcome Home..Thank you for serving our country.

[Stonewall Jackson]

My father was flying back to Kentucky last year on a business trip on a plane that was carrying eight or nine National Guardsmen returning from Iraq. One of the businessmen also on the flight offered to buy them a round of drinks, but the flight crew assured him that all of their drinks were on the house.

[spodefly]

BTTT