Posted on 08/27/2005 5:46:53 PM PDT by budvol
God Bless your son and all our servicemen and women. What a great and touching story. What a fine son you have! I hope he told all his pals at school and his teacher too!
see post 67
Blurry screen ping!
Thanks for the ping,CSM. I tend to peruse DU occasionally and they HATE the military,in spite of the "We support the troops,not the war" crap.
I'm glad there are little kids out there who can see the big picture.
I didn't even realise I was dragging up such an old thread. Glad you enjoyed it.
Old thread,new thread---what's the difference if you haven't seen it before?
I don't know if your son ever met him, but if he did, and you got a foto.. could you repost this with the pics?
Great story.
When a soldier, sailor, airman, marine or coastie is asked "Why did you join?" The answer is you. It might be globally correct to say that we joined to protect the Iraqis from Saddam, or the world from BinLaden. But no, deep in our hearts, we joined because we love our country and our country is your boy. Our country is VictoriaG. Our country is every boy and girl and man and woman who has the priviledge to call themselves Americans. I joined because there were tired young men and women already in the thick waiting for relief. My uncles went to VietNam for the same reason. My grandfathers served in WWII and Korea. My brother and I crossed the Atlantic at the same time, he, coming home from the desert and me going to Korea. My stepfather guarded the skies in VietNam and my father protected the homefront in the ATF. I've said it before and I expect it will be on my tombstone . . . if there weren't people like you and your sons and daughters back home, there wouldn't be any reason for us to be out here. Thank YOU for the priviledge. God help me to be worthy.
O.K., what's happened here?
"budvol"
This account has been banned or suspended.
Awesome story, God bless you and your family!
*HUGS!*
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