The FReeper Foxhole Honors our Veterans - November 11th, 2005

Department of Veterans Affairs and The Foxhole

[Iris7]

Some truth is getting out of Iraq. First class material in no way to be compared to the Big Media Big Lie.

I am the most extreme tightwad in the world, I believe. I am going to send Michael Yon money.

Strongly suggested.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1520005/posts

http://www.michaelyon.blogspot.com/

[Professional Engineer]

ROFLOL!

[Professional Engineer]

Hiya Sam.

Thanks.

[Professional Engineer]

1744 Abigail Smith Adams 2nd 1st lady

Never heard of her.

[Professional Engineer]

1922 Kurt Vonnegut Jr author (Slaughterhouse Five, Sirens of Titan)

Bulk it up. It feels like a "C".

[archy]

More or less present and/or accounted for. Though I still turn around to see who folks are talking to when they call me Major....

Things have been busy out our way since last weekend....

[Professional Engineer]

Aim High!

You got that right. I'm down here in a fuel truck!

What I did in the war Cold War.

BAGHDAD, Iraq -- Senior Airman Matthew Spatz pumps fuel to a C-130 Hercules after a tactical airlift mission here. He is a fuels specialist with the 447th Expeditionary Logistics Readiness Squadron here. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Al Gerloff)

Smell the JP4 size

The truck is an R-11 refueler made by Oshkosk (the fire truck folks). It's got a 6 cylinder turbo-diesel engine, is about 440 inches long, and weighs in loaded at about 68,000 pounds.

[bkwells]

Great thread today snippy!

[Soaring Feather]

Veteran's Day November 11, 2005

On muddy ground you slept,
in sand beds you dozed, in the cold, you ate cold meals.
For Freedom.
Your hands froze holding your gun, you baked in scorching desert sun holding your burning hot gun,
For Freedom.
Your ship sailed through enemy fire and took a torpedo or two,
your submarine prowled in murky waters near enemy shores,
you stormed the beaches at Normandy,
you waded through jungles in water up to your shoulders.
For Freedom.
You were captured by the enemy and tortured beyond belief,
by monsters from hell you gave your life.
For Freedom.
Your eyes saw horrors that haunt night and day,
and you say it is an honor to serve your nation.
For Freedom.
You stood tall and said, I’ll go my nation needs me,
yes, you answered the call.
For Freedom.

I see your tear stained face as you stand at your brother’s or sister’s burial.
I see your agony of separation from your loved ones.
Your parents, your wife, your lover, your children, your siblings.
For Freedom.
I see you in wheel chairs on the streets.
Or living in Veterans Hospitals, too, ill, or alone.
For Freedom.
Is Thank You enough for the price you paid?
It’s all I have to give you on this day.
Thank You, Thank You, for my peace, my flag flies high without disgrace.
It’s my uncle’s flag bellowing in the breeze, he was the Sailor you see.
Hoisted up for me by a retired Marine Captain, who was a JAG in Da Nang, Viet Nam.
For Freedom.
My uncle, the Marine, who was buried in his uniform at age ninety.
The Twenty One Gun Salute broke the silence that day, I watched as you were laid away.
For my step father, Army POW, WWII, you carried a metal plate in your head,
For Freedom.
My brothers, one a Marine, one a Sailor, Thank You.
To my Army ex-husband, Thank You.
In gratitude to all Veterans, Thank You, Thank You, for my Freedom.

bentfeather (c) 11-11-05

[snippy_about_it]

Thanks for stopping in sweetie, thanks for the great list and thank you for your current service.

When are you going to be an Admiral and will that get me a ride on a boat? ;-)

[Soaring Feather]

http://www1.va.gov/opa/vetsday/flanders.htm

[austingirl]

Thanks to all our veterans for their service. May God keep and bless those who gave their lives for our freedom.

[snippy_about_it]

Hi ct. Thank you for your service to our country. I expect a Jarhead wrote that, too.

[snippy_about_it]

Thanks for the links Iris7. I've not heard of him before.

[snippy_about_it]

I wonder if her nickname was bittygirl?

[snippy_about_it]

Hi Major.

[snippy_about_it]

Wonderful feather, thank you.

[Soaring Feather]

You're welcome snippy!

How you doing?? Hope all is well.

[snippy_about_it]

Today we thank our living veterans. Everyone should try to get out and find one and give them a hug!

[snippy_about_it]

I "let" Sam take 2/3rds of the day off for Veterans Day. Now it's my turn to take care of the rambunctious Sarge.