MAY ALMIGHTY GOD UPHOLD AND DEFEND THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA!
THIS NATION IS dearer to me than my own life. I fought for it willingly and proudly, as my ancestors have done since the American Revolution, and as members of my family continue to do to this very day.
MY FOUR-GREATS Grandfather, Samuel Brison, was born in Scotland around 1760. He emigrated to the Colonies and served in the Revolutionary War, retiring afterward to the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia, where he passed on to his reward in May 1935.
Memorial to Battery "C", 5th U.S. Artillery at Gettysburg, PA
MY THREE-GREATS Grandfather, Cpl. William Murphy,
a member of this Battery, was wounded by shrapnel
at the Clump of Trees in Pickett’s Charge,
July 3, 1863.
IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR my Father, who enlisted in the Navy before his eighteenth birthday, my Father-in-Law, a combat Marine, my ex-Father-in-Law, Army, along with a veritable platoon of my Uncles and Great Uncles, served in the Army, the Army Air Force, the Navy and the Marine Corps, in the American Theatre, in the Pacific, and in Europe. I would add that my Maternal Grandmother served as a Civilian at the Philadelphia Navy Yard from WWII until the late 60’s. One of my prized possessions is her Certificate of Appreciation for Service During WWII from President Truman.
MY FATHER, then a Reservist, was called up, after his graduation from college, at the onset of the Korean War and served on board the USS Borie, DD-704 as a Radioman Third Class in the waters around the Korean Peninsula. The Borie was part of the armada that participated in the Hungnam Evacuation in December, 1950, following the fabled fighting withdrawal of the 1st Marine Division from the Chosin Reservoir. He earned a commission as a Medical Service Corps Officer by examination in 1951 and served faithfully, zealously and professionally in the Navy until his retirement in 1969.
IN MY YOUTH, I spilled my blood for this Nation on the Field of Battle, in a far-off land, in a war that was abhorred, excoriated and avoided by a great many of my contemporaries; a war in which we were victorious in every major engagement on the field; and a war in which we were betrayed by a coterie of spineless politicians, by The Fifth Column that masquerades as the media, by Academia, and by the Hollywood elite.
I WAS JOINED in that cause by my Father, who had boots on the ground in-country on several occasions in the early 60’s. I was likewise joined by several cousins in the Navy, Army, Marine Corps and Coast Guard.
IN MY OLD AGE, the jackals gather again, seeking once more to steal a victory won by another generation of Americans, seeking to transform our Beloved Nation into a Socialist State in which we are all tools of the collective rather than free men and women, a State in which we will be nothing more than thralls and subjects rather than free and proud citizens. They seek by every artifice, scheme and fraud known to man to undo the American Revolution.
THOUGH I AM OLD and weak, I would willingly fight for our Beloved Nation once again, and, if necessary, give my life for it if doing so would advance the cause of Liberty.
I SAY THIS WITHOUT boast or apology – I am no better or worse than the millions of American men and women who have answered our Nation’s call, and I am no hero. I am simply one of the millions of Americans who have done his or her duty when called upon by the Nation to do so. Many of my Comrades-in-Arms join in posting on this Forum, and in this Canteen, and I thank and honor them for their service to our Nation, both on the Field of Battle and now, in the arena where public opinion is molded.
THE CONSEQUENCES of the 2012 election have unfolded at an alarming pace. Those consequences include an intensified attack on our basic Freedoms, an increasing tax burden on the middle class and small business, and an increasingly aggressive endorsement of the Gay Agenda with its concomitant attack on traditional marriage, on our dearly held family values, and on our inalienable rights to Life, Liberty, and Happiness. On Mother's Day, the Narcissist-in-Chief kowtowed to the Priestesses of the Abattoir – aka Planned Parenthood.
IN THE PAST SEVERAL WEEKS, we have witnessed the eruption of scandal upon scandal involving this benighted Regime. The cover-up of the Benghazi Massacre continues unabated. The Stalinesque discrimination by the IRS against conservative citizens seeking to obtain tax-exempt status becomes more apparent day-by-day. The unbridled abuse of discretion by Holder's Office in obtaining phone records of the Press and the Congress is just now becoming apparent.
NOW, FRIENDS, IS NOT THE TIME for equivocation, it is not the time for despair; it is not the time for surrender. Now rather is the time to reaffirm with heightened resolve our belief in our core values: individual liberty, self-reliance and personal responsibility, honor of the traditional family, the sanctity of human life, Love of God and Country, and Courage in the face of great Peril. These are the values that made this Nation great, the values that have sustained it through over two centuries of wars, economic upheaval and civil strife. These are the values that are anathema to the left, the values that contemporary society has largely abandoned, the values that we must proclaim with renewed fervor and practice with renewed rigor, the values that we must by word and example inculcate in our children, and the values that we must reestablish as the normative values in our Society if we are to endure as a Free People.
THERE ARE THOSE who say they will discourage their sons and daughters from serving in our Military because of the repeal of “Don’t Ask Don’t Tell”, because of the sponsorship of the Gay Agenda by this Regime, and because of its pernicious suppression of Freedom of Religion in our Military. This course of action will ensure the imminent subversion and effective dismantling of our military.
I WILL NOT COUNTENANCE the relinquishment of our magnificent Military to a gang of perverts, appeasers and traitors. My family has served since the Revolution, we serve now, and we will serve in the future. My youngest son, John-Man, is bent on becoming a Marine, and I will give him every encouragement to stand in the yellow footprints and follow in a long and honorable tradition.
MANY NOW ADVOCATE secession from the Union. Secession is not the answer, even if it could be accomplished. This is the greatest Nation to emerge in the long history of this planet, and it will endure the abuses of the present Regime, it will survive those abuses, and it will flourish in Freedom again!
MORE TO THE POINT, this is MY Country – and it belongs to each and every one of your as well! All here love it and would willingly sacrifice to sustain it and the Liberties we enjoy!
HERE I AM AND HERE I STAY!
I AM NOT WILLING to abandon our Beloved Nation to the Leftist traitors now in power or to any other enemies, domestic or foreign. I took a solemn oath when I shipped on over forty-five years ago to support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic – that oath bound me while I wore the uniform, it binds me today and it will continue to bind me until the day I die.
"Hige sceal þe heardra, heorte þe cenre,
Mod sceal þe mare, þe ure mægen lytlað. "
"Will shall be the sterner, heart the keener,
Spirit shall be the greater as our might lessens."
(Battle of Maldon – lines 313-314)
KNOW THIS: I will not sit idly by while Marxists, atheists, perverts and traitors work relentlessly to sabotage the heroic efforts and sacrifices of over two centuries of Patriots, to rip away our basic Freedoms, and to bring this great Nation to its knees.
May God continue to Bless and Protect the United States of America – A Beacon of Freedom shining through the darkness of a World beset by Tyranny!
May God Bless and Protect our Valiant Troops of all Services – men and women - combat and non-combat – of whatever MOS. By virtue of their service and sacrifice we continue to enjoy the benefits of Freedom!
With the help of Almighty God, may the Right and our Beloved Nation prevail!
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