A Few of FR's Finest....Every Day....Veteran's Day, November 11, 2002

Mama_Bear and Billie

[Molly Pitcher]

We have to work hard to protect what they fought so hard for.

Amen, sneakers! God bless your Dad for his service.

[SassyMom]

Thank you Mama Bear! I have some men that I want to thank. I want to thank my dad who served in Korea, my grandfather who was in WWI and has gone to be with the Lord, and my stepson who is in the Air Force ROTC at the University of Oklahoma. God bless all of our military past and present.

[SassyMom]

Thank you Amy for that beautiful tribute.

[oust the louse]

The following poem was written by a clergyman who is a member of the U.S. Marine Corps:

It is the soldier, not the reporter,
Who has given us freedom of the press.

It is the soldier, not the poet,
Who has given us the freedom of speech.

It is the soldier, not the campus organizer,
Who has given us the freedom to demonstrate.

It is the soldier who salutes the flag,
Who allows the protester to burn the flag.

[Mama_Bear]

Hello Amy. I've been missing you and wondering where you were. Thank you for adding the names of your veterans to this thread. I should also list mine........

Husband...Navy, Viet Nam Vet

Son......Navy, Nuclear Machinist, USS Nimitz, Gulf War Vet

Father......career Navy, WWII Vet

Father-in-law....career Navy, Commander, WWII, Korea, Viet Nam Vet

Brother-in-law......Navy, Viet Nam Vet

Brother-in-law......Navy, helicopter pilot, Gulf War Vet

Brother-in-law......Navy, Submarine Captain, USS Bonefish, Viet Nam Vet

Nephew......Navy, Gulf War Vet

Newphew......Army, Gulf War Vet

[Mama_Bear]

God bless all of our military past and present.

Amen.

[Mama_Bear]

Hello, Molly. Always nice to see you here, especially on this special day. Thank you for joining us in our tribute to America's Veterans today.

[Mama_Bear]

Thank you, Meek. I was going to post the flag and Taps for you, but I see that Billie has already done that. :-)

Continued good thoughts and prayers coming your way for your father's quick recovery.

[MeekOneGOP]

Thank you. Dad has another skin graft on Wednesday 11-13 in Tyler, Tx. It's an outpatient procedure. :O)

[Mama_Bear]

Dear veterans, thank you. Thank you from the very bottom of my heart.

And, from Billie, daisyscarlett, dansangel, and Mama_Bear, thank you from the very bottom of our hearts for coming here today and posting your message to America's Veterans.

[Mama_Bear]

For those that have served our great country this is a day of thanks to them, and their families. Without them we couldn't have the best Armed Forces in the world.

You are right about that! Thank you, Mixer. :-)

[Mama_Bear]

Thank you for your service, COB. You are appreciated. :-)

[Mama_Bear]

Oh, what a tragedy! My heart goes out to Joseph Tobul's family and friends.

The missing man formation always brings tears, even if I do not know the "missing man". I believe it represents all who have perished in service to their country.

[WVNan]

THANK YOU ALL VETERANS OF ALL OUR WARS. THANKS TO MY WONDERFUL HUSBAND WHO SERVED AS A MARINE IN THE KOREAN CONFLICT.

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[Mama_Bear]

Hi, lodwick. I've been missing you today. Thanks for posting your sunrise picture. Hope you are having a nice day. :-)

[Mama_Bear]

Hello, Nan. Please thank your wonderful husband for us here at FR for his service. :-)

[Mama_Bear]

Billie, every time, on my way down the thread to thank everyone for their Veterans Day posts, I scroll past that precious little boy in the fatigues with his hand over his heart, it touches my heart all over again. :-)

[WVNan]

Hi MB. Thank you. There are so many who deserve our thanks.

[Glutton]

Thank you for your tribute and nice photos. When they fly the last BlackHawk to the A/C boneyard, they will fly away from it in a UH-1H Iroquois, (or maybe a 'Mike' model with a 540 rotorhead and French TOW subsystems installed - just to look pretty mind you.

I was a crewchief on our unit's backup C and C ship. Roteorhead pilots are a unique breed of aviators. Unlike fixed wing A/C, they do not merely want to fly with a little forward motion. Fixed wing pilots can afford to be expansive and carefree.

Helicopter pilots in a ship using conflicting forces counteracting each other to produce flight are generally more conservative, and much better listeners for wrong sounds and better seatof the pants flyers. It pays with helicopters to know just what the bird is doing when airborne.

Have a great veteran's day, and your friends who never made it home have my most heartfelt salute.

[Mama_Bear]

Thank you, .45MAN, for your service. Thank you, angel, for listing your veterans. They are appreciated. :-)

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