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G I Joe....

God bless you sir....

As a sole survivor, I do my best to honor those who served. It will never be enough. To live a lifetime with the memories you wrote of, while watching what you fought for die in our "enlightened culture", must surely be a far greater challenge for you than those who never risked it all.

Where do our fellow citizens draw the line or have our values become do deluted, together with our resolve as Americans, that no line can be drawn today. So soon have the few, forgotten the lessons of 911, yet how loud their voice have grown. Will the rest of us muster the courage to oppose them and regain the lost ground you and so many other heroes fought and many died for?

Wednesday, December 18th marks yet another anniversary of the events that would take my father's life in the South China Sea after the invasion of Mindoro. He was the same age as you when you served in Viet Nam. He died just months before I was born. Thanks to The FReeper Foxhole, SAMWolf and AntiJen we have a cyber place to pay respects for men like you and my dad.

Perhaps some of the answers we seek will come from there. I've often thought the internet would be a vehicle to bring about unity in both words and actions... the tears in our social fabric have become so great as to wonder if it can be reconsituted. The veterans of World War II and Korea are leaving us in greater numbers each day. Their memories, like yours, are the bedrock and steel framework of our way of life. They are being replaced by disposable diapers and plastic credit cards and a consuming passion to gain material wealth over moral substance.

We have also allowed the dumbing down of our youth the last three generations. In many schools today, sixth grade textbooks from our generation are the reading materials for high school students. Jay Leno finds comedy in the average NYC jaywalker who can't answer the very questions we use to ask of immigrants to our county. American History is being replaced by obscure cultural studies and "The Arts".

I was fortunate being educated with a FM22-5 at my side and the U.S. Marine Corps' Core Values of Honor Courage and Commitment as our school motto. Instead of inviting the ALCU into our public schools to demean our values, perhaps it's time bring in our veterans.

In closing Joe... if you're not there already, Drop on in at the FReeper Foxhole! If you would like to be added to this list, please send a FReepmail to AntiJen.

Thanks Joesnuffy for your service and for sharing your story.

Thank you, comwatch for your kind words about the Foxhole.

Thank you for pinging me to your story. I thank God for men like your father and yourself who answered the call to duty, honor and country. God bless you my friend, and thank you for promoting the Foxhole and its mission.