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    Memorial day favor please

    The favor I am asking for is when you have your barbecue or picnic this weekend, leave a seat or a place-setting for the spirit of a fallen soldier. I will be doing the same to honor all of the friends I left behind.

    A soldiers Poem
    He was getting old and paunchy
    And his hair was falling fast,
    And he sat around the Legion,
    Telling stories of the past.
    Of a war that he once fought in
    And the deeds that he had done,
    In his exploits with his buddies;
    They were heroes, every one.
    And 'tho sometimes to his neighbors
    His tales became a joke,
    All his buddies listened quietly
    For they knew where of he spoke.
    But we'll hear his tales no longer,
    For ol' Bob has passed away,
    And the world's a little poorer
    For a soldier died today.
    He won't be mourned by many,
    Just his children and his wife.
    For he lived an ordinary,
    Very quiet sort of life.
    If we cannot do him honor
    While he's here to hear the praise,
    Then at least let's give him homage
    At the ending of his days.
    Perhaps just a simple headline
    in the paper that might say:

    "OUR COUNTRY IS IN MOURNING,
    A SOLDIER DIED TODAY."

    In memeory of my boys, Alpha 151 "kicking Ass and Having Fun" 1st Squad 3rd Plt Infantry.
    I will always remember you
    Last edited by steven; May 26th, 2007 at 01:58 PM.

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    Absolutely, what a neat gesture!
    "...give me Liberty or give me a beer and I'll think about it awhile..."

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    Steven, were you in Iraq? if so, which operation - storm or freedom?

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    Amen! I lost a lot of friends over the years in many different campaigns. I always leave an empty seat and a full plate for them.

    I lost a leg and have shrapenel in my lower back from the last gulf war. But the worst part was losing 3 of my best friends.
    May you live forever.....and the last voice you hear.....MINE!

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    Beautifully stated. Makes me wish I was doing something besides working this weekend. It also reminds me to run out to the cemetery to put a flag out for my dad.
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    I will bump this every year on this day.
    People who wonder if the glass is half empty or full miss the point. The glass is refillable.

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    Got a seat saved right here next to me, steven. I didn't forget

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    My yearly Bump
    People who wonder if the glass is half empty or full miss the point. The glass is refillable.

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    Smile

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    No problem.
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    I have been doing that for quite awhile and I will continue. It is an honor!
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    In remembrance:
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    What a nice gesture. I will remember to do it...We often hear stories about veterans as they get older telling stories about the wars they fought, and iti becoming a joke with some people. I had three uncles who were veterans, two in WWII and one in Vietnam. None of them ever talked about what they experienced. Not even to my aunts. it would not have bothered me if they had talked about it. I guess everyone deals with it differently.
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    On this day we honor all dead. But we also honor and thank those living, who made it through with or without injury. They have to carry the memory of it all, mostly that of their friends and comrades who aren't here to celebrate our freedom.

    Thank you.

    It's not really an empty gesture. It reminds all of us but especially the children what the day is all about.

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    From the Gettysburg Address.....

    "But, in a larger sense, we can not dedicate -- we can not consecrate -- we can not hallow -- this ground. The brave men, living and dead, who struggled here, have consecrated it, far above our poor power to add or detract. The world will little note, nor long remember what we say here, but it can never forget what they did here. It is for us the living, rather, to be dedicated here to the unfinished work which they who fought here have thus far so nobly advanced. It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us -- that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion -- that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain -- that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom -- and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth."
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    Quote Originally Posted by steven
    The favor I am asking for is when you have your barbecue or picnic this weekend, leave a seat or a place-setting for the spirit of a fallen soldier. I will be doing the same to honor all of the friends I left behind.


    YOU got it Steven.

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