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  1. 05-25-2008, 12:09 PM #1
    Nicie
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    Tribute To American Veterans

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    Tribute to America's Veterans
    By Marion Mahoney


    "Those Honored Dead"
    "Why do you fly the flag today?"
    My Grandson wants to know.
    I fly it for the graveyards
    Where the countless crosses grow.

    I fly the flag for children
    Whose fathers are a name.
    A half-remembered memory
    of a face within a frame.

    I fly it for the families
    of sons and daughters lost.
    They know the price of liberty
    How terrible the cost!

    I fly the flag for veterans
    who lost their youth in blood.
    And saw their comrades slaughtered
    in the carnage and the mud.

    I fly it for the ones who marched
    In cadence off to war
    To close their eyes forever
    Upon some foreign shore.

    I fly the flag for grief poured out
    Upon a granite wall.
    The laying-on of hands that heals
    The scars within us all.

    I fly it for the sound of Taps---
    That melancholy tune
    That lays to rest those honored dead
    Who always die too soon.
    IT'S NOT HOW YOU GET IN, IT'S HOW YOU GET OUT
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  2. 05-25-2008, 12:45 PM #2
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    Beautiful , For all me old friends that laid it down . Thanks Nicie SALUTE .
    Nam vet 1967/1970 Skull & Bones can KMA .Bless our Brothers that gave their all ..It also gives me the right to Vote for Chuck Baldwin 2008 POTUS . NOW or never*
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  3. 05-25-2008, 12:50 PM #3
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    Beautiful , For all me old friends that laid it down .

    I salute you !     I hope you have a relaxing weekend with family and friends.
    IT'S NOT HOW YOU GET IN, IT'S HOW YOU GET OUT
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  4. 05-25-2008, 01:04 PM #4
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    My ex-son-in-law (my daughter was killed in a car accident. They had a son, and though my son-in-law remarried, we've remained close) is a Viet Nam Veteran. He was drafted during his first year of college. He seldom speaks of his war experience, but when he has, somtimes it's with humor, other times sadness, but always with reverence for his buddies.
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    May God bless out troops and bring them home safe to the arms of a grateful nation!
    Semper Fi!
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    tencz writes,

    "Bless our brothers who gave their all"

    Tomorrow will be a beautiful day. Thanks to those who gave their all.

    Thanks for the beautiful post Nicie.
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  7. 05-25-2008, 01:46 PM #7
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    Semper Fi!

    From the wife of a former Marine !
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    Semper Fi for an old Jarhead ..

    Thanks for this wonderful post I have forwarded to all the people I know ..
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  9. 05-25-2008, 02:38 PM #9
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    GOD BLESS ALL OUR TROOPS AND THEIR FAMILIES!!! MAY GOD COMFORT THOSE WHO HAVE LOST LOVED ONES TO BATTLE.
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  10. 05-25-2008, 02:50 PM #10
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    Simply, beautiful !
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