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bignasty
53 / male
Elko, Nevada, US
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This is for all us Veterans
This is non-fiction .......
We buried another veteran today.
He went to his God, from us, he went away.
This one was young, in the prime of his life.
He left twin children and a very courageous wife.
It wasn't a bullet, a plane crash or a bomb.
It was cancer, and he just finally, could not hold on.
He fought "it" like a military campaign.
But the time came to surrender, to end his earthly pain.
He knew he would be fine in the presence of his Lord.
But what about his twins, those children he adored?
Will they grow strong and at "life" win.
Please God, let them always remember him.
We buried another veteran today.
It seems, all my life, it has happened this way.
From my Grandfather of the WW II-time frame.
To the military friends, Iraq would claim.
For me the number of dead, is always on the rise.
When I get a call another veteran is gone, it is never really a surprise.
I lost a Korean War veteran friend this year, to a crashed airplane.
I lost a Gulf War friend to cancer, a difference in their age, but still the same pain.
We buried another Veteran today.
It seems in all my family's generations, it happens this way.
From my Revolutionary War great great Grandfathers who started this sad, but needed trend.
To the family members on both sides in 1861, who just would not bend.
Some of my family lived a long and happy life, after "their" war.
They died of old age in their bed, safe-behind a locked door.
They died in battle, buried where they fell.
They died years later, carrying emotional scars, in their own personal hell.
My family is no different than thousands who met our Nation's call.
They rose to the demands of this country and some gave their "all".
We have to continue doing this, to make America free.
But, it's that Veteran's twin-little children that keeps worrying me.
We buried another Veteran today.
It seems all my life it continues this way.
Now my only child is nine and we reside in a military situation. I truly want her to live safe, in a free nation.
But what happens, when it is her-generation's turn to make a stand.
Do we lose our only child in some forsaken-foreign land?
Does she play it safe, stay home and say "that's boy's stuff".
Or does she join like her father and go right into the ruff.
She has to be that one Veteran I don't see, make that final "call".
Let me go before her, let me first give this country my fighting "all".
Maybe if I go "out-there" and make my final stand.
She can stay safe-at-home, in this wonderful free land.
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| March 24, 2006, 08:04 |
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Re: This is for all us Veterans
To all military personell , and all veterans... I salute you..!!!!!!
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| March 24, 2006, 16:12 |
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Re: Re: This is for all us Veterans
QUOTE (rchamberlain @ March 24, 2006, 16:12)To all military personell , and all veterans... I salute you..!!!!!!
Ditto, Amen, and lots of thanks and love! 
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| March 24, 2006, 16:13 |
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funlovingpair
58 / couple
Frozen Tundra, Minnesota, US
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Re: Re: Re: This is for all us Veterans
QUOTE (MoonHowler @ March 24, 2006, 16:13) QUOTE (rchamberlain @ March 24, 2006, 16:12)To all military personell , and all veterans... I salute you..!!!!!!
Ditto, Amen, and lots of thanks and love!
Thank you to all past and present vets. Your sacrifice is greatly admired, and I will always put you on a pedestal and bow to honor you.
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| March 25, 2006, 11:06 |
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littlecock
60 / male
southwest, Colorado, US
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Re: Re: Re: Re: This is for all us Veterans
QUOTE (funlovingpair @ March 25, 2006, 11:06)
Amen!
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| March 25, 2006, 22:49 |
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Re: This is for all us Veterans
Only in AMERICA... I LOVE MY COUNTRY...!!! And the people that make it great...!!!! 
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| March 26, 2006, 13:40 |
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