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Memorial Day - 5/23/2008 10:14:05 PM   
Owner59


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Status: offline 		  I want to send out my thoughts to the men and women who`ve given their lives, in service of our country.

This of course, includes the 4000 plus most recent casualties from Iraq and over 500 casualties from Afghanistan.

I also wish their families the best and thank them for their sacrifices.

Over this memorial weekend,thank a veteran too, if you know any.
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RE: Memorial Day - 5/23/2008 10:14:34 PM   
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RE: Memorial Day - 5/23/2008 10:19:13 PM   
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RE: Memorial Day - 5/24/2008 8:42:53 AM   
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RE: Memorial Day - 5/24/2008 8:46:34 AM   
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Status: offline 		very well said, i will honor a soldier and vet, along with my dear family and friends who have passed.

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RE: Memorial Day - 5/24/2008 9:30:09 AM   
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I lost a cousin in Vietnam. He was there for three weeks.
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RE: Memorial Day - 5/24/2008 12:45:59 PM   
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Status: offline 		amen......and i hope we will thank those that gave legs and arms and pieces of their minds in war also....

as one who served during times of peace, i dont even feel like a veteran most days.  thanks to all who served during times of war and unrest.

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RE: Memorial Day - 5/24/2008 12:51:10 PM   
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Status: offline 		I'll be spending Memorial Day with my dad and the rest of my family.  He did 3 tours in Vietnam as an infantry officer with the 1st Calvary Division, 5th of the 7th.  I always bring his favorite beer. 

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RE: Memorial Day - 5/24/2008 12:53:15 PM   
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ORIGINAL: SeeksOnlyOne

amen......and i hope we will thank those that gave legs and arms and pieces of their minds in war also....

as one who served during times of peace, i dont even feel like a veteran most days.  thanks to all who served during times of war and unrest.

Did you sign up only on the condition that there would be no war?  I doubt it.  You placed yourself in the line of fire in case the shit hit the fan.  The fact that it didn't makes your service no less worthy of the title vet.  Thank you for your service.

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RE: Memorial Day - 5/24/2008 1:02:28 PM   
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ORIGINAL: slaveboyforyou

I'll be spending Memorial Day with my dad and the rest of my family.  He did 3 tours in Vietnam as an infantry officer with the 1st Calvary Division, 5th of the 7th.  I always bring his favorite beer. 


Sounds like a nice guy,I did three tours as well and beginning to feel the effects of it...I went to our family cemetery this morning and will spend the rest of the weekend putting up hay.. 

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RE: Memorial Day - 5/24/2008 6:58:58 PM   
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Status: offline 		Very well said. I always think of my Dad on Memorial day... and of course all my buddies over in the middle east now.

I want all of our service men and women to come home safely to thier loved ones and family.

I have not seen my Blonde haired goddess in far too long. They need to send her home dang it.


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RE: Memorial Day - 5/25/2008 10:55:01 AM   
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Status: offline 		If i could...Memorial Day is reserved for our fallen heros (my late husband is one) but there are those who stood behind the veterans...the widows and the sons and daughters. They are the unsung heros who also gave a great sacrifice, and the scars will never heal. Ever.
Lets remember them too.


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RE: Memorial Day - 5/25/2008 12:21:44 PM   
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Status: offline 		(posted by a person in tears)....  It's about respect for a person's life...a family's loss...this is why we have Memorial Day...to say "Thank You" to someone that gave all they had...
Sgt. Merlin German...dead at 22.  May he Rest in peace

http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5jquSvmD8-4lUXtHoJfT7u-FEV2LgD90SOL8G0

http://www.semperfifund.org/heroes/stories/m_german.html

http://www.right-thoughts.us/index.php/weblog/comments/someone_you_should_know_corporal_merlin_german/

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/2008/05/03/2008-05-03_marine_sgt_merlin_germans_loved_ones_rec.html

http://www.newsday.com/services/newspaper/printedition/friday/news/ny-nysold025670668may02,0,3318061.story


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RE: Memorial Day - 5/25/2008 12:32:24 PM   
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ORIGINAL: sirsholly

If i could...Memorial Day is reserved for our fallen heros (my late husband is one) but there are those who stood behind the veterans...the widows and the sons and daughters. They are the unsung heros who also gave a great sacrifice, and the scars will never heal. Ever.
Lets remember them too.



Thank you for adhering to the spirit of the rememberance.

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