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Herald12345 May all of you return home safe...... 12/23/2007 4:55:07 PM

..............after giving us the best Christmas present possible despite everything our enemies domestic and foreign tried.

Our continued freedom and victory.

Herald

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RockyMTNClimber Christmas Prayers of thanks and hope. 12/25/2007 12:04:33 AM

A Military Wife?s Christmas Prayer

By Tracy Ballagh

T?is the night before Christmas, as I ready for bed
With visions of war still fresh in my head
The visions were not seen through eyes of my own
But rather my loved one serving so far from home
His letters, at first so frequently came
Then he got busy, though I do not complain
He?s there on the front lines in these difficult times
Protecting our freedom at the enemy lines
I know it?s with a heavy heart that he went
But serves so proudly without any regret
For duty, honor, country are more than just words
Just ask my dear husband who gallantly serves
God, I miss him so much. How I wish he were here
To have and to hold and to wish Christmas cheer
But I know that he goes with a mission in hand
Protecting our freedom on a far distant sand
The job that he does is impressive to me
The sacrifice, the duty, the cost to be free
The distance, the travel, the time all alone
Missing his children, his wife, his family and home
The work that he does is not for fortune or fame
He does it in honor of our Country?s good name
He loves what he does, and he does it for love
Protecting the values he learned from above
I ask for no stocking, no gift or bequest
But I do have this one very special request
Protect him Dear Lord through this cold winter night
Let him sleep in peace without worry or fright
Protect his whole unit, wherever they are
Let them know they are loved from home and afar
That we remember them often in all of our thoughts
Let that bring comfort and peace to their hearts
So as I lay down on this Christmas Eve night
I?m at peace with the thought that you?ll keep him alright
You?ll protect him wherever his assignment may be
And bring him back home, safely to me.

GENERAL GEORGE S. PATTON, JR.'S PRAYER and Christmas greeting sent to the men of the Third Army December 8, 1944:

"Almighty and most merciful Father, we humbly beseech Thee, of Thy great goodness, to restrain these immoderate rains with which we have had to contend. Grant us fair weather for Battle. Graciously hearken to us as soldiers who call Thee that, armed with Thy power, we may advance from victory to victory, and crush the oppression and wickedness of our enemies, and establish Thy justice among men and nations. Amen."

the poem was written by Corporal James M. Schmidt, described as a former U.S. Marine Scout-sniper and that is was published in LEATHERNECK MAGAZINE in December of 1991

TWAS THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS,
   HE LIVED ALL ALONE,
   IN A ONE BEDROOM HOUSE MADE OF
   PLASTER AND STONE.

   I HAD COME DOWN THE CHIMNEY
   WITH PRESENTS TO GIVE,
   AND TO SEE JUST WHO
   IN THIS HOME DID LIVE.

   I LOOKED ALL ABOUT,
   A STRANGE SIGHT I DID SEE,
   NO TINSEL, NO PRESENTS,
   NOT EVEN A TREE.

   NO STOCKING BY MANTLE,
   JUST BOOTS FILLED WITH SAND,
   ON THE WALL HUNG PICTURES
   OF FAR DISTANT LANDS.

   WITH MEDALS AND BADGES,
   AWARDS OF ALL KINDS,
   A SOBER THOUGHT
   CAME THROUGH MY MIND.

   FOR THIS HOUSE WAS DIFFERENT,
   IT WAS DARK AND DREARY,
   I FOUND THE HOME OF A SOLDIER,
   ONCE I COULD SEE CLEARLY.

   THE SOLDIER LAY SLEEPING,
   SILENT, ALONE,
   CURLED UP ON THE FLOOR
   IN THIS ONE BEDROOM HOME.

   THE FACE WAS SO GENTLE,
   THE ROOM IN SUCH DISORDER,
   NOT HOW I PICTURED
   A UNITED STATES SOLDIER.

   WAS THIS THE HERO
   OF WHOM I'D JUST READ?
   CURLED UP ON A PONCHO,
   THE FLOOR FOR A BED?

   I REALIZED THE FAMILIES
   THAT I SAW THIS NIGHT,
   OWED THEIR LIVES TO THESE SOLDIERS
   WHO WERE WILLING TO FIGHT.

   SOON ROUND THE WORLD,
   THE CHILDREN WOULD PLAY,
   AND GROWNUPS WOULD CELEBRATE
   A BRIGHT CHRISTMAS DAY.
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DarthAmerica Merry Christmas World 12/25/2007 3:29:09 AM

-DA

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RockyMTNClimber Awesome Cammo Darth! 12/25/2007 8:44:41 PM

If it hadn't been for the M9 you'd have blended right into the freezer behind you! Amazing!

Eh eh eh eh

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RockyMTNClimber HAPPY NEW YEAR! 1/1/2008 1:57:51 PM

A grateful nation thanks you and your family for your service.

Return Home Safe.

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May 2008 find you and your families happy and together! Thank you for everything!!!

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RockyMTNClimber About Memorial Day 5/23/2008 1:06:21 PM

A grateful nation thanks you and your family for your service.

Your sacrifice is still appreciated in the land of the Free and The Home of the Brave.

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Welcome to Memorial Day weekend! In the United States we take this time every May to remember the fallen Soldiers, Sailors, Marines, Airmen, Coasties, and Guardsman who have given the ultimate sacrifice for our freedom. This tradition began shortly after the Civil War with the somber celebration of the men and women who died in our nation's most grisly conflict. A war to reunite the Nation and take the first small steps to free all peoples who live here.

While most of US will be using this weekend in lighter pursuits, visiting with friends, perhaps roping a few cattle, and then finally firing up the BBQ with a cold adult beverage in hand, this holiday's light spirit shall be forever cloaked in the memory of friends, neighbors, brothers, fathers, and sisters who will be with US only in Spirit. The Spirit of a Freedom paid for with their sacred lives.

God bless those wonderful Spirits whom are the very best of US. May we always remember you and your incredible gift.

Most Sincerely,

Rocky

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locutus Twenty One Steps 5/25/2008 4:16:29 AM

I wanted to post this last year but my computer decided to die. This was printed in my apartment's monthly newsletter. It is a poem written by Thomas Holmquist titled 'Twenty One Steps.'

Arlington where our unknown soldier lies

The place to honor those who gave their lives

Those that died that generations be free

May we remember them through eternity

This Unknown Soldier guarded day and night

By the choice of a few and with all their might

To show mankind their respect and dignity

To those who defended our lives and liberty

Twenty one steps, he takes twenty one steps

Eyes locked in honor for the soldier he guards

And twenty one seconds before he turns

To honor the soldiers who never returned

Twenty one steps until the end of time

For our lost soldiers we cannot find

They gave their lives for you and me

The price paid to preserve our dignity

So let's take twenty one steps, just twenty one steps

Lock our eyes in honor for our soldiers that died

And think for twenty one seconds about their sacrifice

To preserve our freedom and our children's lives.

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Nichevo 5/26/2008 10:25:42 PM

I daren't add to the poetry, but let me join the common sentiment in thanking and indeed blessing the servicemen and women of our glorious Armed Forces. Rarely indeed, have so many owed so much to so few (and appreciated it so little).

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Herald12345 5/26/2008 11:08:38 PM

Herald

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RockyMTNClimber Happy Fourth of JULY! Your service makes it possible.... 7/4/2008 3:29:47 PM

A grateful nation thanks you and your family for your service.

Return Home Safe.

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The Original Poem as written on the night of the battle:

Star Spangled Banner

Francis Scott Key

"In Defense of Fort McHenry"

20 September 1814 Congress Made U.S. National Anthem 1931

Oh, say can you see by the dawn's early light

What so proudly we hailed at the twilight's last gleaming?

Whose broad stripes and bright stars thru the perilous fight,

O'er the ramparts we watched were so gallantly streaming?

And the rocket's red glare, the bombs bursting in air,

Gave proof through the night that our flag was still there.

Oh, say does that star-spangled banner yet wave

O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave?

On the shore, dimly seen through the mists of the deep,

Where the foe's haughty host in dread silence reposes,

What is that which the breeze, o'er the towering steep,

As it fitfully blows, half conceals, half discloses?

Now it catches the gleam of the morning's first beam,

In full glory reflected now shines in the stream:

'Tis the star-spangled banner! Oh long may it wave

O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave!

And where is that band who so vauntingly swore

That the havoc of war and the battle's confusion,

A home and a country should leave us no more!

Their blood has washed out their foul footsteps' pollution.

No refuge could save the hireling and slave

From the terror of flight, or the gloom of the grave:

And the star-spangled banner in triumph doth wave

O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave!

Oh! thus be it ever, when freemen shall stand

Between their loved home and the war's desolation!

Blest with victory and peace, may the heav'n rescued land

Praise the Power that hath made and preserved us a nation.

Then conquer we must, when our cause it is just,

And this be our motto: "In God is our trust."

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