Some pics of inspiration
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Njaco
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Aaron Brooks Wolters
Brigadier General
Nice Chris!
fantastic stuff Chris!
evangilder
"Shooter"
The cannons firing and the Stearmans over the flags are the ones that stand out for me.
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Njaco
The Pop-Tart Whisperer
I love the jets flypast Ms. Liberty. That was 1976.
The cannons were at Williamsburg.
Interesting shot is all those GIs in the rotunda. They're re-enlisting for Iraq on July 4!
The cannons were at Williamsburg.
Interesting shot is all those GIs in the rotunda. They're re-enlisting for Iraq on July 4!
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Njaco
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RabidAlien
1st Lieutenant
Got goosebumps and a lump in my throat now...
GOLD STAR MOTHER
By Keo R. Gathman
As she stands beside his grave
On yet another Memorial Day,
She remembers the boy she sent away
And how he became the man resting here today.
His heroes didn't become famous playing ball.
In fact most of their names were never well known at all.
They went to work wearing camouflage green and desert brown,
Earning their reputation as the toughest warriors around.
When he first saw them in dress blues
The heart within her little boy knew,
That nothing short of becoming one of them would do.
Time all too quickly passed by
As childhood things were put aside,
And his heart's desire would not be denied.
"I love you, Mom" he said one day
"But the time has come for me to go away,"
And she knew his decision she couldn't sway.
Through tears she tried so hard to keep inside
She told her baby boy goodbye.
Writing him letters nearly every day
She often took the time to pray,
"Lord be with my boy today."
"Help him clearly see the man I know that he can be,
Grant him his most cherished dream,
Let him come home, a United States Marine."
When the time came for him to go to war
She feared as she had never feared before,
Prayed there would be no knock on her front door.
They came that day dressed in their blues
And though in her heart she already knew,
She cried out "No, it can't be true."
The man child she had sent away
Was at last coming home to stay.
He never doubted what they did was right,
And he never wavered in the fight.
Forever and always as in his childhood dreams,
Her boy remains a United States Marine.
Copyright 2006 Keo R. Gathman ( [email protected] ). Permission is granted to send this to others, with attribution, but not for commercial purposes.
GOLD STAR MOTHER
By Keo R. Gathman
As she stands beside his grave
On yet another Memorial Day,
She remembers the boy she sent away
And how he became the man resting here today.
His heroes didn't become famous playing ball.
In fact most of their names were never well known at all.
They went to work wearing camouflage green and desert brown,
Earning their reputation as the toughest warriors around.
When he first saw them in dress blues
The heart within her little boy knew,
That nothing short of becoming one of them would do.
Time all too quickly passed by
As childhood things were put aside,
And his heart's desire would not be denied.
"I love you, Mom" he said one day
"But the time has come for me to go away,"
And she knew his decision she couldn't sway.
Through tears she tried so hard to keep inside
She told her baby boy goodbye.
Writing him letters nearly every day
She often took the time to pray,
"Lord be with my boy today."
"Help him clearly see the man I know that he can be,
Grant him his most cherished dream,
Let him come home, a United States Marine."
When the time came for him to go to war
She feared as she had never feared before,
Prayed there would be no knock on her front door.
They came that day dressed in their blues
And though in her heart she already knew,
She cried out "No, it can't be true."
The man child she had sent away
Was at last coming home to stay.
He never doubted what they did was right,
And he never wavered in the fight.
Forever and always as in his childhood dreams,
Her boy remains a United States Marine.
Copyright 2006 Keo R. Gathman ( [email protected] ). Permission is granted to send this to others, with attribution, but not for commercial purposes.
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Njaco
The Pop-Tart Whisperer
Thanks RA!
The pic with the veteran in the red t-shirt is from the Honor Flight and they are standing in front of my High School.
The pic with the veteran in the red t-shirt is from the Honor Flight and they are standing in front of my High School.
RabidAlien
1st Lieutenant
Awesome, NJ! My grandfather (B24 propeller tech, Italy) got to go on one a few years ago. He loved every minute of it, said it was one of the best trips he's taken, including the flight to Berlin shortly after the war ended!
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Njaco
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It is hard to see, but the young boy in this picture is standing at the roadside wearing his Boy Scout uniform. He was waiting on the funeral procession for Virginia State Trooper Andrew Fox as the convoy carried him to his final resting place. He is a member of Pack 810 in Woodlawn, Va.and a relative of an Area 25/Galax VSP Trooper. The young boy stood proudly in his uniform and rendered a hand salute to the entire convoy.
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Virginia Tech Alumnus and Virginia State Trooper Andrew D. Fox was directing traffic on Route 30 at Theme Park Way in Hanover County. Trooper Andrew D. Fox was assigned to Pulaski County in Southwest Virginia, but was working a special assignment at the State Fair of Virginia. He was wearing his reflective, traffic safety vest and was standing with other troopers directing traffic through the intersection. West and eastbound traffic had blinking yellow traffic lights in the intersection and the troopers were using their issued illuminated, baton flashlights to direct traffic through the intersection.
A 1992 Jeep Cherokee was traveling east on Route 30 through the intersection when it struck Trooper Fox. Troopers and several bystanders ran to the SUV and lifted it off the trooper. Two troopers immediately began providing first aid and administering CPR.
Trooper Fox was transported to VCU Medical Center, where he succumbed to his injuries. (Oct. 5, 2012).
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Virginia Tech Alumnus and Virginia State Trooper Andrew D. Fox was directing traffic on Route 30 at Theme Park Way in Hanover County. Trooper Andrew D. Fox was assigned to Pulaski County in Southwest Virginia, but was working a special assignment at the State Fair of Virginia. He was wearing his reflective, traffic safety vest and was standing with other troopers directing traffic through the intersection. West and eastbound traffic had blinking yellow traffic lights in the intersection and the troopers were using their issued illuminated, baton flashlights to direct traffic through the intersection.
A 1992 Jeep Cherokee was traveling east on Route 30 through the intersection when it struck Trooper Fox. Troopers and several bystanders ran to the SUV and lifted it off the trooper. Two troopers immediately began providing first aid and administering CPR.
Trooper Fox was transported to VCU Medical Center, where he succumbed to his injuries. (Oct. 5, 2012).
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RabidAlien
1st Lieutenant
Reminds me of the video clip of the little Polish (?) boy in uniform, standing by the side of the road as folks walk by to a parade or something...a Canadian army group comes marching past, the boy throws them a salute that would be the envy of most parade-grounds world-round....and the Canadians return the respect by giving him an "eyes....RIGHT" and salute as they pass. Frikkin awesome! Dunno if its' been posted here yet or not...I'll have to see if I still have a copy somewhere, if it hasn't.
That clip was posted or linked somewhere....?
proton45
Senior Airman
Wow...thanks
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Njaco
The Pop-Tart Whisperer
Its been a few months...................
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Moving shot that one.
Matt308
Glock Perfection
Wow. What I'd give for his stories.
Crimea_River
Marshal
Ditto.
Aaron Brooks Wolters
Brigadier General
