HAPPY HOLIDAY WISH FOR ALL !! Poems (2)
Merry Christmas and Happy Hanukkah to everyone out there !! May you all find the Peace and Happiness you deserve.
From: Pacific Paratrooper to ALL !!!
Cherish His Christmas
by Roger J. Robicheau
Dedicated to our military…
Christmas brings such a time of love
Each tender heart holds so much of
Unselfishness thrives, trust is strong
The purpose to give, send love along
A time of pleasantries, patience too
Good wishes to all, all feelings true
Thankfulness follows each fine deed
Gifts from our God, never from greed
Great the rewards that joy does bring
Like the beauty in hearing angels sing
We pray for our loved, each so dear
Especially those who can’t be near
Many leave home to bravely serve
All freedoms we have, they preserve
Do pray for our troops, as we should
And their families too, if you would
Give thanks to our Lord, His only Son
And cherish His Christmas, everyone
©2004Roger J. Robicheau
Please do me one favor and click on last year’s post – Right Here !
From Charly Priest to Smitty – CLICK HERE!!
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Military Humor –
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Farewell Salutes –
Thomas Anderson – Los Angeles, CA; US Army, WWII & Korea
Bill Bjorson – Canfield, OH; US Army Air Corps, WWII, PTO, Co. A/511/11th Airborne Division
Roland Duffany – Pawtucket, RI; US Army, WWII, SSgt., Purple Heart
Robert Gibbons – Denver, CO; US Navy, WWII, PTO
Samuel Jones – London, ENG; Royal Navy, WWII, ETO, gunner, HMS Zulu
Shuso “Shoes” Kumata – IL; US Army, WWII, PTO, Occupation interpreter
Thomas Lovell – St. George, UT; US Navy, WWII, PTO
Tetsuo Matsumoto – Lodi, CA; US Army, WWII, ETO, SSgt., 100/442nd RCT
George A. Sakheim – Brn: GER; US Army, WWII, ETO, Military Intelligence & interpreter
Wiley Tanner – Radium, KS; US Army, WWII
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Posted on December 23, 2019, in Current News, Home Front, Korean War, Vietnam, WWII and tagged Christmas, family history, History, Military, Military History, Pacific War, Poetry, Tributes, veterans, WW2, WWII. Bookmark the permalink. 200 Comments.
Reblogged this on quirkywritingcorner and commented:
I know this is way past Christmas, but I thought the video with The Soldier’s Christmas poem was worth sharing. ~ Connie
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That video should be shown all year – no time limit for things like that!! Thank you!
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Hope your Christmas was beautiful!
Ours was! And busy! 🙂
HUGS!!! 🙂
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Terrific!! As it should be. Everything here was quiet, but quite nice. But now I’m dealing with on again/off again electricity. It’s making blogging a bit difficult!
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Quiet and quite nice. Both good. 🙂
Bummer! I hope your electricity comes on and stays on.
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You and me both. But at least we haven’t been needing the AC on lately!!
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Thank you for sharing! ♥️
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My pleasure for sure!! All my best to your son.
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Same to you!!Cheers!
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Much joy and happiness for the Season of Christmas and New Year GP
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Thank you very much. You visit is much appreciated!!
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Warmest greetings of this festive season and best wishes for Happiness in the New Year
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The same to you and yours, Kally! Have a safe entry into the next decade!
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Super poems. Happy Christmas to you.
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I hope you had a fantastic day!
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Wonderful poem GP Merry Christmas for you and your family!
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Thank you very much. I hope you had a perfect day!
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Thanks, Chris! A little pin-up Christmas humor!! Keep smilin’ my friend!
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🙂 Have a great one. 🙂
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You bet. (except I have gotten to that place on the scale that says I’ll be on a diet too!!)
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😀 Sorry to hear that — it’s a big pain. 😀
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Merry Christmas, GP!
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Same to you, Rick and all the animals at Salmon Brook Farms (wild and tame alike!!) I hope it was a unique and grand day!!
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Just a quiet, peaceful day here yesterday. We’re all happy to be waking up on the right side of the ground. 🙂
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I know what you mean – count me in on that one!!
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Off topic, but apropos knowing you live in Floriduh:
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It is apropos!! Thanks for the laugh too!!
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Merry Christmas 🎄
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I hope yours was one of the very best yet!
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LOVE the post and slide show from last year. It was very heart wrenching to see those photos. Thank you for all that you do on a daily basis to keep people from ever forgetting the sacrifices so many have made.
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I thank you very much for going back into last year’s post. That generation truly deserves the remembrance.
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Having lost two uncles in WWII, I’m one of those who never forgets and always appreciates your coverage of their sacrifices.
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I am so very sorry for your family’s loss! May they never be forgotten or what they fought for be lost!
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Another moving tribute to our veterans. May NONE of us ever take their service for granted! Thank you, GP.
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You said it ALL, Karen!! Thank you!
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Merry Christmas to you, GP! 🎄😊
The focus of your blog is quite rightly on the Pacific Theater because you are chronicling Smitty. Here on Christmas Day, we should also remember this momentous battle in the European Theater:
https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2019/12/at-christmas-remembering-the-battle-of-the-bulge.php
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You are quite right. I rarely mention the ETO because I have not researched it and therefore not the least bit qualified to talk about it! hahaha
Of course – ALL of them should be honored and remembered!!
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More here (Victor Davis Hanson’s full post):
https://pjmedia.com/victordavishanson/recalling-the-battle-of-the-bulge/
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Mr. Hanson does an outstanding job on relating that gruesome story of courage and determination!
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Here’s the full post by esteemed historian Victor Davis Hanson:
https://pjmedia.com/victordavishanson/recalling-the-battle-of-the-bulge/
There are several parallels between his account of the Battle of the Bulge and the battle going on in Washington now.
Hanson also points out that Gen. Patton warned Ike and Bradley that the Nazis were likely to try something like their push through the Ardennes. Bradley in particular pooh-poohed it, no surprise given his animosity toward and jealousy of Patton.
On at least 3 occasions, had Ike listened to Patton the war in Europe would have ended sooner. (1) In the Allied breakout from Normandy, Patton was in Brittany near Le Mans. He warned Ike, Bradley & Montgomery that they could trap and annihilate the Nazi Army in what is called the “Falaise Gap”. Indeed, Bradley had the Nazis closed off from the west and Montgomery had them from the north at Falaise. Patton pleaded with Ike to let him swing up from Brittany and seal the Nazis off from the south and east, trapping them at Falasie. Patton’s advise was not taken and the Nazis escaped up the Seine River. The men and material that got out later formed the nucleus of the Nazi assault through the Ardennes we know as … wait for it … The Battle of the Bulge.
(2) Patton’s specialty was lightening fast surgical strikes that went deep into enemy territory, the circling back, enclosing the remnants and mopping up. He made the case to Ike that this should be the strategy going into Germany proper. It amounted to using the Nazi’s Blitzkrieg methods on them. Ike wanted to do a slow, wide roll up of the Nazis back across the Rhine. This was a tactic favored by the plodding Montgomery as well. Bradley was opposed to Patton’s idea because it was … from Patton. The upshot of this was the war dragged on for months while Ike, Bradley and Montgomery did their slow-roll to the Rhine. Several fine military strategists have pointed out the correctness of Patton’s strategy and agree that Ike drug the war out for several months longer than necessary.
(3) In November/December 1944 with Patton’s Third Army camped around Reims, Patton warned Ike and Bradley (as mentioned above) that the Nazis were likely to make a surprise push through the Ardennes in a bid to recapture the port at Antwerp. The Nazi build up was going on literally right under Bradley’s nose. Bradley turned a blind eye to it, needlessly costing the Allies – the Americans in particular – thousands of unnecessary casualties. Patton’s last minute turn north into Belgium from Reims had the result of stopping most of the Nazi offensive. (Patton arrived in Bastogne the day after Christmas, 1944.) But it still took another month of bitter fighting in one of the worst winters of the 20th century to roll the Nazis back into Germany.
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Wonderful post.
Blessed tidings to you and yours GP!
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Thank you very much! Have a wonderful day!
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Thank you, my friend. I hope you are all having a wonderful day!!
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Happy Christmas GP
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Same to you, Katie!!
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Merry Christmas to GP and all her wonderful readers!
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Thank you and may you and yours have the very best season!!
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Great poem! It’s so important to remember those making sacrifices for our freedom. Thanks for sharing!
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All the very best, Parker! I hope we’ll continue to see you around.
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Buon Natale!!!
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All the very best, my friend!
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Reblogged this on depolreablesunite.
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I appreciate your loyalty to history.
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Merry Christmas
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Thank you, my friend!
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Thank you for the poems, and Merry Christmas to you and yours!
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And a very Merry Christmas to you, Liz!!
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Merry Christmas GP !
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Thanks, GP, and Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to you, too,
Pit
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Merry Christmas! And thanks for your super blog…informs and entertains!
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Merry Christmas to you as well, Helen. And thank you for being such a loyal reader!!
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Best wishes for a very Merry Christmas… 🙂
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Thank you very much!
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Your good wishes reciprocated, my loyal friend
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Merry Christmas to you, GP! ❤
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Thank you very much indeed!!
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Wishing you a happy and peaceful holidays too!
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Thank you very much, Emma!
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Merry Christmas and happy holidays❄🎄🎅🔔❄
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Thank you very much.
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The poem and the video were both moving. I had read the video poem and it was good but the video made it powerful. The Santa paratrooper reminded me of when my children were small and Santa would parachute into the mall parking lot. Merry Christmas!
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haha, I don’t think this Santa has had much practice parachuting! Thank you for watching the video, they certainly do their part.
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Merry Christmas GP and good health for next year!
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I wish the same for you, my friend. May Romeo always have the clear open skies to soar in!!
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soaring onward and upward……….
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Reblogged this on John Cowgill's Literature Site.
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Thank you, John!
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You are very welcome.
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A very, Merry Christmas to you & yours, GP
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I greatly appreciate that – right back atcha!
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Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year, GP!
I am going to do a backwards catch up with your site later this week.
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No problem, Lavinia. Just enjoy your Holiday Season!!
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Greetings to you too, and only the best for the coming year…
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Much appreciated. I hope you have all you wish for this year!
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Merry Christmas to you and yours 🙂
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Thank you very much!!
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Christmas Eve here already in Godzone, GP … which makes wishing you a very Merry Christmas properly lega— (oops) qualified.
ALL the very best to you and yours, GP!
Now pass the rum, Jim Lad … arrrghhh (apologies. … old navy, habits die hard). Hic!
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Sounds like a great Navy habit!! Enjoy, my friend!!
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This is a terrific Christmas post, GP. Thanks for the funny Santa too. Merry Christmas hugs.
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All I want for Christmas is for you to be happy!
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Beautiful post! 🎄🍷
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Thank you very much!
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Thank you very much for sharing this with your readers.
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