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JULY 4, For those who sacrifice for the freedoms you so enjoy!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY U.S.A.
Let’s show our support!
In Vietnam, Korea and World Wars Past
Our Men Fought Bravely so Freedom Would Last
Conditions Where Not Always Best They Could Be
Fighting a Foe You Could Not Always See:
From Mountain Highs to Valley Lows
From Jungle Drops to Desert Patrols
Our Sinewy Sons Were Sent Over Seas
Far From Their Families And Far From Their Dreams
They Never Wrote Letters Of Hardships Despair
Only Of Love, Yearning That One Day Soon:
They Would Come Home, They Would Resume
And Carry On With The Rest of Their Lives
The P.O.W.¹S Stood Steadfast
Break time for the prisoners.
by: Ben Steele, POW
Against the Indignities And Cruelties Of War
They Could Not Have Lasted as Long as They Did
If They Had Relinquished Their Hope That Some Day:
They Would Come Home, They Would Resume
And Carry On the Rest Of Their Lives
Medics, Nurses, and Chaplains Alike
Surgery aboard ship
Did What They Needed To Bring Back Life
They Served Our Forces From Day Into Night
Not Questioning If They Would Survive:
They Mended Bones And Bodies Too,
They Soothed the Spirits of Dying Souls
And for Those M.I.A¹S, Who Were Left Behind
We Echo This Message Across the Seas
We Will search For as Long As It Takes
You¹re Not Forgotten And Will Always Be:
In Our Hearts, In Our Prayers,
In Our Minds For All Time
A Moment of Silence, a Moment of Summons
Is Their Deliverance of Body And Soul
To a Sacred Place That We All Know
Deep In the Shrines of Our Soul:
In Our Hearts, In Our Prayers
In Our Minds For All Time
These Immortalized Soldiers Whose Bravery Abounds
Nisei soldiers
They¹re Our Husbands, Fathers, and Sons
They Enlisted For the Duty at Hand
To Serve the Cause of Country and Land:
They Had Honor, They Had Valor,
They Found Glory That Change Them Forever
Men Standing Tall and Proud They be
A Country Behind Them in a Solemn Sea
So Let the Flags of Freedom Fly
Unfurled in Their Majesty High:
In the Sun, In the Rain
In the Winds Across This Land
Years of Tears Has Brought Us Here
Gathering Around to Hear This Sound
So Let the Flags of Freedom Fly
Unfurled in Their Majesty High:
In the Sun, In the Rain,
In the Winds Across This Land
In the Sun, In the Rain,
In the Winds For All Time
Written by Jerry Calow, 2003
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My View –
THEY HAVE NOTHING BETTER TO DO!!
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Farewell Salutes –
Laurens Allen – Bessemer, AL; US Army, WWII, ETO
Salvatore Barone (103) – Tuckahoe, NY; US Army Air Corps, WWII, Sgt.
Hugh Downs – Acron, OH; US Army, WWII
Carlton Hale Jr. – Kenner, LA; US Navy, WWII, Purple Heart
Francis Joannini Jr. – Rockville, MD; US Coast Guard, WWII, PTO, LST-70
Robert Lander – Massapequa Park, NY; USMC, WWII, PTO, 5th Marines
Diane Oldmixon – NYC, NY; Civilian, French Resistance, WWII
Lawson Sakai – Montebello, CA; US Army, WWII, ETO, 442nd RCT, Bronze Star, Purple Heart
David Schmitz – USA; US Air Force, F-16 pilot, 20th Fighter Wing
Henry ‘Jack’ Waters – Bell, FL; US Army, WWII, PTO, Engineer Corps
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July Fourth 2018
While you enjoy your bar-b-ques and fireworks – take a moment to remember the troops that made it all possible for that to happen today.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY USA !!!
Ralph Waldo Emerson‘s “Concord Hymn.” It was sung at the completion of the Concord Battle Monument on April 19, 1837.
By the rude bridge that arched the flood,
Their flag to April’s breeze unfurled,
Here once the embattled farmers stood,
And fired the shot heard round the world,
The foe long since in silence slept,
Alike the Conqueror silent sleeps,
And Time the ruined bridge has swept
Down the dark stream which seaward creeps.
On this green bank, by this soft stream,
We set to-day a votive stone,
That memory may their deed redeem,
When like our sires our sons are gone.
Spirit! who made those freemen dare
To die, or leave their children free,
Bid time and nature gently spare
The shaft we raise to them and Thee.
If you are setting off fireworks this evening, please be courteous to your neighboring veterans . Haven’t they heard enough?
Take good care of your pets
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Fourth of July Humor – or is it?
courtesy of ‘America on Coffee’
courtesy of: Henry Kotula
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Farewell Salutes –
Hobert Bingham – Alcorn County, MS; USMC, WWII, PTO
James Conway – Sun City, AZ; US Army, WWII, 2nd Lt.
Irving Green – Mountaindale, NY; US Army Air Corps, WWII, bombardier
Charles Highley Jr. – Glen Ridge, NJ; USMC, WWII, PTO
Lois Jolly – Hempstead, NY; US Army WAC, WWII, ETO, nurse
Thomas Miller – Norfolk, VA; US Army Air Corps, 152nd AAA/11th Airborne Division
Joseph Rizzi – Bronx, NY; US Army Air Corps, WWII, PTO, CO A/457 Artillery/11th Airborne Divsion
Ray Sarvis – Bessemer City, NC; US Navy, WWII, PTO
Harold Tor – Beach, CA; US Army Air Corps, WWII, PTO, Co F/187th/11th Airborne Division
Robert Watz – Westerly, RI; US Army, Korea, Co A/187th RCT
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4th of July
SEEMS WE DON’T SAY IT ENOUGH – SO, I’M TRYING TO FIX THAT RIGHT HERE – GOD BLESS THE USA!!!
We can rant, we can complain and we can thank the troops for giving us the right to do so! Today we celebrate our country’s birthday, traditional BBQ’s, fireworks, family and friends, we have a day off and have a ball! – and to who do we owe it all? You guessed it_____
God Bless Our Troops
THE SOLDIER’S POEM
When this is over And we come home again, Forget the band And cheers from the stand; Just have the things Well in hand – The things we fought for. UNDERSTAND?_____Pfc C.G. Tiggas
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ONLY A SAILOR
____from Anna @ Maiden on the Midway
The moving photographs are courtesy of Don Edrington and netanimations.net.
SO – HAVE FUN, STAY SAFE and BE HAPPY !!
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Farewell Salutes –
Alfred Bouchard – Manchester, NH; USMC, Master Gunnery SGT., Korea and Vietnam
Eugene Butkevich – Brooklyn, NY & W.PalmBch, FL; USMC, WWII and Korea
Arthur “Dick” Clark – Mount Vernon, IL; US Army, Korea
Albert John Edward – NZ; RNZ Army # 14148507, Lance Cpl, pilot
William Gentry – Washington DC; USMC (Ret.), Lt.Colonel
Donald Haskell – Goffstown, NH; US Army, WWII, ETO, medic
Clifford Jones Jr. – Boynton Bch, FL; US Army, Korea
Carmen Edward Mercadante – Amsterdam, NY; US Army, WWII, ETO
Delton Pate – Antlers, OK; US Army Air Corps,127th Engineers, B Co., WWII, PTO
George Rankin – Wichita, KS & W.Palm Bch, FL; US Air Force, Captain, Vietnam
Clarence Wright – Clarksville, TN; US Air Force, MSgt., Korea
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Pacific Paratrooper 