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THIS IS IMPORTANT!!!!!
A very long and painful read but I thought it needed sharing. Thank you boys from the bottom of my heart.
Final salute : News : The Rocky Mountain News
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Wow,words can not describe the emotions I'm feeling right now.
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This needs to stay near the top for others to see.
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I am a better person for the Marines I have known. God bless every one of them.
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Wow. Thank you is not enough...
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Thank you.
Everyone who has not seen it should go out and rent or buy this DVD. Probably the best work of Kevin Bacon, it is a great movie and I am a tough movie critic.
Taking Chance
Taking Chance (TV 2009) - IMDb
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Thank you..... So many emotions..... My son is a Marine, and thankfully he returned.
Thank you to all those that have served, are serving.....and their families.
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Thanks for posting, Caj. This IS important. Gotta go now. I can hardly see through the tears.
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It was hard to read with tears in my eyes. GOD bless all our soldiers.
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I have no words to express the emotions felt as I read through the tears on my glasses.
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Hard not to get choked up when you see that picture.
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thank-you for sharing this , luckily my friends who have had thier children (boys & girls) over there , they have all made it home. it;s just sad... god bless every one of these (our) kids. and what makes me the proudest is their all "enlisted". no runaways that i have heard of , in these wars !.
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Damn, that was a 3 hanky read. My son attended the loading of number of fellow Marines onto planes back to the states while in A'stan and Iraq. One thing that alway impressed him was
the gathering of troops from every allied nation involved, no matter the nationality of the fallen warrior.
He has also helped deliver the sad news to families in the states.
I can't think a harder task or a higher honor than helping the families through the ordeal of a lost service member.
Thanks for posting. That link is getting a lot of mileage today.
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I read that about 15 minutes after it was posted this morning Caj, and I still cannot come up with words to express my feelings. Thanks for posting and making us aware and most of all thanks to all who are serving or have ever served.
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Thank you.
Everyone who has not seen it should go out and rent or buy this DVD. Probably the best work of Kevin Bacon, it is a great movie and I am a tough movie critic.
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The DVD or Movie "Taking Chance" has made hardened Marines and old Soldiers cry. It is a very tastfully, very respectfully story of a fallen hero going home.
I learned a lesson a long time ago from a Old Coast Guard Warrent Officer 4. He said, "There are only two times when a soldier can cry. Extreme Sadness and Extreme Pride!" Life has taught me that he was a very wise man.
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That was not an easy read. I had to go hunt up the kleenex. Thanks for posting that link.
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I hope we never lose sight of the sacrifices that are made by our military and their families everyday. Some of the sacrifices are extreme to say the least.
My uncle was charged with notifying the next of kin while he was in the military. He said it was very draining emotionally and he was proud that he could be of some comfort to the families involved.
God bless our troops.
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I read that about 15 minutes after it was posted this morning Caj, and I still cannot come up with words to express my feelings. Thanks for posting and making us aware and most of all thanks to all who are serving or have ever served.
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Same here.I had to drive with some very red eyes.
Thanks Caj. I sent emails to my buddies.I'll bet they had to recompose before forwarding them.
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One friend wrote me back and said "Its a good story but it looks like photo shop."
I'll think on it because it kinda does look off but it doesn't matter.
Don't kill me guys.
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God bless those men. I cannot imagine doing that job everyday. They've got some serious sand about them.
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Very moving. God watch over them and keep them. Thank you doesn't even come close!
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I sent the link to this story to a hardened old Marine combat veteran friend of mine named Rocky - as full of grit as his name. He wrote back "Thank you and damn you, John." He said he couldn't quit crying.
The cost in lives and grief for our overseas quarrels is very high. I hope that someday history will record that it has been worth it. Our service men and women should never die in vain. May God bless and keep them and their families.
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Thanks, cajun,
Sometimes we forget...or try to...
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