tripledigitken
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thinking of our fallen brothers and sisters....
(I took these photos last year at Ft. Rosecrans Cemetery)
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Howard
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May the rest in peace knowing they gave the ultimate sacrifice one can give.
We don't stop playing because we grow old;
we grow old because we stop playing
George Bernard Shaw
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DENNIS
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Howard
May the rest in peace knowing they gave the ultimate sacrifice one can give. |
I'd be resting in peace if I thought everybody appreciated the price I paid.
Too bad that's not the case.
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tripledigitken
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| Quote: | Originally posted by DENNIS
| Quote: | Originally posted by Howard
May the rest in peace knowing they gave the ultimate sacrifice one can give. |
I'd be resting in peace if I thought everybody appreciated the price I paid.
Too bad that's not the case. |
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DENNIS
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| Quote: | Originally posted by tripledigitken
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Just sayin'.
The other day here on the local bulletin board, I had a run-in with an expat who wanted to trash the US and call it the "Dark side." He chose the
WWW, the PBBB here to do that. I still haven't recovered.
Maybe it looked like I was referring to me, but I wasn't. It was some sort of projection thing.
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[Edited on 5-27-2013 by DENNIS]
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Howard
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Dennis
As someone once said, you can't please all of the people all of the time, just some of the people some of the time. (Or something like that)
Most of us appreciate any military service one gives and if you served, I thank you. You will never get 100% gratification from all of the people so
just know and be in peace that you served and know that in your inner self.
Probably like you, I gave up several years of my life that we could of been surfing, going to the free love shindigs, getting laid more times than
when I came back and not been called a baby killer. I have moved on long, long ago and I think I am a happier person for it.
One can live in the past or look forward to today and the future, it's ones personal choice.
Peace out to all my military brothers,
Howard
U.S.M.C
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1965-1967
We don't stop playing because we grow old;
we grow old because we stop playing
George Bernard Shaw
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Not Sure if This Helps the Discussion
My uncle was an Air Force pilot and died in a crash in Hawaii during the Pearl Harbor attack. We visited his grave in Punchbowl a few years ago.
My mother, a middle member of a family of nine, always described her younger brother as "The best of us, gentle, sweet and spiritual".
As a child, she told me that when she was pregnant with me and near to dying of toxic poisoning, he came to her in a dream and encouraged to gather
her resources and stay alive.
So, I am here today.
“Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow mindedness.”
—Mark Twain
\"La vida es dura, el corazon es puro, y cantamos hasta la madrugada.” (Life is hard, the heart is pure and we sing until dawn.)
—Kirsty MacColl, Mambo de la Luna
\"Alea iacta est.\"
—Julius Caesar
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