MULDOON
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Read the part about red Fridays at the bottom
I couldn't paste the pictures in the right spots , If you scroll down to the bottom you'll see the 2 pictures.
I was sent this E-mail by a good friend who's brother is in the special forces , There is no doupt in my mind that it's not true.
And you will know with out a doupt , what color shirt I'll be wearing on fridays.
Bill Wallace
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> May God protect our Military as they protect us.
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> A Simple Thank You
>
> Last week, while traveling to Chicago on business, I noticed a
Marine
>sergeant traveling with a folded flag, but did not put two and two
>together. After we boarded our flight, I turned to the sergeant,
who'd
>been invited to sit in First Class (across from me), and inquired if
he was
>heading home.
>
>
> No, he responded.
>
> Heading out I asked?
>
>
>
> No. I'm escorting a soldier home.
>
>
>
> Going to pick him up?
>
>
> No. He is with me right now. He was killed in Iraq. I'm taking him
home
>to his family.
>
> The realization of what he had been asked to do hit me like a punch
to
>the gut. It was an honor for him. He told me that, although he didn't
know
>the soldier, he had delivered the news of his passing to the soldier's
>family and felt as if he knew them after many conversations in so few
days.
>I turned back to him, extended my hand, and said, Thank you. Thank you
for
>doing what you do so my family and I can do what we do.
>
> Upon landing in Chicago the pilot stopped short of the gate and
made
>the following announcement over the intercom.
>
>
>
> [ "Ladies and gentlemen, I would like to note that we have had the
honor
>of having Sergeant Steeley of the United States Marine Corps join us
on
>this flight. He is escorting a fallen comrade back home to his family.
I
>ask that you please remain in your seats when we open the forward door
to
>allow Sergeant Steeley to deplane and receive his fellow soldier. We
will
>then turn off the seat belt sign."
>
> [ Without a sound, all went as requested. I noticed the sergeant
>saluting the casket as it was brought off the plane, and his action
made me
>realize that I am proud to be an American.
>
>
>
> So here's a public Thank You to our military Men and Women for what
you
>do so we can live the way we do .
> signed: Stuart Margel -- Washington, D.C.
>
>
>
>
>
> Also, here are two very touching photos honored at this years
>International Picture of the Year.
>
>
>
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> First Place
>
> Todd Heisler The Rocky Mountain News
>
> When 2nd Lt. James Cathey's body arrived at the Reno Airport,
Marines
>climbed into the cargo hold of the plane and draped the flag over his
>casket as passengers watched the family gather on the tarmac.
>
>
>
>
>
> During the arrival of another Marine's casket last year at Denver
>International Airport, Major Steve Beck described the scene as so
powerful:
>"See the people in the windows? They sat right there in the plane,
watching
>those Marines. You gotta wonder what's going through their minds,
knowing
>that they're on the plane that brought him home," he said. "They will
>remember being on that plane for the rest of their lives. They're
going to
>remember bringing that Marine home. And they should."
>
>
>
>
>
> Second Place
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> Second Place
>
> Todd Heisler The Rocky Mountain News
>
> The night before the burial of her husband's body, Katherine Cathey
>refused to leave the casket, asking to sleep next to his body for the
last
>time. The Marines made a bed for her, tucking in the sheets below the
flag.
>Before she fell asleep, she opened her laptop computer and played
songs
>that reminded her of 'Cat,' and one of the Marines asked if she wanted
them
>to continue standing watch as she slept. "I think it would be kind of
nice
>if you kept doing it," she said. "I think that's what he would have
>wanted."
>
>
>
>
>
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> PLEASE KEEP THIS GOING!
>
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>
>
>
>
>
>
> "No arsenal, no weapon in the arsenals of the world, is so
formidable as
>the will and moral courage of free men and women."
>
> -- Ronald Reagan
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I couldn't paste the pictures in the right spots , If you scroll down to the bottom you'll see the 2 pictures.
I was sent this E-mail by a good friend who's brother is in the special forces , There is no doupt in my mind that it's not true.
And you will know with out a doupt , what color shirt I'll be wearing on fridays.
Bill Wallace
>
>
>
> May God protect our Military as they protect us.
>
>
>
> A Simple Thank You
>
> Last week, while traveling to Chicago on business, I noticed a
Marine
>sergeant traveling with a folded flag, but did not put two and two
>together. After we boarded our flight, I turned to the sergeant,
who'd
>been invited to sit in First Class (across from me), and inquired if
he was
>heading home.
>
>
> No, he responded.
>
> Heading out I asked?
>
>
>
> No. I'm escorting a soldier home.
>
>
>
> Going to pick him up?
>
>
> No. He is with me right now. He was killed in Iraq. I'm taking him
home
>to his family.
>
> The realization of what he had been asked to do hit me like a punch
to
>the gut. It was an honor for him. He told me that, although he didn't
know
>the soldier, he had delivered the news of his passing to the soldier's
>family and felt as if he knew them after many conversations in so few
days.
>I turned back to him, extended my hand, and said, Thank you. Thank you
for
>doing what you do so my family and I can do what we do.
>
> Upon landing in Chicago the pilot stopped short of the gate and
made
>the following announcement over the intercom.
>
>
>
> [ "Ladies and gentlemen, I would like to note that we have had the
honor
>of having Sergeant Steeley of the United States Marine Corps join us
on
>this flight. He is escorting a fallen comrade back home to his family.
I
>ask that you please remain in your seats when we open the forward door
to
>allow Sergeant Steeley to deplane and receive his fellow soldier. We
will
>then turn off the seat belt sign."
>
> [ Without a sound, all went as requested. I noticed the sergeant
>saluting the casket as it was brought off the plane, and his action
made me
>realize that I am proud to be an American.
>
>
>
> So here's a public Thank You to our military Men and Women for what
you
>do so we can live the way we do .
> signed: Stuart Margel -- Washington, D.C.
>
>
>
>
>
> Also, here are two very touching photos honored at this years
>International Picture of the Year.
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> First Place
>
> Todd Heisler The Rocky Mountain News
>
> When 2nd Lt. James Cathey's body arrived at the Reno Airport,
Marines
>climbed into the cargo hold of the plane and draped the flag over his
>casket as passengers watched the family gather on the tarmac.
>
>
>
>
>
> During the arrival of another Marine's casket last year at Denver
>International Airport, Major Steve Beck described the scene as so
powerful:
>"See the people in the windows? They sat right there in the plane,
watching
>those Marines. You gotta wonder what's going through their minds,
knowing
>that they're on the plane that brought him home," he said. "They will
>remember being on that plane for the rest of their lives. They're
going to
>remember bringing that Marine home. And they should."
>
>
>
>
>
> Second Place
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> Second Place
>
> Todd Heisler The Rocky Mountain News
>
> The night before the burial of her husband's body, Katherine Cathey
>refused to leave the casket, asking to sleep next to his body for the
last
>time. The Marines made a bed for her, tucking in the sheets below the
flag.
>Before she fell asleep, she opened her laptop computer and played
songs
>that reminded her of 'Cat,' and one of the Marines asked if she wanted
them
>to continue standing watch as she slept. "I think it would be kind of
nice
>if you kept doing it," she said. "I think that's what he would have
>wanted."
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> PLEASE KEEP THIS GOING!
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> "No arsenal, no weapon in the arsenals of the world, is so
formidable as
>the will and moral courage of free men and women."
>
> -- Ronald Reagan
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