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  • Get Out Your Handkerchiefs

    A Sailor’s Dying Wish

    I've got mine out, already.
    "“The duty of a patriot is to protect his country from its government.” – Thomas Paine

  • #2
    ABT, now who is being mean? I'm gonna sniffle around here for the rest of the day thinking of that old guy. It is a good story, just sad.
    I'm a ding bat & AA groupie

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    • #3
      As the son of a WW ll sailor, all I can say is, "WOW". That was a very touching story.

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      If we cannot define a simple word like greatness, how can we ever hope to use it as a measuring stick to know when we have risen beyond average?

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      • #4
        Awesome..... I really am speechless...
        Liberty is NOT a privilege, it is a RIGHT

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        • #5
          God bless them all for giving him such joy in his last days. As is true with my FIL who is a WWII vet, it was a life defining experience for these men. I don't even have the words to describe how my FIL feels. Just simply "brotherhood".
          Silence in the face of evil is itself evil: God will not hold us guiltless. Not to speak is to speak. Not to act is to act.”
          Dietrich Bonhoeffer

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          • #6
            And here I was pissing and moaning about work. Thank you for posting this.

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