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Plankowner
Posts: 9163
Location: Upper lefthand corner of the map. | Subject: Veterans Tribute
I was looking at some of the veterans tributes on YouTube and as I started to play this one I saw a name. As soon as the video begins and the little girl is shown STOP the video! The name she is touching or the one above it is my high school class mate Frank Bozzello. I will visit his grave this weekend and a few others also. The traveling Wall is always in Auburn Washington, where our parade is, for Veterans Day and I will visit there also.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z-zNkXLe9e0
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Master and Commander
Posts: 2191
Location: Port Ludlow, WA (the Olympic Penninsula) | Subject: RE: Veterans Tribute
A 21 year old 2nd Lieutenant - damn shame for all of those kids. I have a few friends names on the wall myself - can't visit that damn thing, too painful to see all the names, did it once in D.C. - never again. Seeing your picture of Frank's marker brings up visions of the pony soldiers and the Gary Owen being played as Custer marches off to his slaughter about a hundred years before - we don't learn fast do we? |
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Master and Commander
Posts: 2191
Location: Port Ludlow, WA (the Olympic Penninsula) | Subject: RE: Veterans Tribute
I've posted a tribute to Frank and his 7th Cav History at: http://www.usssealion.com/sealion/images/featured_picture.htm |
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Great Sage of the Sea
Posts: 602
Location: Visalia, Ca. | Subject: RE: Veterans Tribute
crystal - 2007-11-07 8:17 PM
A 21 year old 2nd Lieutenant - damn shame for all of those kids. I have a few friends names on the wall myself - can't visit that damn thing, too painful to see all the names, did it once in D.C. - never again. Seeing your picture of Frank's marker brings up visions of the pony soldiers and the Gary Owen being played as Custer marches off to his slaughter about a hundred years before - we don't learn fast do we?
As long as there is evil in the world -
As long as there are tyrants who value power and wealth more than the rights and lives of their citizens -
Good young men and women will be sacrificed on the altar of war.
We who served know full well that Freedom is not free - we volunteered to pay the price.
Those of us who were NOT required to give that "last, full measure of devotion" remember and honor those who did. We work diligently to insure that they have not died in vain, and we work to insure that when the call comes again, there will be freedom-loving people ready to meet the new challenge.
May God continue to Bless these United States, and all who Serve, wherever they may be.
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Senior Crew
Posts: 121
Location: Western Washington State | Subject: RE: Veterans Tribute
Donald L. Johnson - 2007-11-08 8:23 PM
As long as there is evil in the world -
As long as there are tyrants who value power and wealth more than the rights and lives of their citizens -
Good young men and women will be sacrificed on the altar of war.
We who served know full well that Freedom is not free - we volunteered to pay the price.
Those of us who were NOT required to give that "last, full measure of devotion" remember and honor those who did. We work diligently to insure that they have not died in vain, and we work to insure that when the call comes again, there will be freedom-loving people ready to meet the new challenge.
May God continue to Bless these United States, and all who Serve, wherever they may be.
I reading the above words, I have faint memory that they are taken from a writing, poem, story
from some source. In posting the words, are you paraphrasing, a direct quote, or just your words.
Sure sounds good to me. |
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Great Sage of the Sea
Posts: 602
Location: Visalia, Ca. | Subject: RE: Veterans Tribute
donmac - 2007-11-08 9:24 PM
Donald L. Johnson - 2007-11-08 8:23 PM
As long as there is evil in the world -
As long as there are tyrants who value power and wealth more than the rights and lives of their citizens -
Good young men and women will be sacrificed on the altar of war.
We who served know full well that Freedom is not free - we volunteered to pay the price.
Those of us who were NOT required to give that "last, full measure of devotion" remember and honor those who did. We work diligently to insure that they have not died in vain, and we work to insure that when the call comes again, there will be freedom-loving people ready to meet the new challenge.
May God continue to Bless these United States, and all who Serve, wherever they may be.
I reading the above words, I have faint memory that they are taken from a writing, poem, story
from some source. In posting the words, are you paraphrasing, a direct quote, or just your words.
Sure sounds good to me.
They are my own thoughts and composition. They are probably influenced by other things I have read and heard, but I could not cite sources to save my life, except:
"Freedom is not free" is a well-known catch-phrase.
"last, full measure of devotion" is from President Lincoln's Gettysburg Adress, thus the quotation marks. What follows that was probably also inspired by the Address.
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