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Wescoot2
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 Posted: Sun Nov 28, 2004 4:31 pm Post subject: Vet Gathering |
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www.operationhomecomingusa.com
Just saw this out on the web, it may be of interest to some. If by any chance you think you may be attending, shoot me an e-mail, and maybe we can hook up for a drink
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Rurik
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Location: Daschle-cleansed Free South Dakota
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It has a certain aroma.  A lot of commercialized show and entertainment. Vets pay to be welcomed home 35 years late. And the chairman is Ross Pee-Rot.  That's the guy who gifted us with Bubba Clinton.  This time I think I'll dodge.
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USAFE5
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Oh Rurik no one says you have to hang with Pee-rot. You could go and hang with the real heros. Tony Orlando, Mmmmeellll, and even more country music than you can shake a stick at (who made up that line anyway).
I may not be able to attend but I hope those swifties who go get some good pictures to share.
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coldwarvet
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Location: Minnetonka, MN
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| Rurik wrote: | | It has a certain aroma. A lot of commercialized show and entertainment. Vets pay to be welcomed home 35 years late. And the chairman is Ross Pee-Rot. That's the guy who gifted us with Bubba Clinton. This time I think I'll dodge. |
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Letter I wrote to organizers over a week ago.
I served as a Security Specialist in the USAF 75-79 post Vietnam.
It is from this experience I write these things. It was only after spending countless hours patrolling the Missile wing out in the open prairie land did I gain the trust of my older brothers who served in Vietnam who would open up and share with me the pain of America’s misunderstanding of their service. I will never forget the conversations I had on the most rare of occasion. These guys are very weary of anyone trying to reach out to them. Time does not heal all wounds and a time of healing is what is required.
As stated in the Promo we have over 3,000,000 veterans. In addition there are millions of family members & friends who would like to participate in welcoming home our Vietnam era Veterans. As wonderful as Branson is I am certain it can not host all of America and all of America should participate in correcting the record and restoring the honor to our Vietnam Veterans.
I also hope that the most important message I was wrong about your service I apologize and welcome home will be the focus of the event for both those who need to hear the words and those who need to say them.
It is my opinion that those who most need to hear these words or say them will not make the sacrifices that are necessary to go to Branson MO. And to be frank the promo looks like a Branson Chamber of Commerce stunt and I am sure that I am not alone in my skepticism.
What I would like to recommend is that the core message of this event to be simulcast to venues set up across America where Veterans will personally be able to hear from others the words that need to be said for real healing to happen for both Veteran’s & civilian’s alike. I would also like to see a national TV broadcast of this event so even the most fragile of our Veterans in VA hospitals will be able to participate.
One more suggestion change the promo to include images of cityscapes across America so it does not appear to be a publicity stunt put on by the Branson chamber of commerce
I hope their will be many Americans who come forward and shake a Veterans hand and say the words “I was wrong about your service I apologize and welcome home”.
Thank you for what you are doing for our Vietnam era Veterans.
Cold War Veteran
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