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[JEckert]

[ArrMatey]

Thank you. You pledged your lives, your fortunes, and your sacred honor, and lived up to it.

[BMG Mike]

My heartfelt thanks to all of the Veterans who I never did properly welcome home, and to those relatively few that I did. Your parade is overdue and well-earned. Remember this day, and the days that led up to it, proudly!

Swiftees, stand down, but keep your powder dry.

The victory that was won this November 2 is but one battle in the struggle to preserve liberty in this nation. It may not even be the last battle of the Vietnam war. JFnK is but a symptom of a larger problem. We must always be vigilant to detect and stand ready to combat threats to our way of life. The threat ain't going to go away anytime soon, folks.

I'm not talking about OBL or other foreign threats. I'm talking about misguided Americans who seek to impose a "better way", offering utopian promises that are destined to be broken. JFnK is such a man, and he has many fellow-travelers.

The DOI proclaims our equality before God, and His individual gift of Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. Any system which alters any of those proclamations is incompatible with America as I know it. We took an oath to protect and defend the Constitution. I do not remember there being an end date to that commitment.

Our kids and grandkids need to become infused with the same sense of patriotism and selflessness that you have displayed. They will be the ones which fill your shoes in the endless struggle to defend liberty. You and I are the only ones who can tackle that task. By God's grace, we will succeed.

Semper Vigilans

Mike
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What's he done . . . since '71?

[Chuck54]

Welcome home and thank you for your service to our great country. God Bless you!!
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"And no pair has been more wrong, more loudly, more often, than the two Senators from Massachusetts, Ted Kennedy and John Kerry"

Zell Miller

[sleeplessinseattle]

[ILUVTHEUSA]

Thank you to all the Vietnam Veterans , who have served our country well, only to return to have intense disrespect heaped upon you by your own countrymen and women. Finally, the truth has been revealed for all to see. I love my country but without all of you, who have defended it, those words, "the United States of America" would cease to have meaning. I am SO VERY humbly grateful for all of your sacrifice. I wish I could convey to you how important each and every one of you are to me and my family--the feeling runs very deep for me. I am in constant awe, not because I think you are super-human--but because you are ordinary human beings who have answered the call for extraordinary action, and you DID NOT DISAPPOINT!!!! You, by far, exceeded anybody's expectations!
Thank you so very much!!

~ILuvTheUsa

[Poposwife_Retiredarmywife]

Our veterans homecoming, long overdue.
Written by Lorelei Wxxxxxxx
November 3, 2004


Thirty some odd years ago there were young men fighting alone in a jungle thousands of miles away, trying to bring freedom to a country that was oppressed. They gave their hearts and souls to that fight, these were children of America. Husbands to Liberty. Fathers of the future.

I was only a young girl then, a babe in arms when horrible images came across the airwaves. No, I'm not speaking of the glorified images you see in cinema. Or the so called fact finding reports that the news gleefully reported. I'm not speaking of inhumanity overseas, I'm speaking of inhumanity here at home.

There were no ticker tape parades for these brave young men. No crowds screaming their names in happiness and welcome when they came back. There was no gratitude to warm them when memories became too harsh, no peace for them knowing they had no choice but to abandon those they went to free. No empathy for those whose plight included tortures at the hands of the oppressors. Honor was stripped from them as harshly as if they were skinned alive, by people who couldn't understand their dedication to their country and why defending those who can't defend themselves was so important. Not knowing that shackles of fear and isolation, are harder than the strongest steel.

America abandoned them, as surely as they were ordered to abandon their mission.

The bravery of these young men is astounding, because the war didn't end for them there. It continued on the home front. Day in and out, dawn till dusk.

These young men aren't so young anymore, many have hair touched with silver. Most have gone on with their lives showing a strength beyond that we could ever expect. Still, every few years I can imagine it becomes raw when movies come out that become box office hits playing on the twisted lies that were perpetrated, ignoring the sacrifice they made. Books describing in lurid detail the horrors they were accused of committing. Yet they could still hold their heads up high, because they knew the truth and knew somehow they would be vindicated.

That time had come for them at last. From all corners of our nation these brave young men have come together once more, much wiser and experienced. Their stories are being told in homes, coffee shops, in chat rooms and over luncheons. They are being shown on television, read in books, talked about on the radio. Although again when they spoke vultures flew down and tried to silence them, it was to no avail. After decades of staying silent, the pot was on a full boil.

After being victims of history writers for so many years their voices are finally being heard. This time the people cried out for truth, truth is what they received. Now instead of being the subject, they are the authors. They have made a permanent place in history, restored their honor, shown their bravery once again.

All the ticker tape, confetti or balloons in the world could not fill the parade these men deserve.

America welcomes you home, our veterans of Viet Nam.



(Submitted for your approval, going to try and get it seen.)

[JEckert]

This article is fantastic. Thank you so much for sharing it.
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Joanne

To all veterans: Thank You!

[Rdtf]

What a wonderful thread! Such terrific people have gathered here - talented, intelligent and compassionate people! We all share a love of our country, and a deep respect for those that serve and also for the office of the Presidency.
Thank you Swiftvets and POWs, and thank you God for pointing us all to a place to come together to ease our fears and to build our strength to stand up and fight for all these things. God Bless!

[commdog]

The Swift Vets and POWs For Truth got the ball rolling, but there are so many others who also deserve credit for accomplishing Mission #1. Just check out the member list.

I've been humming It's A Beautiful Mornin' (Rascals?) all day, and it's all your fault. The small army that posts here is just the tip of the spear. There are several thousands more who watch this site who were energized and mobilized to help with this effort. I can't remember the last time I felt this proud.

Thank you Swifties, POWs, Admins, Moderators, and all of my new 'friends' who made this possible.

BZ
Well Done
CommDog Out and Monitoring
/CD

(PS: NavyChief - waiting for further orders.)
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Sgt of Marines, 1965 -> Forever
"Society's demands for moral authority and character increase as the importance of the position increases." - John Adams

[Bill Faith]

[Roon]

The history books will tell the tale of the Veterans who returned from a war with no parade, no monument for years, but still confident that they had done the right thing, no matter what others said. And while they were too honorable to ask aloud "Why?" Lady Liberty whispered in their ear, "Don't go far, I'm not through with you yet."

And when our country needed their help the most, Lady Liberty whispered, "Now" and they rushed to the aide of their fellow Americans. Armed, not with guns and boats this time, but with pens, computers and memories. They sacrificed their time and their money, their sleep to demonstrate to America how to stand up for truth and character.

They took on a coward who disguised himself as a man, the same coward who had stained their honorable image many years ago with the lies he told. The also took on the media who had believed this man, repeated his lies and helped to rob these veterans of the glory they deserved.

And through their courage, they saved this great nation from the liar and his pack of wolves called the media. And they saved the nation from a mistake which would have been the beginning of the end of the principles this nation was founded on. And they paraded as one as they elevated Lady Liberty to her perch for all the world to see. Now that they understood, their purpose in history and time, the victory parade was twice as sweet as it would have been those many years ago. History will tell this tale of heroism for all to hear and learn for hundreds of years.

From myself, my children, my future grandchildren, my future great grandchildren and all my ancestors, Thank you for saving the election for the people of this great nation!

[Bill Faith]

[Navy_Navy_Navy]

Roon, that is one of the most acutely beautiful things I've ever seen on this board.

Or any other, for that matter.

Could you copy it as a separate post in the Thank You Swiftees forum? In case any of them are printing things for their scrapbooks to hand on to their children and grandchildren.

Poposwife_Retiredarmywife, same for your post - I should have read the whole thread before I posted.

Thanks!
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~ Echo Juliet ~
Altering course to starboard - On Fire, Keep Clear
Navy woman, Navy wife, Navy mother

[Roon]