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Me#1You#10 · Site Admin Joined: 06 May 2004 Posts: 6503

Fellow Vets...

A link to the following tribute was recently posted in our "Thanks Swiftees!" Forum. I presented the link in the main forum but, for the benefit of those who may have missed it, I'm introducing it to this forum as well.

Dim your lights, turn on your speakers and be prepared for a moving experience.

"To Our Parents"
by Todd Clegg ( gcs@gcsdistributing.com )
Sponsored by GCS Distributing

Salute to: Operation: MOM

Your comments are most welcome.

shooter · Seaman Joined: 02 Sep 2004 Posts: 180 Location: New Mexico

MY GOD !! Thanks to all who had any part in producing this - I'm moved to tears. We all need a reminder - Thank you from all vets of all wars.
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War Dog · Posted: Thu Sep 23, 2004 12:25 am Post subject:

It's great! Espically the picture of the Air Force Security Policeman and his K9! That's what I looked like across that great big pond in SEA!

War Woof!
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Cap' DOC · Seaman Recruit Joined: 16 Sep 2004 Posts: 21

What more can be said? EVERY picture tells a story. It says what I've struggled 35 years to say.

ToBNamedL8r · Posted: Thu Sep 23, 2004 1:08 am Post subject: Choke

I can take quite a bit,but I gotta admit it -- I choked at the end. My daughter was in Kuwait during the overthrow of the butcher of Bagdad. I was proud of her but never considered that there were kids who were proud of their parents' service during Viet Nam.

note to jfk -- it's the integrity, genius.
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Navy_Navy_Navy · Admin Joined: 07 May 2004 Posts: 5777

A new version with some anti-Kerry material at the beginning is here:
http://kerrylied.com/otherdocs/flash.htm

You do have to have the flash viewer installed in order to see it, though.
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Altering course to starboard - On Fire, Keep Clear
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Rev_W · Posted: Thu Sep 30, 2004 9:36 pm Post subject:

thank you for that...it's been a long time coming
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"Greater love has no one than this, to lay down one's life for one's friends" John 15:13

dennispro · Posted: Mon Oct 18, 2004 2:28 pm Post subject:

Wow... that's all, just WOW!

Thanks to all who served in Vietnam.... specially my father.

To my cousin Jack McClure who gave the ultimate sacrafice... we still love you and think about you often...
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CPT, USArmy (ret.)

Essayons

Just lookin' for the truth... wherever that might take me.

jrwhite85 · Seaman Recruit Joined: 22 Oct 2004 Posts: 44

I can't stop crying. Typing is wierd through tears.

I'm sitting here in front of a little shadow box which hangs on the wall behind me. When we buried my old man a couple of years back, he got a detail from the 101st to shoot his salute and bear his casket. I took those medals off his uniform just before we closed that box for the last time.

Before that, when I met the detail - a 2LT, SSG, and, I think eight PFCs PV2s or PVTs -- I insisted that they come with me to see my father's body, prior to closing his casket. I wanted to show them what Vietnamese jump wings looked ilke, and a Cross of Gallantry with Star, and to show them his DFC, his V devices, and his KSM with silver campaign star. I wanted them to see a senior officer's tunic with a Good Conduct Medal on it (my Dad was commissioned in combat in Korea). I will show this video tomorrow to 35 or so ROTC cadets here at James Madison University, and I swear, if any of them nods his head like he's falling asleep - I think I'll butt-stroke him!

I wish all America could see and appreciate this short little video.

I wish I were Christian enough to forgive people like John Kerry for what they've done to our nation and our brave veterans, including my father. I just can't. As my father used to say, I will accept their apology when it is followed by their public suicide.

And I will not tire of telling people, and of getting out to the mall and handing out literature, calling radio stations, writing letters to the editor and waving my sign and sticking on my bumper stickers - not ever, until we see people like John Kerry held accountable for their treason.

Elect no Traitors
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SandiM · Posted: Sun Nov 21, 2004 7:30 am Post subject:

When I tried to view it, all I got was sound. When I right-clicked on the little Windows icon I got a pop-up which read "Sorry, this site is copyright".
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LewWaters · Posted: Sun Nov 21, 2004 8:27 am Post subject:

If you look under some of the other offerings under "Inspiration," be prepared to grab a kleenex. Very few things actually move me to tears and give me a lump in my throat. This is one.
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jrwhite85 · Seaman Recruit Joined: 22 Oct 2004 Posts: 44

Where exactly is that? I need to see it.

Thx
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Navy_Navy_Navy · Admin Joined: 07 May 2004 Posts: 5777

SandiM, do you have Macromedia Flash installed on your computer? She's got a help file set up to answer questions here:
http://www.operationmom.org/help.html

jrwhite, just go to the base URL:
http://www.operationmom.org/ and click on "Inspirational."

Happy Sunday, everyone!
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Altering course to starboard - On Fire, Keep Clear
Navy woman, Navy wife, Navy mother

SandiM · Posted: Sun Nov 21, 2004 4:42 pm Post subject:

Thanks, Navy-Navy-Navy. You're a champ.
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