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Tanya
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 Posted: Mon Aug 01, 2005 2:33 am Post subject: Soldier in Iraq Records Country Music Hit |
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LITTLE ROCK, Ark. -" His boots battered, his spirits sinking, Luke Stricklin struggled to explain his experiences in Iraq to his family and friends back home who kept asking him what it was like to fight in Baghdad.
"Time calling home was precious," the soldier said. "That's the last thing you wanted to talk about. Mom always said I wasn't telling her the truth, which I wasn't. I would tell her everything was just fine. Ashley, my wife, couldn't hear me talk about it. We just talked about anything else."
He couldn't speak the words. But he could sing them. He looked at the bottom of his boots one day. The boots he'd worn 12 hours a day for 14 months became the breakthrough.
"Bottom of my boots sure are getting worn," the 22-year-old Arkansas National Guardsman wrote. "There's a lot of holes in this faded uniform. Hands are black with dirt and so is my face. Ain't ever been to hell, but it can't be any worse than this place."
He kept on writing, entering lines on his laptop computer or jotting them down in a green waterproof Army-issue notebook he was required to carry while on patrols."
more at link:
http://www.military.com/NewsContent/0,13319,FL_music_073005,00.html
Here is Luke's song, listen: "American By God's Amazing Grace"
http://www.lukestricklin.com/music.htm 
God bless you and your family Luke!
Welcome Home!
God bless all our troops! |
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Rdtf
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| Posted: Mon Aug 01, 2005 1:04 pm Post subject: |
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| That made my day! |
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Navy_Navy_Navy
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I'm getting this album!
He has a great voice and a shot at being successful in Nashville! What a boost for all the troops!
Go, Luke!!!!
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Rdtf
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I just saw in NBC that he is going to be performing this live this morning on The Today Show  |
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Ohio Voter
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Rdtf
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| I watched the Today Show- they had him on near the end of the broadcast. He was terrific! Go Luke!! |
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