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Post by Jim on Jul 2, 2010 0:54:22 GMT 9
Got this from the Viper pilot........................... www.sermonspice.com/product/32960/i-fought-for-you Take time to remember that when you pop or twist that cap off that beer, that we owe a toast to those who pinned the letters "US" on their collars before we did...........And a prayer for those that have pinned them on after we did................. GOD BLESS :salute The Old Sarge
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Post by Bullhunter on Jul 2, 2010 6:00:34 GMT 9
That is awesome, I put it on Facebook. :salute
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Post by Jim on Jun 22, 2013 3:49:42 GMT 9
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Post by Diamondback on Jun 23, 2013 13:54:59 GMT 9
Take time to remember that when you pop or twist that cap off that beer, that we owe a toast to those who pinned the letters "US" on their collars before we did...........And a prayer for those that have pinned them on after we did................. GOD BLESS :salute The Old Sarge And for us who didn't get to pin 'em on, we owe the same to ALL of you who did. :salute
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Post by Jim on Jun 24, 2013 23:45:46 GMT 9
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Post by Jim on Jun 30, 2013 0:34:58 GMT 9
From Capt. Brownshoes
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Post by Jim on Jul 3, 2013 2:50:14 GMT 9
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Post by Jim on Jul 14, 2013 12:17:29 GMT 9
from almost 58 years ago by Otto Whittaker
I was born on July 4, 1776 and the Declaration of Independence is my birth certificate.
The bloodlines of the world run in my veins because I offered freedom to the oppressed I am many things and many people.
I am the United States.
I am 180 million living souls and the ghosts of millions who have lived and died for me. I am Nathan Hale, Paul Revere, Washington, Jefferson and Patrick Henry I am John Paul Jones, The Green Mountain Boys and Davy Crockett
I am Independence Hall,the Monitor and the Merrimac I am Lee, Grant and Abe Lincoln.
I remember the Alamo, the Maine and Pearl Harbor. When freedom called I answered and stayed until it was over over there.
I am the Brooklyn Bridge, the wheat lands of Kansas and the granite hills of Vermont. I am the coal fields of the Virginias and Pennsylvania the fertile lands of the West the Golden Gate and the Grand Canyon.
Ohhhh I am big, I sprawl from the Atlantic to the Pacific Three million square miles throbbing with industry
I am George Washington Carver, Daniel Webster and Jonas Salk I am more than 170,000 schools and colleges and 250,000 churches where my people worship God as they think best
I am the roar of a crowd in a stadium and the voice of a choir in a cathedral
I am Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Dwight D. Eisenhower and John F. Kennedy.
Yes, I am the nation and these are the things that I am. I was conceived in freedom and God willing, in freedom I will spend the rest of my days. May I possess always the integrity, the courage and the strength to keep myself unshackled, to remain a citadel of freedom and a beacon of hope to the world.
bill (S.1877) sponsored by U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe, R-Okla., was passed by unanimous consent in 2007, amending those guidelines so that all those serving in the military, along with all veterans, should render a military salute to the flag, whether they are indoors or out, in uniform or not, to differentiate them from those who have never served.
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Post by Jim Scanlon (deceased) on Jul 14, 2013 12:40:17 GMT 9
I was watching the Lawrence Welk show to-night, which was from Armed Forces Day 1964.
Yes, I watch the Welk show.
I have been watching it since 1955, when I was stationed at The SCAB.
During the show, Aladdin Pallante recited the poem: I am the United States.
It is the same poem The Old Sarge posted.
The link will take you to the video from 1964.
It is well-worth watching and listening to.
Jim Too
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Post by Jim on Jul 14, 2013 23:48:41 GMT 9
That is what prompted me to go looking.. There are updated versions that come up to today.........The old Sarge
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Post by Jim on Aug 23, 2013 5:08:36 GMT 9
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Post by Jim on Aug 23, 2013 5:13:41 GMT 9
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Post by Jim on Aug 31, 2013 4:19:39 GMT 9
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