A client emailed this poem to me on the 4th of July. I went on vacation the next day and thought of it often as I enjoyed my freedom and had a wonderful time with friends and family on a tropical island. The sacrifices our armed forces and their families make for our country should be remembered every day. Our veterans and those in active duty should be honored... not only on Memorial Day, July 4th, and Military Appreciation Day... but every day of the year. A veteran is someone who, at one point in his life, wrote a blank check made payable 'To My Country' for an amount "up to and including my life." That is HONOR, and there are way too many people in this country who no longer understand it.
Read on... A Soldier Died Today By Lawrence Vaincourt, RCAF Veteran, Second World War (c) 1985 He was getting old and paunchy and his hair was falling fast. Tho' sometimes to his neighbours his tales became a joke, He will not be mourned by many, just his children and his wife. When Statesmen leave this earth, their bodies lie in state. It's so easy to forget them, it was so long ago, Should you find yourself in danger, with enemies at hand, He was just a common soldier and his ranks are growing thin, If we cannot do him honour while he's here to hear our praise; (This one's for you, Dad)
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San Diego, CA
I'm always confused when I see a homeless person standing on the corner with a handwritten sign that says, "Please help. Homeless Vet." Coming from a military family myself, and having married into a military family, it's my considered observation that military benefits are pretty good if you make it out of the war zone. If you don't, benefits are pretty good for your family, as long as your family isn't gay. In all cases, those, when our vets do die, each and every one deserves a 21-gun salute.
Jul 11, 2010 09:57 PM
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