It should be on here...simple as that. I think that any of our veterans
here would agree. I do...
Corporal Eric W. Jerman/ USMC
Operation Enduring Freedom Vet.
>From: "Gabriel A. Couriel" <BigGabe@fiufiji.com>
>Reply-To: dakota-truck@dakota-truck.net
>To: <dakota-truck@dakota-truck.net>
>Subject: DML: RE: Re: RE: The Veteran
>Date: Tue, 25 Mar 2003 19:13:36 -0500
>
>
>honestly, i don't think that this should be on here. i as well as many
>others on here believe differently from you. let's keep this to a dakota
>e-mail forum, and leave the war to another medium.
>
>i have utmost respect and honor for our soldiers, which is why i am
>considering enlisting after law school. in reference to the original post,
>i do not doubt for one second that those who protest the war would take
>flight when presented with a situation where they have to stand up for what
>they believe in.
>
>Gabe Couriel
>http://frontpage.tripod.com/fijigabe0
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: owner-dakota-truck@bent.twistedbits.net
>[mailto:owner-dakota-truck@bent.twistedbits.net]On Behalf Of Iver
>Nielsen
>Sent: Tuesday, March 25, 2003 5:15 PM
>To: dakota-truck-moderator@bent.twistedbits.net
>Subject: DML: Re: RE: The Veteran
>
>
>
>This truly brought tears to my eyes. I am a U.S.A.F. Veteran. I spent 8
>years on Combat Crew Status. I have been awarded The Air Medal with several
>devices; the Air Force Commendation Medal; The Armed Forces Expeditionary
>Medal and a number of others.
>
>
>
>I fully support our fighting troops in word and deed. I am sending letters
>of support and encouragement that they may come home safely.
>
>
>
>However, I do not support the current Administration's preemptive incursion
>into Iraq. What has me scared is the Wall Street Journal report that the
>management of the Iraqi Oil Fields as well as the Oil Well Firefighting has
>been awarded to Mr. Chaney's company Halliburton. That alone taints the
>mission our brave brothers and sisters have been ordered to execute.
>
>
>
>God speed them home safely.
>
>
>
>Very truly yours,
>
>Iver Nielsen
>
>SSgt U.S.A.F.
>
>
>"GSWillhite" <gswillhite@ualr.edu> wrote in message
>news:000901c2f2fa$ff64b110$ca1da790@ENGSH701C...
> >
> > OH HELL YES!
> >
> > George
> > USN
> >
> > - -----Original Message-----
> > From: owner-dakota-truck@bent.twistedbits.net
> > [mailto:owner-dakota-truck@bent.twistedbits.net] On Behalf Of
> > raymond.irons@gm.com
> > Sent: Tuesday, March 25, 2003 6:06 AM
> > To: dakota-truck@dakota-truck.net
> > Subject: DML: The Veteran
> >
> >
> > With all thats going on overseas right now, please forgive me, but I
>felt
> > this had to be passed on. I didn't write it, and I don't know who did.
>If
>I
> > could find out, I shake that persons hand and salute them for a powerful
> > message well delivered.
> >
> > Ray Irons
> > Dover, DE
> >
> > "THE VETERAN"
> >
> > A protest raged on a courthouse lawn,
> > round a makeshift stage they charged on.
> > Fifteen hundred or more they say,
> > had come to burn the Flag that day.
> >
> > A boy held up the folded Flag,
> > cursed it and called it a dirty rag.
> > A man pushed through the angry crowd,
> > with an old gun shouldered proud.
> >
> > His uniform jacket was old and tight,
> > he had polished each button, shiny and bright.
> > He crossed the stage with military grace,
> > until he and the boy stood face to face.
> >
> > Then the old man broke the silence.
> >
> > "Freedom of speech, is worth dying for,
> > Good men are gone, they live no more.
> > All so you can stand on this courthouse lawn,
> > and ramble on from dusk to dawn.
> >
> > But before the Flag gets burned today,
> > this old veteran is going to have his say.
> > My father died on a foreign shore,
> > in a war they said would end all wars.
> >
> > Tommy and I weren't even full grown,
> > before we fought in a war of our own.
> > Tommy died on Iwo Jima's beach,
> > in the shadow of a hill he couldn't reach.
> >
> > Where five good men raised this Flag so high,
> > that the whole world could see it fly.
> > I got this bum leg that I still drag,
> > fighting for this same old Flag.
> >
> > There's but one shot in this old gun,
> > so now it's time to decide which one.
> > Which one of you will follow our lead,
> > to stand and die for what you believe?"
> >
> > The boy who had called it a dirty rag,
> > handed the veteran the folded Flag.
> > The crowd got quiet as they walked away,
> > to talk about what they heard that day.
> >
> > So the battle for the Flag this day was won,
> > by a loyal veteran with a single gun.
> > Who for one last time, had to show to some,
> > That these colors will never, never run.
> >
> > It is the veteran, not the preacher,
> > who has given us freedom of religion.
> >
> > It is the veteran, not the reporter,
> > who has given us freedom of the press.
> >
> > It is the veteran, not the poet,
> > who has given us freedom of speech.
> >
> > It is the veteran, not the campus organizer,
> > who has given us freedom to assemble.
> >
> > It is the veteran, not the lawyer,
> > who has given us the right to a fair trial.
> >
> > It is the veteran, not the politician,
> > Who has given us the right to vote.
> > It is the veteran, who salutes the Flag,
> > who serves under the Flag, whose coffin is draped by the Flag.
> >
> >
> >
>
>
>
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