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#56665 - 07/07/05 08:05 PM
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Registered: 03/25/05
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Loc: Central Pennsylvania
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Kathryn,
I agree with everyone who has already said it. Write up this story and send it out. People need to read stories like yours!
Marie
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#56666 - 08/29/05 10:42 PM
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Kathyrn,
I'm new and have been making my way through the different threads, occasionally I have to post a reply, even though it is a little late. Your post about the soldier coming home really touched my heart.
My nephew is in Iraq for his second tour. I went with my sister to meet him at the airport when he returned home the first time and I must say, it was a day I will remember forever, both on a personal family level and also as an proud American.
Did you ever submit your story to a newspaper?
Daisygirl
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#56667 - 08/29/05 11:10 PM
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Registered: 07/08/05
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Loc: Ocala Florida
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Kathryn,
Yes, the whole family joins the service when a loved one does
I have been "serving" for thirteen years- at one time my two sons were in the Navy at the same time.They obey orders- go where they are sent and tho I do not agree with this Iraqi war I sit and wait while my "baby' goes again and yet again
Robo- special blessings to the medic- they know they are going where the mosy danger is- after a fallen brother
There are no rights or wrongs on the battlefields- they go where they must and their loved ones wait
Safe way home
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#56668 - 09/10/05 05:09 AM
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Registered: 08/24/05
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When I was reading your post I felt like I was standing in that airport. I ask God to protect every soldier and to keep their mothers and fathers, wives and children safe until they return home. God bless them for protecting us.
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#56669 - 09/12/05 06:20 PM
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My sister's son(Marine) is in Iraq and yesterday I attended a meeting and carry-in luncheon with her. I was pleasantly surprised at the support the families are given, at least in my nephew's platoon. They had some Marine representatives who discussed ways they could find information, gave contact names, explained why sometimes the families don't get letters and many other things that that they needed to know. It also gave the families a means to connect with one another so they could support each other.
The families are sacrificing as well as the sons and daughters and even when they come back in one piece, they are forever changed.
Daisygirl
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#56670 - 09/13/05 12:59 AM
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Registered: 12/09/04
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Loc: Southern CA
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quote:
Originally posted by Daisygirl:
My sister's son(Marine) is in Iraq and yesterday I attended a meeting and carry-in luncheon with her. I was pleasantly surprised at the support the families are given, at least in my nephew's platoon. They had some Marine representatives who discussed ways they could find information, gave contact names, explained why sometimes the families don't get letters and many other things that that they needed to know. It also gave the families a means to connect with one another so they could support each other.
The families are sacrificing as well as the sons and daughters and even when they come back in one piece, they are forever changed.
Daisygirl
Daisygirl,
It doesn't surprise me that they are 'forever changed.' I've been writing a piece about exactly that. Were you aware that there is a government program, funded by the NEA, that encourages returning soldiers to journal their experiences? It's called Operation Homecoming, and the response has been tremendous. Your nephew might find it helpful. There's a website to check out; if he's interested, just let me know.
Erica
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#56672 - 09/13/05 02:39 AM
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Erica, I will let him know about it. He just left, so it will be awhile before he gets home.
Another cool thing is how the families can communicate with each other by email and even video phone. In WWI and WW2, and even Viet Nam the families didn't hear anything from their soldiers except by letter.
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