I served 256 days in country, on the front lines in the Persian Gulf war, I
was a gunner in a M1 Abrams tank. The biggest thing I remember was on the
flight home we stopped in Bangor Maine, and when I got off the plane I was
amazed at the turn out of people to greet us and provide support, but the
biggest memory was from a Vietnam Vet all decked out in his field jacket
with his medals all over it, He came up to me and gave me a great big hug
and looked me in the eyes and said, "Thank you for all you've done, and I
thank the Lord for your return and that the American people have welcomed
you back without the spitting and name calling we had to endure". that
really touched me, as he was more worried about how I was received back from
the war than the injustices he had gone through.
To Vets everywhere in every country and especially those I served with and
the few I lost on a foreign soil almost seven years ago,
THANK YOU, and remember: Freedom isn't Free.
Thanks
Randy Rees
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Benjamin Ruset [SMTP:bruset@monmouth.com]
> Sent: Sunday, November 09, 1997 12:04 PM
> To: mgs@autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: NO LBC: Veterans Day
>
> >A shiver ran down my spine when I read this, for my father-in-law died
> >last week.
>
> It's a shame that soldiers don't get much recognition. Expecially with my
> generation. Maybe the absence of a major war in my generations memory has
> blinded us to the fact that strangers offered their lives protecting our
> rights, lives, etc. 'Tis a shame.
>
> It takes a lot to be a soldier - I know that I'd probably never want to go
> under fire. Heck, I could have joined the Army Band, but I was afraid!
> Kudos to all the vets, alive or not, that have fought for their country
> and
> what they believe in.
>
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> BEN RUSET - http://www.monmouth.com/~bruset
> 78 MGB Roadster - 89 Mercury Cougar
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> "If you gaze for a long time into an abyss,
> the abyss gazes also into you." - F.W. Nietzsche
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