Topic: ♥ To Our Troops ♥ VET ♥ KIA ♥ MIA ♥ POW ♥
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Sun 06/28/09 04:18 PM

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Mon 06/29/09 08:19 AM




Thank You Troops

A question sir I pray to ask
Whatever enticed you to this task?
Here you are so far from home
Unfamiliar lands you're forced to roam
The sod beneath your feet
is wet with the blood of comrades sweet
perils and hardships grip you on every side
from tears and guns you can not hide
Daily when facing the foe
you never know
will this breath be my last?
Please sir, why such a difficult task?
“Good things my lad are hard to attain
and freedom son comes with a stain
This life I entered young and brave
now I'm old and headed for the grave.
But regret never will I
tis' reward enough to see our flag fly
A plea I have for all
remember those who heeded the call
See the flag up yonder?
That's why I was willing to wander.“
the tears are flowing down my cheeks
I try but I can not speak
A message now I'll write
or I shan't sleep tonight.
A debt of thanks to you I owe
and I long to tell you so.
May heaven bless you each and every day
Guide and protect you all the way.

By Jenny Gane


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Tue 06/30/09 04:31 AM
IT'S THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT HERE IN CALIFORNIA

AND I HAVE BEEN TOSSING & TURNING ohwell

CAN'T SLEEP THINKING OF MY LOVED ONES yawn


MY MOTHER & FATHER :heart: SO PRECIOUS flowers WHO ARE STILL ALIVE happy

AND GETTING UP THERE IN AGE flowerforyou


BUT THEY ARE SOOO sad MANY MILES AWAY...tears

i WORRY ABOUT MY CHILDREN AND GRANDCHILDREN :cry:

i WORRY ABOUT THE FUTURE OF AMERICA sad


WITH ALL THE GREEDY PEOPLE WITH THEIR HANDS ALWAYS IN THE TILL devil

I WAKE UP WORRYING AND PRAYING FOR THE TROOPS smokin


FOR ALL THE SOLDIERS WHO DEFEND OUR FREEDOM EVERY DAY drinker


PLEASE GOD...HAVE MERCY ON YOUR PEOPLE :cry: :cry: :cry:


BRING OUR TROOPS HOME SOON drinker smokin drinker


AND TO THOSE WHO HAVE PERISHED IN WAR AND FOR NOBLE CAUSES


PLEASE USHER THEM INTO YOUR KINGDOM OH LORD :heart: :heart: :heart:

AND GIVE THEM A PLACE RIGHT BY YOU blushing blushing blushing



THOSE WHOSE NAMES HAVE BEEN ALREADY RECORDED flowerforyou

IN YOUR HOLY BOOK OF LIFE drinker















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Tue 06/30/09 04:41 AM
IF IT WASN'T FOR OUR MIGHTY TROOPS smokin

PLACING THEMSELVES IN HARM'S WAY :cry:

WE WOULD HAVE NONE OF THE FREEDOMS THAT WE HOLD SOO DEAR noway

LET US NEVER FORGET noway THAT EVER IN ALL THAT WE DO & SAY drinker

LET US ALWAYS KEEP THEM IN OUR HEARTS AND PRAYERS :heart: :angel: :thumbsup:

AS WE PARTAKE IN OUR COMFORTS THAT WE OFTEN

TAKE SO LIGHTLY & SOO FOR GRANTED sad


LET US NOT BECOME A SPOILED UNAPPRECIATIVE PEOPLE noway

ALWAYS HOLDING IN HIGH REGARD THE DEFENDERS OF OUR FREEDOM drinker


AND LIVE PROUDLY & THANKFULLY IN THIS BEAUTIFUL COUNTRY smitten


CALLED AMERICA :heart: :heart: :heart: :heart: :heart: :heart:




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Wed 07/01/09 04:43 AM
Keep praying for our troops.
I was chatting online with my son when all of a sudden ...poof...he was gone. It scared me and worried me.
IT WAS BECAUSE WE LOST 4 MORE SOLDIERS OVER THERE ON THE 29TH.

They always cut off internet when they lose troops, or something happenes that they cannot let it out on the net before they handle it internally.

Please keep praying for them to return home safely.

Kat

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Wed 07/01/09 05:07 AM
Edited by Phoenix0311 on Wed 07/01/09 05:07 AM
SEMPER FI!!!

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Wed 07/01/09 07:27 AM
Edited by Rapunzel on Wed 07/01/09 08:07 AM

Keep praying for our troops.
I was chatting online with my son when all of a sudden ...poof...he was gone. It scared me and worried me.
IT WAS BECAUSE WE LOST 4 MORE SOLDIERS OVER THERE ON THE 29TH.

They always cut off internet when they lose troops, or something happenes that they cannot let it out on the net before they handle it internally.

Please keep praying for them to return home safely.

Kat





tears A Moment of Silence for our Troops who lost their lives in combat tears


sad and those who lost their lives in any capacity during their tours sad



























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Wed 07/01/09 07:29 AM
Edited by Rapunzel on Wed 07/01/09 07:30 AM

SEMPER FI!!!





Amen...SemperFi drinker drinker drinker


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Wed 07/01/09 07:33 AM
smokin Let's Honor Our Brave Troops drinker Not only on Holidays, but Every Day smokin


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Wed 07/01/09 07:38 AM

Keep praying for our troops.
I was chatting online with my son when all of a sudden ...poof...he was gone. It scared me and worried me.
IT WAS BECAUSE WE LOST 4 MORE SOLDIERS OVER THERE ON THE 29TH.

They always cut off internet when they lose troops, or something happenes that they cannot let it out on the net before they handle it internally.

Please keep praying for them to return home safely.

Kat




















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Wed 07/01/09 07:39 AM
My family is celebrating it with a picnic with my nephew who is being deployed to Afaghanastan In August!!!

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Wed 07/01/09 07:49 AM

My family is celebrating it with a picnic with my nephew who is being deployed to Afaghanastan In August!!!




bigsmile Awwww Sweet :thumbsup: that sounds like a lot of fun bigsmile


drinker thank you My Dear Veteran Brother Mikey drinker


:angel: Blessings to your Noble Nephew who is heading for Afghanistan :angel:





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Wed 07/01/09 07:52 AM

http://www.antiwar.com/casualties/



Casualties in Iraq
The Human Cost of Occupation
Edited by Margaret Griffis :: Contact American Military Casualties in Iraq

Date Total In Combat

American Deaths
Since war began (3/19/03): 4323 3463
Since "Mission Accomplished" (5/1/03) (the list) 4184 3355
Since Capture of Saddam (12/13/03): 3862 3158
Since Handover (6/29/04): 3464 2830
Since Obama Inauguration (1/20/09): 95 29
American Wounded Official Estimated
Total Wounded: 31368 Over 100000
Latest Fatality June 29, 2009












































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Wed 07/01/09 07:53 AM
thank you for ur support we need all we can get.

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Wed 07/01/09 08:15 AM

thank you for ur support we need all we can get.




smokin drinker smokin Good day Staff Sergeant Mike is it? smokin drinker smokin


flowerforyou thank you so much for gracing us with your presence truly flowerforyou


:cry: i am soo honored and humbled when our Troops stop by :cry:


:heart: we love you and your Comrades flowers & pray for you all everyday :heart:


smokin and We are doing our best to keep the Home Fires burning smokin























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Wed 07/01/09 08:18 AM

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Wed 07/01/09 09:59 AM

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Wed 07/01/09 10:17 AM
Awesome tribute! At times i'd forget what i was serving for but it would always soon return. I'm a Persian Gulf War Veteran and my older brother wil soon retire from the Army like my father did from the Coast Guard.