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This Got Me
Outside the wall looking in.
Inside the wall looking out.
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The mission and my precious cargo are my concern. I will never surrender. I will never leave a fallen comrade to fall into the hands of the enemy and under no circumstances will I ever embarrass my country.
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12-06-2012, 08:10 PM
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Wow. It got me, too.
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If you can read it in English, thank a soldier.
Veteran
US Army 25th Infantry Division
South Viet Nam
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12-06-2012, 08:11 PM
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Me too!
Thanks!
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"a rumor is half way around the world before the truth gets its boots on." (Mark Twain)
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12-06-2012, 08:44 PM
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Touches the soul.
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An armed society is a polite society - Robert Heinlein
A Gun-Free-Zone is nothing more than a hunting preserve for wackos.
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12-06-2012, 08:58 PM
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In my former career I visited DC often. I have never been in the military, but I was drawn to The Wall each time I was there. I always walked away with a profound sense of pride and tears in my eyes from the small remembrances at the base.
Over the years I visited the memorials and monuments in DC many times and never got bored with them.
I chose my country, most of you were gifted with it when you were born here. Appreciate what you have.
Jim
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An armed society is a polite society - Robert Heinlein
A Gun-Free-Zone is nothing more than a hunting preserve for wackos.
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12-06-2012, 09:04 PM
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i had scene the first photo before.. never the other. very cool
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I have been a silent witness
to all of America's finest hours.
But my finest hour comes
when I am torn into strips and used as bandages
for my wounded comrades on the battlefield,
When I fly at half-mast to honor my soldiers,
Or when I lie in the trembling arms
of a grieving mother
at the graveside of her fallen son.
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12-06-2012, 09:19 PM
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Thank you for the pictures... Very cool! :-)
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The constitution of the United States asserts that all power is inherent in the people, that they may exercise it by themselves, that it is their right and duty to be at all times armed!” – Thomas Jefferson
ΜΟΛΩΝ ΛΑΒΕ
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12-06-2012, 09:20 PM
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I'd rather my own son see me die on my feet as a free man, than watch him go, broken, into slavery.
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Random fact about the Vietnam memorial...
Designed by a Vietnamese American, who I believe was a teen at the time.
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Come if you must, but only if you must. For the day you find yourself upon my step, will surely be the night you find peace along Jordan's edge.
I firmly believe that any man's finest hour, the greatest fulfillement of all that he holds dear, is that moment when he has worked his heart out in a good cause, and lies exhausted on the field of battle... Victorious.
Every normal man must be tempted, at times, to spit on his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin slitting throats.
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12-06-2012, 09:38 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by trip286
Random fact about the Vietnam memorial...
Designed by a Vietnamese American, who I believe was a teen at the time.
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Close, but no cigar.
Maya Lin, a Chinese American, was born in Athens, Ohio. Her parents immigrated to the United States from China in 1949 and settled in Ohio in 1958, one year before Maya Lin was born.
In 1981, at age 21 and while still an undergraduate, Lin won a public design competition for the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, beating out 1,441 other competition submissions.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maya_Ying_Lin
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12-06-2012, 10:18 PM
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I'd rather my own son see me die on my feet as a free man, than watch him go, broken, into slavery.
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Very well, I'd always heard she was Vietnamese. Much the same story as you just told, but that she was about 17 when she designed it.
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Come if you must, but only if you must. For the day you find yourself upon my step, will surely be the night you find peace along Jordan's edge.
I firmly believe that any man's finest hour, the greatest fulfillement of all that he holds dear, is that moment when he has worked his heart out in a good cause, and lies exhausted on the field of battle... Victorious.
Every normal man must be tempted, at times, to spit on his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin slitting throats.
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