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Date Posted: 06:30:06 11/02/01 Fri
Author: Torri Vanderburg
Author Host/IP: NoHost / 216.116.186.186
Subject: America stands strong behind you!!!!!!!!!

Hello SSgt Lucy and all the brave men on the Kitty Hawk,

I just had to let you know how very much we appreciate what you are doing to defend our country. Please know how special each of you are and that you are in our thoughts and prayers each day. We are so proud of you guys!!! Having such special people in our military makes me even more proud to be an American. I proudly stand beside you to defend her! Remember that we have a fight here in the states unlike any we have ever had before. We promise to do our part here so you will have a strong, secure home to return to. We know your sacrifice but I'm sure you all agree that this great land we call home is worth any sacrifice. You would not be there if you didn't. I have a brother-in-law in law enforcement and relatives & friends in our fire departments. These guys are working to ensure that all your efforts are not in vain. I guess you could really say that we are all working together!! God takes tragedy and pulls from it such great things. I've been seeing this every day since September 11. I have a brother who was a Marine, and I'll never forget his graduation at Parris Island. I still get chills when I think of all those brave soldiers looking so incredible in their dress blues. You could see the strength and determination in their eyes. I saw the strength and determination of America. America Rocks!!!!!!
We'll I'll close because I am beginning to ramble, but I have to send this poem I just received.
God Bless!
Torri/Spartanburg, SC
> > 'TWAS THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS,
> > HE LIVED ALL ALONE,
> > IN A ONE BEDROOM HOUSE MADE OF
> > PLASTER AND STONE.
> > I HAD COME DOWN THE CHIMNEY
> > WITH PRESENTS TO GIVE,
> > AND TO SEE JUST WHO
> > IN THIS HOME DID LIVE.
> > I LOOKED ALL ABOUT,
> > A STRANGE SIGHT I DID SEE,
> > NO TINSEL, NO PRESENTS,
> > NOT EVEN A TREE.
> > NO STOCKING BY MANTLE,
> > JUST BOOTS FILLED WITH SAND,
> > AND ON THE WALL PICTURES
> > OF FAR DISTANT LANDS.
> > WITH MEDALS AND BADGES,
> > AWARDS OF ALL KINDS,
> > A SOBERING THOUGHT
> > CAME TO MY MIND.
> > FOR THIS HOUSE WAS DIFFERENT,
> > SO DARK AND SO DREARY,
> > THE HOME OF A SOLDIER,
> > NOW I COULD SEE CLEARLY.
> > THE SOLDIER LAY SLEEPING,
> > SILENT, ALONE,
> > CURLED UP ON THE FLOOR
> > IN THIS ONE BEDROOM HOME.
> > THE FACE WAS SO GENTLE,
> > THE ROOM IN SUCH DISORDER,
> > NOT HOW I PICTURED
> > A UNITED STATES SOLDIER.
> > WAS THIS THE HERO
> > OF WHOM I'D JUST READ?
> > CURLED UP ON A PONCHO,
> > THE FLOOR FOR A BED?
> > I REALIZED THE FAMILIES
> > THAT I SAW THIS NIGHT,
> > OWED THEIR LIVES TO THESE SOLDIERS
> > WHO WERE WILLING TO FIGHT.
> > SOON ROUND THE WORLD,
> > THE CHILDREN WOULD PLAY,
> > AND GROWNUPS WOULD CELEBRATE
> > A BRIGHT CHRISTMAS DAY.
> > THEY ALL ENJOYED FREEDOM
> > EACH MONTH OF THE YEAR,
> > BECAUSE OF THE SOLDIERS,
> > LIKE THE ONE LYING HERE.
> > I COULDN'T HELP WONDER
> > HOW MANY LAY ALONE,
> > ON A COLD CHRISTMAS EVE
> > IN A LAND FAR FROM HOME.
> > THE VERY THOUGHT
> > BROUGHT A TEAR TO MY EYE,
> > I DROPPED TO MY KNEES
> > AND STARTED TO CRY.
> > THE SOLDIER AWAKENED
> > AND I HEARD A ROUGH VOICE,
> > "SANTA DON'T CRY,
> > THIS LIFE IS MY CHOICE;
> > I FIGHT FOR FREEDOM,
> > I DON'T ASK FOR MORE,
> > MY LIFE IS MY GOD,
> > MY COUNTRY, MY CORPS."
> > THE SOLDIER ROLLED OVER
> > AND SOON DRIFTED TO SLEEP,
> > I COULDN'T CONTROL IT,
> > I CONTINUED TO WEEP.
> > I KEPT WATCH FOR HOURS,
> > SO SILENT AND STILL,
> > AND WE BOTH SHIVERED
> > FROM THE COLD EVENING'S CHILL.
> > I DIDN'T WANT TO LEAVE
> > ON THAT COLD, DARK, NIGHT,
> > THIS GUARDIAN OF HONOR
> > SO WILLING TO FIGHT.
> > THEN THE SOLDIER ROLLED OVER,
> > WITH A VOICE SOFT AND PURE,
> > WHISPERED, "CARRY ON SANTA,
> > IT'S CHRISTMAS DAY, ALL IS SECURE."
> > ONE LOOK AT MY WATCH,
> > AND I KNEW HE WAS RIGHT.
> > "MERRY CHRISTMAS MY FRIEND,
> > AND TO ALL A GOOD NIGHT."
> > >This poem was written by a Marine stationed in
> > Okinawa Japan. The
> > following is his request. I think it is reasonable:
> > "Please. Would you do me the kind favor of sending
> > this to as many
> > people as
> > you can? Christmas will be coming soon and some
> > credit is due to our
> > U.S.
> > servicemen and women for our being able to celebrate
> > these festivities.
> > Let's try in this small way to pay a tiny bit of
> > what we owe. Make
> > people
> > stop and think of our heroes, living and dead, who
> > sacrificed
> > themselves for
> > us. Please, do your small part to plant this small
> > seed.

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