--part1_0.bf8eadfd.255760e3_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit << Veteran's day, important to those of us who served overseas >in war, should >be >important to everyone who has the opportunity to live in >America. USIGS is >sponsoring a new Web site which is a Veterans' Registry ><http://www.usigs.org/vet_regi.htm> Take a look, as with >all USIGS library >archives and data - it's free access. > >The WW II Memorial in Washington chaired by Kansas veteran >Bob Dole only >allows a sentence about the veteran but Bob agreed and the >Committee will >allow the sentence to include a Memorial Web Site on the >veteran - So in >addition to saying "he was operations officer in the >'Mystery Division' I >was >able to add for an example a Memorial Tribute - see below. >http://www.usigs.org/library/memorial/mt-l/love.htm > >Robert E Lehnherr wrote: > >> Some veterans bear visible signs of their service: a >missing limb, >> a Jagged scar, a certain look in the eye. >> Others may carry the evidence inside them: a pin holding >a bone together, >> a piece of shrapnel in the leg - or perhaps another sort >of inner steel: >> >> The soul's ally forged in the refinery of adversity. >> Except in parades, however, the men and women who >> have kept America safe Wear no badge or emblem. >> You can't tell a vet just by looking. What is a vet? >> >> He is the cop on the beat who spent six months in Saudi >Arabia >> sweating two gallons a day making sure the armored >personnel >> carriers didn't run out of fuel. >> >> He is the barroom loudmouth, dumber than five wooden >planks, >> whose overgrown frat-boy behavior is outweighed a hundred > >> times in the cosmic scales by four hours of exquisite >bravery >> near the 38th parallel. >> >> She or he is the nurse who fought against futility and >went to >> sleep sobbing every night for two solid years in Da Nang. > >> >> He is the POW who went away one person and came back >> another - or didn't come back AT ALL. >> >> He is the Quantico drill instructor who has never >> seen combat - but has saved countless lives by turning >slouchy, >> no-account rednecks and gang members into Marines, and >teaching >> them to watch each other's backs. >> >> He is the parade - riding Legionnaire who pins on >> his ribbons and medals with a prosthetic hand. >> >> He is the career quartermaster who watches the >> ribbons and medals pass him by. >> >> He is the three anonymous heroes in The Tomb Of The >Unknowns, whose >> presence at the Arlington National Cemetery must forever >preserve >> the memory of all the anonymous heroes whose valor dies >unrecognized >> with them on the battlefield or in the ocean's sunless >deep. >> >> He is the old guy bagging groceries at the supermarket - >palsied now >> and aggravatingly slow - who helped liberate a Nazi death >camp and who >> wishes all day long that his wife were still alive to >hold him when the >> nightmares come. >> >> He is an ordinary and yet an extraordinary human being - >a person who >> offered some of his life's most vital years in the >service of his >> country, and who sacrificed his ambitions so others would >not have to >> sacrifice theirs. >> >> He is a soldier and a savior and a sword against the >darkness, and he >> is nothing more than the finest, greatest testimony on >behalf of the >> finest, greatest nation ever known. >> >> So remember, each time you see someone who has served our >country, >> just lean over and say Thank You. That's all most people >need, and in >> most cases it will mean more than any medals they could >have been awarded >> or were awarded. >> >> Two little words that mean a lot, "THANK YOU". >> >> Remember November 11th is Veterans Day > > >> --part1_0.bf8eadfd.255760e3_boundary Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Disposition: inline Return-path: Jlmeddles@aol.com From: Jlmeddles@aol.com Full-name: Jlmeddles Message-ID: <0.c86b909b.25575fee@aol.com> Date: Sun, 7 Nov 1999 18:06:22 EST Subject: Veterns Day Tribute and sites that may help To: OHIO-VALLEY-L@rootsweb.com MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Windows AOL sub 41 Veteran's day, important to those of us who served overseas >in war, should >be >important to everyone who has the opportunity to live in >America. USIGS is >sponsoring a new Web site which is a Veterans' Registry ><http://www.usigs.org/vet_regi.htm> Take a look, as with >all USIGS library >archives and data - it's free access. > >The WW II Memorial in Washington chaired by Kansas veteran >Bob Dole only >allows a sentence about the veteran but Bob agreed and the >Committee will >allow the sentence to include a Memorial Web Site on the >veteran - So in >addition to saying "he was operations officer in the >'Mystery Division' I >was >able to add for an example a Memorial Tribute - see below. >http://www.usigs.org/library/memorial/mt-l/love.htm > >Robert E Lehnherr wrote: > >> Some veterans bear visible signs of their service: a >missing limb, >> a Jagged scar, a certain look in the eye. >> Others may carry the evidence inside them: a pin holding >a bone together, >> a piece of shrapnel in the leg - or perhaps another sort >of inner steel: >> >> The soul's ally forged in the refinery of adversity. >> Except in parades, however, the men and women who >> have kept America safe Wear no badge or emblem. >> You can't tell a vet just by looking. What is a vet? >> >> He is the cop on the beat who spent six months in Saudi >Arabia >> sweating two gallons a day making sure the armored >personnel >> carriers didn't run out of fuel. >> >> He is the barroom loudmouth, dumber than five wooden >planks, >> whose overgrown frat-boy behavior is outweighed a hundred > >> times in the cosmic scales by four hours of exquisite >bravery >> near the 38th parallel. >> >> She or he is the nurse who fought against futility and >went to >> sleep sobbing every night for two solid years in Da Nang. > >> >> He is the POW who went away one person and came back >> another - or didn't come back AT ALL. >> >> He is the Quantico drill instructor who has never >> seen combat - but has saved countless lives by turning >slouchy, >> no-account rednecks and gang members into Marines, and >teaching >> them to watch each other's backs. >> >> He is the parade - riding Legionnaire who pins on >> his ribbons and medals with a prosthetic hand. >> >> He is the career quartermaster who watches the >> ribbons and medals pass him by. >> >> He is the three anonymous heroes in The Tomb Of The >Unknowns, whose >> presence at the Arlington National Cemetery must forever >preserve >> the memory of all the anonymous heroes whose valor dies >unrecognized >> with them on the battlefield or in the ocean's sunless >deep. >> >> He is the old guy bagging groceries at the supermarket - >palsied now >> and aggravatingly slow - who helped liberate a Nazi death >camp and who >> wishes all day long that his wife were still alive to >hold him when the >> nightmares come. >> >> He is an ordinary and yet an extraordinary human being - >a person who >> offered some of his life's most vital years in the >service of his >> country, and who sacrificed his ambitions so others would >not have to >> sacrifice theirs. >> >> He is a soldier and a savior and a sword against the >darkness, and he >> is nothing more than the finest, greatest testimony on >behalf of the >> finest, greatest nation ever known. >> >> So remember, each time you see someone who has served our >country, >> just lean over and say Thank You. That's all most people >need, and in >> most cases it will mean more than any medals they could >have been awarded >> or were awarded. >> >> Two little words that mean a lot, "THANK YOU". >> >> Remember November 11th is Veterans Day > > --part1_0.bf8eadfd.255760e3_boundary--