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BACK HOME IN NOR*CAL, & REMEMBERING MY FATHER,UNCLE,AND BROTHERS AND SISTERS.
I WRITE THIS BLOG AS A WAY TO SPEAK OF THOSE WHO STOOD THEIR TALLEST TO KEEP US FREE. MY FATHER AND UNCLE PASSED AWAY NOT LONG AGO AS MOST OF YOU KNOW,INFACT ANY WHO HAVE READ MY WORK KNOWS THIS TO BE TRUE,BE IT HERE OR ON Y-360.MEMORIAL DAY IS NOT SOME FLY BY NIGHT LARK OR SILLY HOLIDAY,BUT ONE WHICH SHOULD BE ACCORDED A SACRED RESPECT.TODAY IS A SOMBER,YET PEACEFUL DAY FOR ALL OF US WHO LOST FAMILY,FRIENDS,LOVED ONES,AND INDEED OUR BROTHERS & SISTERS.
I AND MY FAMILY SALUTE YOU MY BROTHERS AND SISTERS,NO MATTER WHAT WARS,BATTLES,CONFLICTS,OR ACTIONS TOOK PLACE AROUND THE WORLD.WE HAVE BEEN CALLED MANY THINGS RANGING FROM HEROES & MONSTERS....ALL THE WAY TO VILLIANS,BUT GOD KNEW OUR HEARTS,AND INDEED WHAT WE HAD TO DO.YOU DO NOT GRIEVE ALONE THIS DAY,OR BY YOUR SELF FAR OFF.IF YOU EVER NEED TO LEAVE A POST HERE,OR NEED TO KNOW THERE ARE OTHERS WHO SUFFERED THIS LOSS I AM HERE TO LISTEN.THE FLAG STANDS TO THIS DAY BECAUSE OF WHAT WAS DONE. IT WAS A GIFT GIVEN TO ALL WHO LONGED FOR FREEDOM,AND A PEACE THAT WAS BLESSED BY GOD.
THIS IS A SIMPLE TRUTH....YES,BUT ONE THAT NEEDS TO BE SHARED.NO MATTER WHAT KIND OF COMMERCIAL SPIN THE MEDIA PUTS ON THIS HOLIDAY,IT IS STILL SACRED.THE LIBERAL MEDIA DOESNT WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THIS,BUT WHAT CAN THEY SAY AGAINST SOLDIERS WHO LIVED IT ? NOTHING CAN EVER HIDE WHAT WE SOLDIERS KNOW TO BE TRUE.THE PRICE OF FREEDOM IS NEVER CHEAP,NOR IS IT EVER GIVEN FOR FREE.IT HAS COST MANY LIVES,QUITE A NUMBER OF MY BROTHERS AND SISTERS ARE INCLUDED IN THOSE NUMBERS WHO HAVE LEFT THIS EARTH.
REMEMBER ALL OF OUR NUMBER WHO WENT ON,WE NEED NO TICKER-TAPE PARADE,OR THE SOUND OF A THOUSAND TRUMPETS,BUT A SIMPLE THANKYOU WILL BE JUST FINE....AND MOST WELCOME INDEED.THE MEMORY I WILL SHARE IS THIS,ONE SUNDAY I WAS ON BASE AT THE MORNING CHURCH SERVICE WHEN I SAW TWO LITTLE GIRLS SALUTE ME AND THEY THEY SAID THANKYOU FOR SERVING ,THEY COULD NOT HAVE BEEN NO OLDER THAN 4 TO 5 YEARS OLD,A PAIR OF SISTERS.I DIDN'T SEE THEIR DAD ANYWHERE,ONLY THEIR MOM.THAT MEMORY WILL STAY WITH ME FOREVER.WHEN I RETURNED TO NORTHERN CALIFORNIA IT HIT ME,WHEN MY MOM AND BROTHERS WELCOMED ME HOME AT THE AIRPORT.IT CAME OVER ME LIKE A STORM ON THE SEA.I HUGGED MY MOM,MY BROTHERS,AND THE MEMORIES I HAVE BEEN GIVEN.
MAY 25TH IS 1 DAY THAT WILL ALWAYS BE REMEMBERED BY ALL OF US WHO EVER BORE THE COLORS OF OUR COUNTRY,AS WILL JULY 4TH,AND INDEED NOVEMBER 11TH.RAISE THE FLAG PROUDLY,HOLD HER HIGH.REMEMBER THAT WHAT WAS DONE THIS DAY WAS DONE FOR YOU,OUR GIFT TO YOU WAS AND IS YOUR FREEDOM,AND PEACE SERENE.
GOD BLESS ALL OF YOU WHO READ THIS TODAY,AND FOR ALL TIME.
PRIVATE BRUCE J. MARTINO
DEDICATED WITH LOVING MEMORY TO ALL MY BROTHERS AND SISTERS WHO SERVED,AND WHO LIVED AND DIED FOR THE GREATEST OF GOOD.GOD REST YOU ALL GOOD AND FAITHFULL SERVANTS.
I AND MY FAMILY SALUTE YOU MY BROTHERS AND SISTERS,NO MATTER WHAT WARS,BATTLES,CONFLICTS,OR ACTIONS TOOK PLACE AROUND THE WORLD.WE HAVE BEEN CALLED MANY THINGS RANGING FROM HEROES & MONSTERS....ALL THE WAY TO VILLIANS,BUT GOD KNEW OUR HEARTS,AND INDEED WHAT WE HAD TO DO.YOU DO NOT GRIEVE ALONE THIS DAY,OR BY YOUR SELF FAR OFF.IF YOU EVER NEED TO LEAVE A POST HERE,OR NEED TO KNOW THERE ARE OTHERS WHO SUFFERED THIS LOSS I AM HERE TO LISTEN.THE FLAG STANDS TO THIS DAY BECAUSE OF WHAT WAS DONE. IT WAS A GIFT GIVEN TO ALL WHO LONGED FOR FREEDOM,AND A PEACE THAT WAS BLESSED BY GOD.
THIS IS A SIMPLE TRUTH....YES,BUT ONE THAT NEEDS TO BE SHARED.NO MATTER WHAT KIND OF COMMERCIAL SPIN THE MEDIA PUTS ON THIS HOLIDAY,IT IS STILL SACRED.THE LIBERAL MEDIA DOESNT WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THIS,BUT WHAT CAN THEY SAY AGAINST SOLDIERS WHO LIVED IT ? NOTHING CAN EVER HIDE WHAT WE SOLDIERS KNOW TO BE TRUE.THE PRICE OF FREEDOM IS NEVER CHEAP,NOR IS IT EVER GIVEN FOR FREE.IT HAS COST MANY LIVES,QUITE A NUMBER OF MY BROTHERS AND SISTERS ARE INCLUDED IN THOSE NUMBERS WHO HAVE LEFT THIS EARTH.
REMEMBER ALL OF OUR NUMBER WHO WENT ON,WE NEED NO TICKER-TAPE PARADE,OR THE SOUND OF A THOUSAND TRUMPETS,BUT A SIMPLE THANKYOU WILL BE JUST FINE....AND MOST WELCOME INDEED.THE MEMORY I WILL SHARE IS THIS,ONE SUNDAY I WAS ON BASE AT THE MORNING CHURCH SERVICE WHEN I SAW TWO LITTLE GIRLS SALUTE ME AND THEY THEY SAID THANKYOU FOR SERVING ,THEY COULD NOT HAVE BEEN NO OLDER THAN 4 TO 5 YEARS OLD,A PAIR OF SISTERS.I DIDN'T SEE THEIR DAD ANYWHERE,ONLY THEIR MOM.THAT MEMORY WILL STAY WITH ME FOREVER.WHEN I RETURNED TO NORTHERN CALIFORNIA IT HIT ME,WHEN MY MOM AND BROTHERS WELCOMED ME HOME AT THE AIRPORT.IT CAME OVER ME LIKE A STORM ON THE SEA.I HUGGED MY MOM,MY BROTHERS,AND THE MEMORIES I HAVE BEEN GIVEN.
MAY 25TH IS 1 DAY THAT WILL ALWAYS BE REMEMBERED BY ALL OF US WHO EVER BORE THE COLORS OF OUR COUNTRY,AS WILL JULY 4TH,AND INDEED NOVEMBER 11TH.RAISE THE FLAG PROUDLY,HOLD HER HIGH.REMEMBER THAT WHAT WAS DONE THIS DAY WAS DONE FOR YOU,OUR GIFT TO YOU WAS AND IS YOUR FREEDOM,AND PEACE SERENE.
GOD BLESS ALL OF YOU WHO READ THIS TODAY,AND FOR ALL TIME.
PRIVATE BRUCE J. MARTINO
DEDICATED WITH LOVING MEMORY TO ALL MY BROTHERS AND SISTERS WHO SERVED,AND WHO LIVED AND DIED FOR THE GREATEST OF GOOD.GOD REST YOU ALL GOOD AND FAITHFULL SERVANTS.
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