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MAY 26TH 2014

MEMORIAL DAY May 26th, 2014

 

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To all of you that have ever worn "The Uniform",

 

the uniform of safety and security, the uniform of pride

 

the uniform of freedom, the uniform of liberty

 

THE UNIFORM OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

 

**********

 

THANK YOU

 

Thank you to all, in every branch, in every time From:

 

The American Revolution (most of us have roots to our founders)

 

The Civil War (North or South)

 

World War I

 

World War II

 

Korea

 

Vietnam

 

Cambodia

 

Laos

 

Panama

 

Nicaragua

 

The Falkland Islands

 

Somalia

 

Yugoslavia

 

Bosnia

 

Kuwait

 

Iraq

 

Afghanistan

 

Pakistan

 

The Persian Gulf

 

**

 

areas and battlefields such as

 

(not all locations are listed with no dis-respect)

 

 

Lexington/Concord, Gettysburg, Pearl Harbor, Midway Island, Normandy, D-Day, Berlin, Tripoli, Iwo Jima, Okinawa, The 38th Parallel, The Bay of Tonkin, Me Lei, Hanoi, The Hanoi Hilton, Saigon, The ** Chi Minh Trail, Baghdad, Kabul, Ground Zero Manhattan, Pentagon 9/11, a field near Shanksville PA.

 

and many many more,

 

 

you are all heroes and role models, not for a nation, for the world, not for American Patriots, for all humanity, not only on this Memorial Day, for all days and all days to come.

 

 

You are appreciated! because freedom has high costs and you pay the price for all of us.

 

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Godspeed, safety and peace where ever you are.

 

 

Sincerely,

 

Warner C. Baxter Jr.

 

American Patriot

 

Scottsdale, AZ. U.S.A.

 

 

God bless America

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