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« on: July 04, 2007, 12:07:24 PM »
Regardless of your political or religeous beliefs or how you feel about the war in Iraq and Afganistan. On this day please say a little prayer for all of our soldiers, sailors, airmen and marines deployed through out this great world defending your freedoms. May God bless America...

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« Reply #1 on: July 04, 2007, 12:25:24 PM »
This combat soldier's prayer,
Who has served his time in Hell,
Is may we learn the lessons of war well,
That we not doom future generations,
The same old tales of horror to tell,
To endure what in youth they see mistakenly as glory.
Oh God, do not let our children
Repeat the same old story.

Make it so that America's babies live to grow old
In this land of the free and the bold.
Help us throw off the shackles of hate that bind
And grow old in a life of a peaceful kind.

Teach us that there is no glory in war,
Nor honor there that brave men should not abhor.
Teach us instead, one for another our brothers to love.
Shower us with thine Celestial message from above,
That we plant seeds of peace evermore
And make war-no-more!
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But if I should die on some far, far away battlefield
Know I answered the call
For a grand principle of freedom to yield.
My fervent prayer is that death
May not have been in vain
Fighting for peace and right for the world to attain.

My brothers, American roses standing by my side
On alien soil dying
In the summer of my youthful pride
All the leaves around me falling,

Now I’m lying here still, in sunshine and in shadow,
Longing to hear, “brother next door, I love you so."
For moldering in the soft ground below,
I feel you living and loving in the world above me
Standing tall because I fought that you might be...
Oh look ye down now,
And tell me you still think of me
Honor my red blood, spilt that others might stand free.

Tell me that I did not give my all for you in vain
That brothers and sisters do not look upon my sacrifice
With hateful,
Or even worse,
Uncaring disdain.

Do not forget me when my valley’s hushed
And white with snow,
Grass growing green in the summer of my meadow
Help me see the peace I lived and died for grow.

Make my lonely grave richer,
Sweeter be...
Make this truly,
"The land of the free
And the home of the brave,"
I gave my life to save
That I might too, lie eternally,
Forever free...
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« Reply #2 on: July 04, 2007, 12:28:26 PM »
One hot desert morning at dawn's early light
While trudging through the sand
I found a piece of paper
Clutched in a young man's hand

And upon that paper the words he wrote
Were not filled with despair
Just thoughts from the heart of a brave young lad
He called it, “A Soldier's Prayer”

I took the paper from his hand and read it aloud...

Will there be a place in heaven
For a person such as me
Who, through youth and the love for life
Isn't all you'd have me be?

I've been a man but a short time now
And I'll ask you this, if I might
Isn't fighting for freedom's cause
A fight that's always right?

The men I've killed, some things I've done
Are not things I've wanted to do
But a job I believe had to be done
By we who believe in you

I had those thoughts upon my mind
When I heard that deadly sound
Then, all around me, one by one
My friends fell to the ground

Somehow I knew before it hit
Fear ran up my spine
I felt the blast tearing my side
I knew this one was mine

There'll be much grief for loved ones at home
when they learn that I am dead
Please ease their pain and let them know
These things that I have said

Time's run out, I can feel death's sting
Oh, God, please hear my plea
Let there be a place in heaven
For a person such as me

Lord, this is the chaplain, I'm here with this lad
Our country's given the finest it had
We who are older and have studied your word
Know this boy's prayer is more than just heard

It is answered with your love
And the promise that there'll be
A special place in heaven
For a person such as he.
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« Reply #3 on: July 04, 2007, 06:32:14 PM »
The Fighter Pilot's Prayer

"Please, God. Don't let me screw up."

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« Reply #4 on: July 04, 2007, 06:47:06 PM »
USRanger, thank you for posting those...


to all serving in whichever force



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« Reply #5 on: July 04, 2007, 06:54:12 PM »
This is not Memorial Day or Veterans Day.  While I respect and appriciate our armed forces and what they do for us, I am not willing to turn every holiday into a focus on the soldiers day.

and have a good 4th.

Happy birthday USA.  Union forever!
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« Reply #6 on: July 04, 2007, 08:11:09 PM »
to all the troops.

VWE a special Thank You, and stay safe sir.

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« Reply #7 on: July 04, 2007, 08:14:35 PM »
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« Reply #8 on: July 04, 2007, 08:20:18 PM »
For ALL those who wear/wore the uniform and served.....


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« Reply #9 on: July 04, 2007, 08:24:47 PM »
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For ALL those who wear/wore the uniform and served.....


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Yeah, try to get back into that uniform now, holy crap....I was a heck of a lot smaller back then.

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« Reply #10 on: July 04, 2007, 11:14:12 PM »
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Originally posted by VWE
Regardless of your political or religeous beliefs or how you feel about the war in Iraq and Afganistan. On this day please say a little prayer for all of our soldiers, sailors, airmen and marines deployed through out this great world defending your freedoms. May God bless America...



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« Reply #11 on: July 05, 2007, 12:17:34 AM »
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Originally posted by Karnak
This is not Memorial Day or Veterans Day.  While I respect and appriciate our armed forces and what they do for us, I am not willing to turn every holiday into a focus on the soldiers day.

and have a good 4th.

Happy birthday USA.  Union forever!
Funny, but these Holidays go hand in hand.
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« Reply #12 on: July 05, 2007, 10:55:16 AM »
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Originally posted by Karnak
This is not Memorial Day or Veterans Day.  While I respect and appriciate our armed forces and what they do for us, I am not willing to turn every holiday into a focus on the soldiers day.

and have a good 4th.

Happy birthday USA.  Union forever!


When this country has Service Members serving in Combat Zones
Every damn day ought to focus on them.

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« Reply #13 on: July 05, 2007, 11:26:50 AM »
And say an extra prayer for the families of the 6 Canadian soldiers killed yesterday in Afghanistan.
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« Reply #14 on: July 05, 2007, 12:05:29 PM »
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Originally posted by Shifty
When this country has Service Members serving in Combat Zones
Every damn day ought to focus on them.



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