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General Forums => The O' Club => Topic started by: wojo71 on February 17, 2010, 08:47:42 AM
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About two weeks ago my son, who is a Marine came back to the states from his tour in Iraq. We cooked up a plan to come home on leave without telling anyone.
The look on his mothers face when he walked in the door..............Priceless!!!!!! :O
P.S. He is a combat engineer assigned to 29 palms. He is part of a route clearance team that for I.E.D.s. in the roadway. :salute
LTARwojo
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Nice Wojo - always good to surprise people in that way.
Thank your son for his service, and I'll be in 29 Palms sometime soon ish - once I've sold the house etc.....yay me.
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Wurzel
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<S> nice job Wojo bet mom had tears of joy, i admire your son for being a combat engineer, my father during the Korean war was also a combat engineer,he referred to himself as that crazy guy blowing stuff up lol, sure do miss dad :salute
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:salute those kind of surprises make the best memories.
Semper Fi to your son... :salute
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I hope you have a great visit with your son. Tell him thanks from an old Tanker. :salute
BTW if you know the date he returns from overseas (assuming he's coming back to your area) contact the local Patriot Guard and ask them to do a welcome home. They can meet him in the airport terminal with a bunch of cheering folks, lots of flags and thanks for his service. They might also give him a motorcycle escort back to his base or home. The PGR has a web site and local contact can be made though the web site and or e-mail. I've talked to a lot of returning troops and they appreciate the welcome home and the show of support for their sacrifices.
The above goes for ALL US troops and their families. If you know a soldier (generic term for all services) that is heading out or returning home the PGR will be happy to escort or show up to let them know they are appreciated. It's free.
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Thank our son for me too. My family appreciates all our service men and women.
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Thanks for all the kind words guy's. :cheers:
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thats awesome mojo, it's great that he returned home safety. I lost one of my good friends and the best person I ever knew in Iraq. He always pressed his uniform, his house was always spotless, he didn't drink, do any drugs/tobacco, and always ate healthy food. Most of all he was very religious and loved God. Please read his story and remember him.
http://www.militarytimes.com/valor/solider/3965747/
His parents are in this picture http://news.tennesseeanytime.org/system/files/Brenda%20%2526%20Bill%20Emmert%20Parents%20of1st%20Lt%20Eric%20Emmert%20DSC_0081.JPG
This picture was taken at the burial
His parents talking about their son http://www.wsmv.com/news/18796269/detail.html
The greatest human being that I have ever known :salute Eric Emmert you are not forgotten
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Tell your son "Thanks for Serving" for me please. I appreciate what our Veterans do and put on the line. :salute
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I did that one time, my folks had moved.
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Thank you so much for bringing that kind of man into this world, and please tell him we said thank you for being the kind of man he is in this world.
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libertatum defendimus, Semper fidelis.
"Liberty we defend, always faithful" :salute :salute :rock :rock
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That's great news, Wojo!!!
Tell him thanks from the Dunn family
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Thats great wojo! A classic surprise and definitely priceless!
Much better than my buddy's surprise of not telling his parents he had joined the marine corps until he asked his mum for a ride to the airport to deploy to iraq...
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Wow, what a way to get SKUNK'D!
-Penguin
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Tell your son "Thanks for Serving" for me please. I appreciate what our Veterans do and put on the line. :salute
Ditto what K2 said, X100. Thank you.