Monday, May 25, 2009

PEARL HARBOR TO 9 /11 MEMORIAL DAY 2009

TODAY I MET A MOST AMAZING SITE. IT REINFORCED IN ME WHAT THIS COUNTRY STANDS FOR AND HOW ITS SURVIVED.  AS I WAS STANDING ON A LOCAL STREET , I HAPPENED TO NOTICE  A  OLDER GENT, OBVIOUSLY OF THE" GREATEST GENERATION", WHO WAS , LIKE ME WAITING FOR THE LIGHT TO CHANGE  A FREINDLY SORT, I NOTICED AND COMMENTED ON THE FACT THAT HE WAS WEARING A WHITE ARMY CAP. YOU KNOW THE TYPE, WORE BY VETERANS OF PAST WARS AND WHAT STRUCK ME AND THAT I FOUND SO AMAZING WAS THAT IT READ ON THE EDGE OF THE CAP "  PEARL HARBOR "
THIS FINE FELLOW WAS A SURVIVOR OF THE ATTACK ON PEARL HARBOR. I WAS AWED. I'D NEVER MET A PEARL SURVIVOR.  IN OUR LITTLE CHAT .HE QUICKLY TOLD ME ABOUT BEING ON THE USS ARIZONA ON BATTLESHIP ROW THAT SUNDAY MORNING. I WISH YOU COULD'VE BEEN THERE. IT WAS RIVERTING. AND THEN HE MENTIONED THAT HE WAS ONLY JUST 18 AT THE TIME. AT THIS POINT , HIS FAMILY CAME FOR HIM AND HE HAD TO GO. BUT BEFORE HE LEFT, I SHOOK HIS HAND AND THANKED HIM.
THIS IS WHAT THIS COUNTRY IS ABOUT , PEOPLE WHO DO THE RIGHT THING WHEN ITS NEEDED.
REMEMBER TO THANK A VET.THEY DESERVE IT AND SEND A DONATION TO THE 
 U S O ANY HELP WE GIVE THE VETS IS HELP THEY DESERVE AND THEY'VE EARNED.

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fleetwood, ny, United States
5ft. 9inches of hot shit. i pull no punches and speak my piece. and more importantly, i live life to the max.