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<blockquote data-quote="ajblakejr" data-source="post: 783096" data-attributes="member: 18807"><p>Beautiful Quote</p><p> </p><p>I will be making my second visit to the WWII museum in New Orleans in a few weeks. </p><p>I have a box in my closet with the metals and ribbons of my father and letters to his mom and dad.</p><p> </p><p>This precious box also holds letters from Karl, a Desert Storm Vet, and a cassette from his group talking to me and my roommate, my sister, First Sergeant with the 84th Division.</p><p> </p><p>As I work with Vets, because it is my passion, we discuss life, love and freedom.</p><p>I was told by one smart man, a WWI Vet, "This is America and we have unwritten rules", as he took the box of Kleenex from my hands, <em>"a man is allowed to cry when his children are born, his daughter gets married, his grandchildren are born, his wife is buried ...".</em> </p><p> </p><p>I started to cry and never heard the remainder of his statement. </p><p> </p><p>Looking at the letter's from Karl, sent from Kuwait, I wonder, how much history will be lost when we stop saving letters.</p><p>How much of WWI, WWII, Korea, Nam, Beirut, Desert Storm, and the Civil War, would have been lost with out these lifelines from home and the front?</p><p> </p><p>You can't spritz cologne on email.</p><p>You can't seal an email with a real red lipstick kiss.</p><p>A letter is something touched, real and tangent.</p><p>From my hands and heart to you and back.</p><p> </p><p>God Bless</p><p> </p><p>And God Bless the families of Our Soldiers.</p><p> </p><p>Keep them all safe and NEVER forget.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ajblakejr, post: 783096, member: 18807"] Beautiful Quote I will be making my second visit to the WWII museum in New Orleans in a few weeks. I have a box in my closet with the metals and ribbons of my father and letters to his mom and dad. This precious box also holds letters from Karl, a Desert Storm Vet, and a cassette from his group talking to me and my roommate, my sister, First Sergeant with the 84th Division. As I work with Vets, because it is my passion, we discuss life, love and freedom. I was told by one smart man, a WWI Vet, "This is America and we have unwritten rules", as he took the box of Kleenex from my hands, [I]"a man is allowed to cry when his children are born, his daughter gets married, his grandchildren are born, his wife is buried ...".[/I] I started to cry and never heard the remainder of his statement. Looking at the letter's from Karl, sent from Kuwait, I wonder, how much history will be lost when we stop saving letters. How much of WWI, WWII, Korea, Nam, Beirut, Desert Storm, and the Civil War, would have been lost with out these lifelines from home and the front? You can't spritz cologne on email. You can't seal an email with a real red lipstick kiss. A letter is something touched, real and tangent. From my hands and heart to you and back. God Bless And God Bless the families of Our Soldiers. Keep them all safe and NEVER forget. [/QUOTE]
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