Battle Hymn of the US Republic and we are a republic and stand as one nation .......

[General Ray]

so lets not forget it, I will not give my freedoms away a little bit at a time till I have none, no sir, I will always have a problem with that because I have never forgot those that came before me and gave me those freedoms, I now have my first gun on order from Mossberg

I owe that much as a American for those that gave there all for me and I have not forgotten it and never will and you shouldn't either! .....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7cMxJBenigY

 

[Elson(La)]

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[Brandy[Ma.]]

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[Vernon in Virginia~Formerly Alaska]

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[Craig in Alabama]

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[Brian(upstateNY)]

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[Brian(upstateNY)]

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[Magyar]

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[Magyar]

And I think my uncles taught me all the armed forces songs..I know I didn't learn them in Grammar School from those nuns.


"Over hill, over dale as we hit the dusty trail and those caissons go rolling along..."

"From the Halls of Montezuma...to the shores of Tripoli"...

"Off we go...into the wild blue yonder..flying high..into the skies.."

"Anchors away, my boys...anchors..away...so long to ..."

I taught all these songs to my 4th grade Elementary School students and from that grade on up , we opened each class with all the above songs....the kids loved singing them...and learning the meaning behind each song.

Magz

 

[Fred (S. Indiana)]

My father and two of his brothers served over seas during WWII, Daddy was in europe right after D-day landing in La Harve France, traveled mostly on foot to wind up in Munich Germany, said they followed behind a British air assault on an entire division of Nazis that were completly wipped out, very few survivers, twenty miles of dead or dieing men, oxen and horses, also had encounters with the SS, uncle Gene piloted an LST on seven invasions in the pacific, and wound up on a floating dry dock, which they also considered an LST (large sinking target) William was a marine later in the war, and I don't recall any war storys from him, but I do have a cool bolo machete that he brought back with him.

 

[General Ray]

of this baby

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p4ebtj1jR7c

 

[General Ray]

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[General Ray]

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[Fred (S. Indiana)]

Issued only to marine medical corps, mom would never let us play with this, Daddy told me where it was stashed a couple of years ago, good for coconuts, or perhaps a japs skull at Bataan.............

 

[Craig in Alabama]

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[General Ray]

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[SANDRAT]

Yes indeed...Watching the movie clips and waving the flag are nice to see, and me and mine have our veteran stripes as well...

In the clip you see a landing craft with the number "PA30-11" roaring to the beach...My dad was in "PA 28-something" as a diesel mechanic, keeping the engine running and clearing the sand traps in the cooling system. No Armor to hide behind in a wooden LCVP, and he also sawe the beaches of North Africa, Sicily, Salerno, The Phillipines and Okinawa. He was also a "retread" in Korea. Lots of his mates didn't make it home.

I seved aboard USS Hector AR-7 for three West-Pac cruises, to Vietnam and such....

BUT have you guys seen this stuff???

www.whywefight.com

Seems Ike had something on his mind we forgot to listen to...........

 

[Elson(La)]

I stant up and salute you and your Dad for serviceing.I made two West - Pac aboard the USS Oriskney CVA 34 and USS York Town CVA 10 USN Air

Ya'll have fun now

 

[Lawrence in Alabama]

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[Lawrence in Alabama]

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