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02-23-2013, 09:28 PM
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I hope I posted this in the right place!
Last night I made a trip to MN because my father was honored. You might remember a while back my dad gave me all his military stuff he didn't want it any longer. I posted a pic and a bunch of you helped me identify what he had and was missing. He was missing a bunch. So my mother and I went to the Veteran Service Center back home and after 4 months of screwing around and planning it all came together. Last night he had his annual Legion steak fry and we surprised him buy giving him all his "costume" jewelry all done up and gave him some credit he was long over due. He was very surprised and a bit and very emotional over the whole thing. He was forced to speak for a minute and all he said was I didn't do what I did to get these medals, I did it because I had to and it just needed to be done. My friends who didn't make it home didn't get to have these. It was very sobering. He was very happy with all the attention none the less. The Legion Commander was there and all the family and all his brother Legionnaires too. It was a great night.
I attached a couple of pics, the one in Nam, he is the one sitting on his butt. (second one in from the right) Just wanted to share!
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#2
02-23-2013, 09:42 PM
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Good for you
! and your Dad!
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M H Davis COL USA Retired NRA Benefactor COTEP CCO0617 Eufaula, Alabama Isaiah 6:8-10. 8 Then I heard the voice of the Lord saying, "Whom shall I send? And who will go for us?" And I said, "Here am I. Send me!"
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#3
02-23-2013, 10:05 PM
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Bronze Star? AND the Air Medal? Would like to be a fly on the wall one night when he's talking about the experiences. Hug him for me!
Da 
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COTEP: CBOB578 DW CCO SIG GSR 1911 SA Micro Compact and a spectacular cast of others! "You have never lived, until you have almost died. And for those who fight for it, life has a flavor that the protected will never know." Guy de Maupassant, 1893. Anonymously, penned on a sign at a command post at Khe Sanh, RVN.
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02-23-2013, 10:08 PM
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Awesome...what an honor!
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Dan Wesson CCO NRA Member "The things that we fear are a weapon to be held against us." - Neil Peart
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02-23-2013, 10:12 PM
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Outstanding. He earned 'em, he deserves 'em
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NRA Life Member Wilson Combat CQB Kimber Tactical Pro II S&W J-Frame .38 ect " I don't own the clothes I'm wearin', and the road goes on forever "  There's a gator in the bushes, and it's calling my name... COTEP #523
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02-23-2013, 10:57 PM
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You tell him thanks from all of us for his service. That was very thoughtful of you and your mom to get him what he deserved.
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#7
02-23-2013, 11:28 PM
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Good for you
, Very Nice Shadow Box. Tell him to be Proud of his Service for our Great Country, 
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02-24-2013, 08:00 AM
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Quote:
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02-24-2013, 09:41 AM
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That was a good thing you did,
, and for a genuine American Hero.Even if he denies it  God Bless him and as others have said, please thank him for his service. Tom
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If you love wealth more than liberty, the tranquility of servitude better than the animating contest of freedom, depart from us in peace. We ask not your counsel nor your arms. Crouch down and lick the hand that feeds you. May your chains rest lightly upon you and may posterity forget that you were our countrymen. -- Samuel Adams COTEP CBOB0676 KO4ENQ
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