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Two of us together
We hold our Flag up high
With love and honor always
As colors fill the sky
We pause here for a moment
So each of you will know
Were perfectly united
We love our country so
Each one of us give tribute
For freedom that does reign
In every part of county
Allegiance all the same
Me and my companion
No matter where we go
Thankful for our freedom
With honor now we show
So join us in this moment
To honor what is best
America United
In God We Trust so blest.
~
Francine
Pucillo
İused with permission, October 18, 2002
Francine Pucillo (This poem was written for this set)
Read
more
of
her
poetry
here.
~A Letter From The Front Lines and some replies to it~
~WISH YOU WERE HERE~
For all the free people that still protest.
You're welcome. We protect you and you are
protected by the best.
Your voice is strong and loud, but who will fight
for you? No one standing in your crowd.
We are your fathers, brothers and sons, wearing the
boots and carrying guns.
We are the ones that leave all we own,
to make sure your future is carved in stone.
We are the ones who fight and die,
We might not be able to save the world,
Well at least we try.
We walked the paths to where we are at
and we want no choice other than that.
So when you rally your group to complain,
take a look in the back of your brain.
In order for that flag you love to fly
wars must be fought and young men must die.
We came here to fight for the ones we hold dear
If that's not respected, we would rather stay here.
So please stop yelling, put down your signs
and pray for those behind enemy lines.
When the conflict is over and all is well
Be thankful we chose to go through hell.
Written by
Corporal Joshua Miles
and all the boys from
3rd Batallion 2nd Marines, Kuwait.
Please keep our Troops in your prayer's.
Replies to Joshua and the men of
the 3rd Batallion 2nd Marines, Kuwait and all
our men wherever you may be.
"Dearest Joshua and the 3rd Battallion 2nd Marines,
tune out the shouts of the war protesters!
For every one protesters there are 3 or more
of us who are praying for you and cheering you on.
I can't prove that stat but from what I've seen on
the internet I'm fairly sure that ratio is
close to being right.
My nephew will be graduation Air Force basic training
on April 25th, with more training to continue.
There are many other family members who are
serving or have served.
I am proud to be an American.
Most of all, I'm proud of the Marines.
I'm proud of the Army. I'm proud of the Navy
and Coast Guard. I'm proud of the Air Force.
You all fight for your mothers, brothers, sisters,
fathers, childern, and unborn Americans ~
We'll fight for you home coming!
In a park not far from where I live,
there are yellow tulips planted and in full bloom.
And every tree has yellow ribbons on it!
Be of good cheer, we are waiting on you all
to come home and praying for your safety.
Love and Many, Many Prayers
This long needed to be said! Yes, people have their rights
to think what they want but where did they
get their rights? They got those rights from
the blood, sweat and sometimes the ultimate
sacrifice of troops going back to George Washington.
Thank you for having the courage to put it up
and thank the troops for setting the "bleeding
hearts" straight! May God Bless America!
Bring Our Troops home safely!
By the way "Have You Forgotten 9-11?
with much Love & Pride
"I pray for our troops daily and I hope they
are treated with open arms and love when they return
home for that is what they deserve our
service men and women are very special folks
indeed I also have many thoughts and prayers
as I think of their Families as well."
~Last but not least: My own reply~
Thank you for sharing such a beautiful tribute
to our men and women who are fighting for our
freedom as we speak. People like you make me
proud to be an American!
To Corporal Joshua Miles
and all the boys from
3rd Batallion 2nd Marines:
May God bless you and bring you each and
everyone safely back home. I have several
pages up to support our troops, my country and
my president. I consider protestors of this war
traitorous and undeserving of your sacrifices.
But I just wanted to tell you even though the media
makes it sound like half of Americans
are protesting I rather doubt that.
For every one protestor I believe there are many,
many more who are supporting you 100%.
You deserve out loyalty.
And for my part you have mine.
 
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