Total Deaths 3,020 |
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Total Injured 2,337 |
Trucker's Rolling Memorial to 9/11 |
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John Holmgren's Truck |
A sacrifice that we don't always think about. |
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Please Support Our Troops |
Freedom is not free |
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Vietnam 1967 |
IT IS THE VETERAN,
WHO SALUTES THE FLAG
It is the veteran, not the preacher,
who has given us freedom of religion
It is the veteran, not the reporter,
who has given us freedom of the press
It is the veteran, not the poet,
who has given us freedom of speech
It is the veteran, not the campus organizer,
who has given us freedom to assemble
It is the veteran, not the lawyer,
who has given us the right to a fair trial
It is the veteran, not the politician,
who has given us the right vote
It is the veteran,
who salutes the Flag
Todd Heisler The Rocky Mountain News The night before the burial of her husband's body, Katherine Cathey refused to leave the casket, asking to sleep next
to his body for the last time. The Marines made a bed for her, tucking in the sheets below the flag. Before she fell asleep,
she opened her laptop computer and played songs that reminded her of 'Cat,' and one of the Marines asked if she wanted them
to continue standing watch as she slept. "I think it would be kind of nice if you kept doing it," she said. "I think that's
what he would have wanted."
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