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News tagged ”Veteran”

Windy City Veterans and the Meaning of Giving

“By the end of the week, he’ll be accusing me of being a secret communist because I shared my toys in kindergarten. I shared my peanut butter and jelly sandwich.” Senator Barack Obama

http://www.cbsnews.com/blogs/2008/10/29/politics/fromtheroad/entry4556317.shtml

No Senator, that is called charity – the act of giving. It is an individual thing. You give your peanut butter sandwich to someone else.

Giving is what America’s Veterans are all about. When they were 17 or 18 years old, like Senator John McCain was when he entered Annapolis, these kids gave themselves body and soul to their Country.

Many of them went to war. The men and women who fought WWII are dying at a rate of 1,500 souls per day. The Veterans of Korea are stepping into their boots, along with the Veterans of Vietnam, Desert Storm, Lebanon, Grenada, Panama, Somalia, the Balkans, Iraq, and Afghanistan. They are making sure that ... Read More...

Patriot Guard Riders Provide 2-24 USMC an Escort Fit for Kings – Or Marines

The 2nd Battalion, 24th Marines were escorted from Midway Airport to the All State Arena in DesPlaines, IL by hundreds of motorcycle bikers of the Patriot Guard Riders from all over Chicago Land. The bus bearing Fox Company with Morgan Park/Beverly ( St. Barnabas Parish) native Ryan Nolan broke down on 294 four miles south of the River Road exit. Patriot Guard Riders assisted Illinois State Police Troopers in maintaining the steady flow of traffic to O’Hare.

The Bikers were not necessarily family, but most shared the experiences of the young people aboard the buses – the Bikers were guys in their late fifties and Sixties and almost all sported Vietnam and Gulf Storm insignia as well as patches identifying them as sailors, soldiers, airmen and many, many Marines.

Patriot Guard Riders helped families keep idiots away from funerals of fallen Iraq War Heroes – Westboro Baptist Cult led by ... Read More...

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