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<DIV>Greetings to all!</DIV>

<DIV>For the past several years, I have forwarded the following reflections 

on

Memorial Day.</DIV>

<DIV>Please read through and hoping you will share with others.</DIV>

<DIV>Warmly,</DIV>

<DIV>Joe </DIV>

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face=Arial><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt">Memorial Day, originally known as

Decoration Day, it originated in the years following the Civil War and 

became an

official federal holiday in 1971. Many Americans observe Memorial Day by

visiting cemeteries or memorials, holding family gatherings. God Bless You

All!</FONT></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></A></P>

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face=Arial><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt">Memorial Day Opinion Article

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face=Arial><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt">Written by a Navy SEAL, so I think 

we

should listen. Listen not because he's a famous Navy SEAL, but because he's 

a

member of our Armed Forces, and along with all those men and women who've 

more

than earned our respect and our ear, this day should belong to

them.</FONT></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></P>

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face=Arial><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt">Opinion: SEAL who shot bin Laden: 

Don't

wish me a happy Memorial

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face=Arial><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt">Don't wish me a happy Memorial Day.

There is nothing happy about the loss of the brave men and women of our 

armed

forces who died in combat defending America. Memorial Day is not a

celebration.</FONT></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></P>

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face=Arial><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt">Memorial Day is a time for 

reflection,

pause, remembrance and thanksgiving for patriots who gave up their own lives 

to

protect the lives and freedom of us all - including the freedom of 

generations

long gone and generations yet unborn. We owe the fallen a debt so enormous 

that

it can never be

repaid.</FONT></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></P>

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face=Arial><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt">Memorial Day is a time to honor the

lives of those who would rather die than take a knee when our national 

anthem is

played. But they will fight and die for the rights of those who

kneel.</FONT></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></P>

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face=Arial><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt">This holiday is a time to think of

young lives cut short, of wives and husbands turned into widows and 

widowers, of

children growing up without a father or mother, of parents burying their

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face=Arial><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt">Memorial Day is a time to think of

might have beens that never were. Of<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> 

</SPAN>brave Americans who put their country before themselves. Without 

these

heroes, America would not be

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ole_link198"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link2"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: ole_link3"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link4"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: ole_link5"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link6"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: ole_link7"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link8"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: ole_link9"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link10"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: 

ole_link11"><FONT

face=Arial><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt">Unfortunately, for many Americans 

this

solemn holiday might as well be called Summer Day - marking the unofficial 

start

of the season of

barbecues,</FONT></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></P>

<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link197"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: 

ole_link198"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link2"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: ole_link3"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link4"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: ole_link5"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link6"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: ole_link7"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link8"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: ole_link9"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link10"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: 

ole_link11"><FONT

face=Arial><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt">days at the beach, time spent on

baseball fields and golf courses,

hiking</FONT></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></P>

<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link197"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: 

ole_link198"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link2"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: ole_link3"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link4"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: ole_link5"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link6"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: ole_link7"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link8"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: ole_link9"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link10"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: 

ole_link11"><FONT

face=Arial><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt">and enjoying the great the 

outdoors.

All those things are great - we all appreciate them and they are some of the

best things in

life.</FONT></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></P>

<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link197"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: 

ole_link198"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link2"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: ole_link3"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link4"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: ole_link5"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link6"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: ole_link7"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link8"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: ole_link9"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link10"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: 

ole_link11"><FONT

face=Arial><FONT

style="FONT-SIZE: 

14pt"></FONT></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN> </P>

<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link197"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: 

ole_link198"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link2"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: ole_link3"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link4"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: ole_link5"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link6"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: ole_link7"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link8"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: ole_link9"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link10"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: 

ole_link11"><FONT

face=Arial><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt">But Memorial Day is not Summer Day. 

Nor

was the holiday created as a way to promote sales of cars, furniture or

clothes.</FONT></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></P>

<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link197"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: 

ole_link198"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link2"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: ole_link3"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link4"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: ole_link5"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link6"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: ole_link7"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link8"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: ole_link9"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link10"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: 

ole_link11"><FONT

face=Arial><FONT

style="FONT-SIZE: 

14pt"></FONT></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN> </P>

<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link197"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: 

ole_link198"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link2"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: ole_link3"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link4"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: ole_link5"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link6"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: ole_link7"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link8"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: ole_link9"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link10"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: 

ole_link11"><FONT

face=Arial><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt">Another Memorial Day brings with it 

a

whole lot more than the start of summer. Since last Memorial Day, grass is 

now

growing above the final resting places of many young men and women whose 

lives

were taken too soon while defending our country in Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria 

and

other far-off places many Americans have rarely heard

of.</FONT></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></P>

<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link197"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: 

ole_link198"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link2"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: ole_link3"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link4"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: ole_link5"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link6"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: ole_link7"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link8"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: ole_link9"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link10"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: 

ole_link11"><FONT

face=Arial><FONT

style="FONT-SIZE: 

14pt"></FONT></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN> </P>

<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link197"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: 

ole_link198"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link2"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: ole_link3"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link4"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: ole_link5"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link6"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: ole_link7"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link8"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: ole_link9"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link10"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: 

ole_link11"><FONT

face=Arial><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt">When Army Sgt. La David Johnson, 

Staff

Sgt. Bryan Black, Sgt. 1st

Class</FONT></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></P>

<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link197"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: 

ole_link198"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link2"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: ole_link3"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link4"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: ole_link5"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link6"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: ole_link7"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link8"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: ole_link9"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link10"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: 

ole_link11"><FONT

face=Arial><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt">Jeremiah Johnson and Staff Sgt. 

Dustin

Wright were killed last October in an ISIS ambush in Niger, many Americans

asked: We have troops in Niger?

These</FONT></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></P>

<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link197"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: 

ole_link198"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link2"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: ole_link3"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link4"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: ole_link5"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link6"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: ole_link7"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link8"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: ole_link9"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link10"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: 

ole_link11"><FONT

face=Arial><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt">unknown soldiers lost their lives

protecting you - every one of you reading these

words.</FONT></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></P>

<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link197"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: 

ole_link198"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link2"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: ole_link3"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link4"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: ole_link5"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link6"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: ole_link7"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link8"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: ole_link9"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link10"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: 

ole_link11"><FONT

face=Arial><FONT

style="FONT-SIZE: 

14pt"></FONT></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN> </P>

<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link197"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: 

ole_link198"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link2"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: ole_link3"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link4"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: ole_link5"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link6"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: ole_link7"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link8"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: ole_link9"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link10"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: 

ole_link11"><FONT

face=Arial><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt">Think about this: Millions of

high-school seniors are walking across auditorium stages this season, 

receiving

their diplomas. Most will go on to college or jobs, but some will choose a

career of military service, joining the second generation of American 

warriors

fighting in the Global War on Terror - a war that began with the Sept. 11, 

2001

terrorist attacks

that</FONT></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></P>

<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link197"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: 

ole_link198"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link2"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: ole_link3"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link4"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: ole_link5"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link6"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: ole_link7"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link8"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: ole_link9"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link10"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: 

ole_link11"><FONT

face=Arial><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt">took the lives of almost 3,000 

people

in our homeland.

</FONT></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></P>

<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link197"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: 

ole_link198"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link2"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: ole_link3"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link4"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: ole_link5"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link6"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: ole_link7"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link8"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: ole_link9"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link10"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: 

ole_link11"><FONT

face=Arial><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt">Most of these new recruits - who 

were

not even born or who were just infants when the 9/11 attacks took place - 

will

make it home just fine. But some will not. I pray that I am wrong, but the 

sad

truth is that the number of American war dead on Memorial Day in 2019 will 

be

higher than it is on this Memorial

Day.</FONT></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></P>

<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link197"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: 

ole_link198"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link2"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: ole_link3"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link4"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: ole_link5"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link6"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: ole_link7"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link8"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: ole_link9"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link10"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: 

ole_link11"><FONT

face=Arial><FONT

style="FONT-SIZE: 

14pt"></FONT></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN> </P>

<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link197"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: 

ole_link198"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link2"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: ole_link3"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link4"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: ole_link5"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link6"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: ole_link7"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link8"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: ole_link9"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link10"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: 

ole_link11"><FONT

face=Arial><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt">On Memorial Day, I salute my 

brothers

and sisters-in-arms who have served beside me in War on Terror. My heart

especially goes out to the families of those who did not return home. In 

fact, I

think about all those who

served</FONT></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></P>

<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link197"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: 

ole_link198"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link2"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: ole_link3"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link4"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: ole_link5"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link6"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: ole_link7"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link8"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: ole_link9"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link10"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: 

ole_link11"><FONT

face=Arial><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt">and those who have given their 

lives

fighting for America from our country's earliest days in the Revolutionary 

War.

They all have my

gratitude.</FONT></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></P>

<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link197"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: 

ole_link198"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link2"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: ole_link3"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link4"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: ole_link5"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link6"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: ole_link7"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link8"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: ole_link9"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link10"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: 

ole_link11"><FONT

face=Arial><FONT

style="FONT-SIZE: 

14pt"></FONT></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN> </P>

<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link197"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: 

ole_link198"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link2"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: ole_link3"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link4"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: ole_link5"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link6"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: ole_link7"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link8"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: ole_link9"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link10"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: 

ole_link11"><FONT

face=Arial><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt">We think we are strong, but in war 

any

of us can be turned into just a memory in an instant. And war seems to have 

been

the universal experience of just about every society on the planet at one 

time

or another, for as

long</FONT></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></P>

<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link197"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: 

ole_link198"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link2"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: ole_link3"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link4"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: ole_link5"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link6"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: ole_link7"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link8"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: ole_link9"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link10"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: 

ole_link11"><FONT

face=Arial><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt">as there have been human societies.

</FONT></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></P>

<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link197"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: 

ole_link198"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link2"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: ole_link3"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link4"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: ole_link5"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link6"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: ole_link7"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link8"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: ole_link9"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link10"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: 

ole_link11"><FONT

face=Arial><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt">How do we stop the wars resulting 

in

such tragic waste of lives? How do we stop the number of American war dead 

and

war dead in other nations from growing? I wish I knew the answer. But battle

lines are being drawn and redrawn, and wars and terrorist attacks just keep

going on and on.

Weapons</FONT></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></P>

<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link197"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: 

ole_link198"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link2"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: ole_link3"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link4"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: ole_link5"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link6"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: ole_link7"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link8"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: ole_link9"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link10"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: 

ole_link11"><FONT

face=Arial><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt">are getting bigger. Bombs are 

becoming

smarter and more lives are being lost every day all over the world, leading 

to

more death, more anger and more

war.</FONT></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></P>

<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link197"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: 

ole_link198"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link2"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: ole_link3"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link4"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: ole_link5"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link6"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: ole_link7"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link8"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: ole_link9"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link10"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: 

ole_link11"><FONT

face=Arial><FONT

style="FONT-SIZE: 

14pt"></FONT></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN> </P>

<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link197"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: 

ole_link198"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link2"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: ole_link3"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link4"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: ole_link5"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link6"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: ole_link7"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link8"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: ole_link9"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link10"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: 

ole_link11"><FONT

face=Arial><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt">Some are so loyal to their cause 

that

they strap bombs on their bodies or fly passenger jets into buildings. They

conduct beheadings. They set prisoners on fire. How do we find common ground

with them? Do we even try to find common ground, or do we finally take the

gloves off and start landing punches intended to take our enemy out for

good?</FONT></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></P>

<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link197"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: 

ole_link198"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link2"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: ole_link3"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link4"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: ole_link5"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link6"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: ole_link7"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link8"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: ole_link9"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link10"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: 

ole_link11"><FONT

face=Arial><FONT

style="FONT-SIZE: 

14pt"></FONT></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN> </P>

<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link197"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: 

ole_link198"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link2"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: ole_link3"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link4"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: ole_link5"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link6"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: ole_link7"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link8"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: ole_link9"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link10"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: 

ole_link11"><FONT

face=Arial><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt">I've been on over 400 Army combat

missions and have seen more war than most Americans. More than I care to

remember, but cannot forget. There is never a shortage of war. War spreads

faster than fire and like fire it leaves destruction in its

wake.</FONT></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></P>

<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link197"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: 

ole_link198"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link2"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: ole_link3"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link4"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: ole_link5"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link6"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: ole_link7"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link8"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: ole_link9"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link10"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: 

ole_link11"><FONT

face=Arial><FONT

style="FONT-SIZE: 

14pt"></FONT></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN> </P>

<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link197"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: 

ole_link198"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link2"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: ole_link3"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link4"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: ole_link5"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link6"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: ole_link7"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link8"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: ole_link9"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link10"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: 

ole_link11"><FONT

face=Arial><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt">It hurts my heart as an American 

every

time I see another service member's body being brought home draped in an

American flag. But it hurts my heart as a human being with every act of war 

we

are all unleashing against each other around the

world.</FONT></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></P>

<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link197"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: 

ole_link198"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link2"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: ole_link3"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link4"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: ole_link5"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link6"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: ole_link7"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link8"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: ole_link9"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link10"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: 

ole_link11"><FONT

face=Arial><FONT

style="FONT-SIZE: 

14pt"></FONT></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN> </P>

<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link197"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: 

ole_link198"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link2"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: ole_link3"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link4"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: ole_link5"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link6"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: ole_link7"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link8"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: ole_link9"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link10"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: 

ole_link11"><FONT

face=Arial><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt">This Memorial Day, I urge all 

Americans

to remember all the fallen sailors, soldiers, airmen, Marines and Coast 

Guard

members who have so bravely served our country, as well as their

families.</FONT></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></P>

<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link197"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: 

ole_link198"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link2"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: ole_link3"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link4"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: ole_link5"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link6"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: ole_link7"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link8"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: ole_link9"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link10"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: 

ole_link11"><FONT

face=Arial><FONT

style="FONT-SIZE: 

14pt"></FONT></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN> </P>

<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link197"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: 

ole_link198"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link2"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: ole_link3"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link4"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: ole_link5"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link6"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: ole_link7"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link8"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: ole_link9"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link10"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: 

ole_link11"><FONT

face=Arial><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt">And I urge all Americans to join me 

in

the hope and prayer that somehow, someday people around the world will focus

more on our similarities than our differences and that we will move closer 

to a

time when war is just a

memory</FONT></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></P>

<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link197"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: 

ole_link198"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link2"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: ole_link3"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link4"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: ole_link5"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link6"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: ole_link7"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link8"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: ole_link9"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link10"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: 

ole_link11"><FONT

face=Arial><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt">- part of our past but not our

future.</FONT></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></P>

<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link197"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: 

ole_link198"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link2"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: ole_link3"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link4"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: ole_link5"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link6"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: ole_link7"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link8"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: ole_link9"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link10"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: 

ole_link11"><FONT

face=Arial><FONT

style="FONT-SIZE: 

14pt"></FONT></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN> </P>

<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link197"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: 

ole_link198"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link2"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: ole_link3"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link4"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: ole_link5"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link6"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: ole_link7"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link8"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: ole_link9"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link10"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: 

ole_link11"><FONT

face=Arial><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt">Robert O'Neill is a Fox News

contributor and ex-Navy SEAL best known as "the man who killed Usama bin 

Laden."

O'Neill joined the Navy in 1996 and deployed as a SEAL more than a dozen 

times,

participating in more than 400 combat missions across four different 

theaters of

war.</FONT></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></P>

<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link197"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: 

ole_link198"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link2"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: ole_link3"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link4"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: ole_link5"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link6"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: ole_link7"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link8"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: ole_link9"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link10"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: 

ole_link11"><FONT

face=Arial><FONT

style="FONT-SIZE: 

14pt"></FONT></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN> </P>

<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link197"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: 

ole_link198"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link2"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: ole_link3"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link4"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: ole_link5"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link6"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: ole_link7"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link8"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: ole_link9"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link10"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: 

ole_link11"><FONT

face=Arial><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt">C2018 FOX News Network, LLC. All 

rights

reserved.</FONT></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></P>

<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link197"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: 

ole_link198"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link2"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: ole_link3"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link4"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: ole_link5"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link6"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: ole_link7"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link8"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: ole_link9"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link10"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: 

ole_link11"><FONT

face=Arial><FONT

style="FONT-SIZE: 

14pt"></FONT></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN> </P>

<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link197"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: 

ole_link198"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link2"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: ole_link3"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link4"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: ole_link5"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link6"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: ole_link7"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link8"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: ole_link9"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link10"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: 

ole_link11"><FONT

face=Arial><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt">Veterans poem

</FONT></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></P>

<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link197"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: 

ole_link198"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link2"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: ole_link3"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link4"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: ole_link5"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link6"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: ole_link7"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link8"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: ole_link9"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link10"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: 

ole_link11"><FONT

face=Arial><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt">It’s the veteran

</FONT></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></P>

<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link197"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: 

ole_link198"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link2"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: ole_link3"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link4"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: ole_link5"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link6"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: ole_link7"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link8"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: ole_link9"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link10"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: 

ole_link11"><FONT

face=Arial><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt">not the preacher

</FONT></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></P>

<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link197"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: 

ole_link198"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link2"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: ole_link3"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link4"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: ole_link5"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link6"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: ole_link7"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link8"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: ole_link9"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link10"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: 

ole_link11"><FONT

face=Arial><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt">Who has given us the freedom of

religion.</FONT></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></P>

<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link197"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: 

ole_link198"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link2"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: ole_link3"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link4"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: ole_link5"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link6"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: ole_link7"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link8"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: ole_link9"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link10"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: 

ole_link11"><FONT

face=Arial><FONT

style="FONT-SIZE: 

14pt"></FONT></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN> </P>

<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link197"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: 

ole_link198"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link2"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: ole_link3"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link4"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: ole_link5"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link6"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: ole_link7"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link8"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: ole_link9"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link10"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: 

ole_link11"><FONT

face=Arial><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt">It’s the

veteran</FONT></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></P>

<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link197"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: 

ole_link198"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link2"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: ole_link3"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link4"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: ole_link5"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link6"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: ole_link7"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link8"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: ole_link9"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link10"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: 

ole_link11"><FONT

face=Arial><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt">Not the reporter

</FONT></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></P>

<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link197"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: 

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style="mso-bookmark: ole_link2"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: ole_link3"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link4"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: ole_link5"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link6"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: ole_link7"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link8"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: ole_link9"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link10"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: 

ole_link11"><FONT

face=Arial><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt">Who has given us the freedom of the

press.</FONT></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></P>

<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link197"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: 

ole_link198"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link2"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: ole_link3"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link4"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: ole_link5"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link6"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: ole_link7"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link8"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: ole_link9"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link10"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: 

ole_link11"><FONT

face=Arial><FONT

style="FONT-SIZE: 

14pt"></FONT></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN> </P>

<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link197"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: 

ole_link198"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link2"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: ole_link3"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link4"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: ole_link5"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link6"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: ole_link7"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link8"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: ole_link9"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link10"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: 

ole_link11"><FONT

face=Arial><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt">It’s the

veteran</FONT></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></P>

<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link197"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: 

ole_link198"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link2"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: ole_link3"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link4"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: ole_link5"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link6"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: ole_link7"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link8"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: ole_link9"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link10"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: 

ole_link11"><FONT

face=Arial><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt">Not the

poet</FONT></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></P>

<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link197"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: 

ole_link198"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link2"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: ole_link3"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link4"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: ole_link5"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link6"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: ole_link7"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link8"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: ole_link9"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link10"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: 

ole_link11"><FONT

face=Arial><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt">Who has given us the freedom of

speech.</FONT></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></P>

<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link197"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: 

ole_link198"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link2"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: ole_link3"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link4"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: ole_link5"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link6"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: ole_link7"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link8"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: ole_link9"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link10"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: 

ole_link11"><FONT

face=Arial><FONT

style="FONT-SIZE: 

14pt"></FONT></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN> </P>

<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link197"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: 

ole_link198"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link2"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: ole_link3"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link4"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: ole_link5"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link6"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: ole_link7"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link8"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: ole_link9"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link10"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: 

ole_link11"><FONT

face=Arial><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt">It’s the

veteran</FONT></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></P>

<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link197"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: 

ole_link198"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link2"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: ole_link3"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link4"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: ole_link5"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link6"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: ole_link7"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link8"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: ole_link9"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link10"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: 

ole_link11"><FONT

face=Arial><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt">Not the campus

organizer</FONT></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></P>

<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link197"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: 

ole_link198"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link2"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: ole_link3"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link4"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: ole_link5"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link6"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: ole_link7"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link8"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: ole_link9"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link10"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: 

ole_link11"><FONT

face=Arial><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt">Who has given us the freedom to

assemble.</FONT></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></P>

<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link197"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: 

ole_link198"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link2"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: ole_link3"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link4"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: ole_link5"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link6"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: ole_link7"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link8"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: ole_link9"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link10"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: 

ole_link11"><FONT

face=Arial><FONT

style="FONT-SIZE: 

14pt"></FONT></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN> </P>

<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link197"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: 

ole_link198"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link2"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: ole_link3"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link4"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: ole_link5"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link6"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: ole_link7"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link8"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: ole_link9"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link10"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: 

ole_link11"><FONT

face=Arial><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt">It’s the

veteran</FONT></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></P>

<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link197"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: 

ole_link198"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link2"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: ole_link3"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link4"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: ole_link5"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link6"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: ole_link7"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link8"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: ole_link9"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link10"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: 

ole_link11"><FONT

face=Arial><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt">Not the

lawyer</FONT></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></P>

<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link197"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: 

ole_link198"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link2"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: ole_link3"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link4"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: ole_link5"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link6"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: ole_link7"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link8"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: ole_link9"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link10"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: 

ole_link11"><FONT

face=Arial><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt">Who has given us the right to a 

fair

trial.</FONT></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></P>

<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link197"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: 

ole_link198"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link2"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: ole_link3"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link4"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: ole_link5"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link6"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: ole_link7"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link8"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: ole_link9"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link10"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: 

ole_link11"><FONT

face=Arial><FONT

style="FONT-SIZE: 

14pt"></FONT></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN> </P>

<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link197"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: 

ole_link198"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link2"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: ole_link3"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link4"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: ole_link5"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link6"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: ole_link7"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link8"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: ole_link9"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link10"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: 

ole_link11"><FONT

face=Arial><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt">It’s the

veteran</FONT></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></P>

<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link197"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: 

ole_link198"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link2"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: ole_link3"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link4"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: ole_link5"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link6"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: ole_link7"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link8"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: ole_link9"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link10"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: 

ole_link11"><FONT

face=Arial><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt">Not the

politician</FONT></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></P>

<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link197"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: 

ole_link198"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link2"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: ole_link3"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link4"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: ole_link5"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link6"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: ole_link7"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link8"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: ole_link9"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link10"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: 

ole_link11"><FONT

face=Arial><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt">Who has given us the right to

vote.</FONT></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></P>

<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link197"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: 

ole_link198"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link2"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: ole_link3"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link4"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: ole_link5"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link6"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: ole_link7"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link8"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: ole_link9"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link10"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: 

ole_link11"><FONT

face=Arial><FONT

style="FONT-SIZE: 

14pt"></FONT></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN> </P>

<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link197"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: 

ole_link198"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link2"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: ole_link3"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link4"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: ole_link5"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link6"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: ole_link7"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link8"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: ole_link9"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link10"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: 

ole_link11"><FONT

face=Arial><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt">It’s the veteran who honors the 

flag

</FONT></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></P>

<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link197"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: 

ole_link198"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link2"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: ole_link3"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link4"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: ole_link5"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link6"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: ole_link7"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link8"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: ole_link9"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link10"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: 

ole_link11"><FONT

face=Arial><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt">It’s the veteran who serves under 

the

flag

</FONT></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></P>

<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link197"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: 

ole_link198"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link2"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: ole_link3"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link4"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: ole_link5"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link6"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: ole_link7"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link8"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: ole_link9"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link10"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: 

ole_link11"><FONT

face=Arial><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt">No matter where they

serve,</FONT></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></P>

<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link197"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: 

ole_link198"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link2"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: ole_link3"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link4"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: ole_link5"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link6"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: ole_link7"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link8"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: ole_link9"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link10"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: 

ole_link11"><FONT

face=Arial><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt">God Bless Them

All!</FONT></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></P>

<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link197"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: 

ole_link198"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link2"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: ole_link3"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link4"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: ole_link5"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link6"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: ole_link7"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link8"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: ole_link9"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link10"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: 

ole_link11"><FONT

face=Arial><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt">God Bless

America!</FONT></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></P>

<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link197"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: 

ole_link198"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link2"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: ole_link3"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link4"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: ole_link5"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link6"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: ole_link7"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link8"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: ole_link9"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link10"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: 

ole_link11"><FONT

face=Arial><FONT

style="FONT-SIZE: 

14pt"></FONT></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN> </P><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link198"></SPAN><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link197"></SPAN>

<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link2"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: ole_link3"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link4"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: ole_link5"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link6"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: ole_link7"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link8"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: ole_link9"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link10"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: 

ole_link11"></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><A

style='href: "http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nz_js_aMaV0"'><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link2"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: ole_link3"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link4"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: ole_link5"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link6"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: ole_link7"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link8"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: ole_link9"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link10"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: 

ole_link11"><FONT

face=Arial><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt"

color=#0000ff>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nz_js_aMaV0</FONT></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link2"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: ole_link3"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link4"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: ole_link5"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link6"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: ole_link7"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link8"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: ole_link9"><SPAN

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face=Arial><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt">God Bless The

USA</FONT></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></P>

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title=https://www.youtube.com/embed/daqwGRdRIsk?feature=player_detailpage

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style="COLOR: ; mso-bidi-font-family: arial"><FONT face=Arial><FONT

style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Frank Sinatra considered Kate Smith the best singer 

of

her time, and said that when he and a million other guys first heard her 

sing

"God Bless America" on the radio, they all pretended to have dust in their 

eyes

as they wiped away a tear or two.  Here are the facts... The link at 

the

bottom will take you to a video showing the very first public singing of 

"GOD

BLESS AMERICA". But before you watch it, you should also know the story 

behind

the first public showing of the song.  The time was 1940. America was 

still

in a terrible economic depression. Hitler was taking over Europe, and 

Americans

were afraid we'd have to go to war. It was a time of hardship and worry for 

most

Americans.  This was the era just before TV, when radio shows were 

HUGE,

and American families sat around their radios in the evenings, listening to

their favorite entertainers, and no entertainer of that era was bigger than 

Kate

Smith.  Kate was also large; plus size, as we now say, and the popular

phrase still used today is in deference to her, "It ain't over till the fat 

lady

sings".  Kate Smith might not have made it big in the age of TV because 

of

her size and appearance, but with her voice coming over the radio, she was 

the

biggest star of her time. Back then, music was more important than 

appearance or

the “program”. Kate was also patriotic. It hurt her to see Americans so

depressed and afraid of what the next day would bring. She had hope for 

America

and faith in her fellow Americans. She wanted to do something to cheer them 

up,

so she went to the famous American song-writer, Irving Berlin (who also 

wrote

"White Christmas") and asked him to write a song that would make Americans 

feel

good again about their country.When she described what she was looking for, 

he

said he had just the song for her. He went to his files and found a song 

that he

had written but never published, 22 years before -- way back in 1917. He 

gave it

to her and she worked on it with her studio orchestra. She and Irving Berlin

were not sure how the song would be received by the public, but both agreed 

they

would not take any profits from “God Bless America”. Any profits would go to 

the

Boy Scouts of America. Over the years, the Boy Scouts have received millions 

of

dollars in royalties from this song.  This video starts out with Kate 

Smith

coming into the radio studio with the orchestra and an audience. She 

introduces

the new song for the very first time and starts singing. After the first 

couple

verses, with her voice in the background still singing, scenes are shown 

from

the 1940 movie, "You're In the Army Now." At the 4:20 mark of the video you 

see

a young actor in the movie, sitting in an office, reading a paper: it's 

Ronald

Reagan.  To this day, “God Bless America” stirs our patriotic feelings 

and

pride in our country. Back in <BR>1940, when Kate Smith went looking for a 

song

to raise the spirits of her fellow Americans, I doubt whether she realized 

just

how successful the results would be for her fellow Americans during those 

years

of hardship and worry..... And for many generations of Americans to follow. 

It

has been suggested that this song replace the “Star-Spangled Banner” as our

national anthem because it’s easier to sing, and most folks already know the

words. </FONT></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN

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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Now that you know the story of the song, I hope 

you'll

enjoy it. Many people don't know there's a lead in to the song since it 

usually

starts with “God Bless America“....." So, here's the entire song as 

originally

sung..... ENJOY!    

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style="FONT-FAMILY: ; COLOR: "><FONT face="Times New Roman">ARLINGTON

CEMETERY</FONT></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></P>

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style="FONT-FAMILY: ; COLOR: "><FONT face="Times New Roman">This is really 

an

awesome sight to watch if you've never had the

chance.</FONT></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></P>

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style="FONT-FAMILY: ; COLOR: "><FONT face="Times New Roman">Fascinating. 

Tomb of

the Unknown 

Soldier</FONT></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></P>

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style="FONT-FAMILY: ; COLOR: "><FONT face="Times New Roman">1.How many steps

does the guard take during his walk across the tomb of the Unknown Soldier 

and

why?</FONT></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></P>

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style="FONT-FAMILY: ; COLOR: "><FONT

face="Times New 

Roman"></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN> </P>

<P class=MsoNormal

style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 

auto"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link6"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: ole_link7"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link8"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: ole_link9"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link10"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: 

ole_link11"><SPAN

style="FONT-FAMILY: ; COLOR: "><FONT face="Times New Roman">21

steps:</FONT></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></P>

<P class=MsoNormal

style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 

auto"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link6"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: ole_link7"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link8"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: ole_link9"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link10"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: 

ole_link11"><SPAN

style="FONT-FAMILY: ; COLOR: "><FONT face="Times New Roman">It alludes to 

the

twenty-one gun salute which is the highest honor given any military or 

foreign

dignitary.</FONT></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></P>

<P class=MsoNormal

style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 

auto"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link6"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: ole_link7"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link8"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: ole_link9"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link10"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: 

ole_link11"><SPAN

style="FONT-FAMILY: ; COLOR: "><FONT

face="Times New 

Roman"></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN> </P>

<P class=MsoNormal

style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 

auto"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link6"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: ole_link7"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link8"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: ole_link9"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link10"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: 

ole_link11"><SPAN

style="FONT-FAMILY: ; COLOR: "><FONT face="Times New Roman">2. How long does 

he

hesitate after his about

face</FONT></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></P>

<P class=MsoNormal

style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 

auto"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link6"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: ole_link7"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link8"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: ole_link9"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link10"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: 

ole_link11"><SPAN

style="FONT-FAMILY: ; COLOR: "><FONT face="Times New Roman">to begin his 

return

walk and why?</FONT></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></P>

<P class=MsoNormal

style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 

auto"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link6"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: ole_link7"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link8"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: ole_link9"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link10"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: 

ole_link11"><SPAN

style="FONT-FAMILY: ; COLOR: "><FONT

face="Times New 

Roman"></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN> </P>

<P class=MsoNormal

style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 

auto"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link6"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: ole_link7"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link8"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: ole_link9"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link10"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: 

ole_link11"><SPAN

style="FONT-FAMILY: ; COLOR: "><FONT face="Times New Roman">21 seconds for 

the

same reason</FONT></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></P>

<P class=MsoNormal

style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 

auto"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link6"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: ole_link7"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link8"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: ole_link9"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link10"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: 

ole_link11"><SPAN

style="FONT-FAMILY: ; COLOR: "><FONT face="Times New Roman">as answer number

1.</FONT></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></P>

<P class=MsoNormal

style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 

auto"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link6"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: ole_link7"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link8"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: ole_link9"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link10"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: 

ole_link11"><SPAN

style="FONT-FAMILY: ; COLOR: "><FONT

face="Times New 

Roman"></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN> </P>

<P class=MsoNormal

style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 

auto"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link6"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: ole_link7"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link8"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: ole_link9"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link10"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: 

ole_link11"><SPAN

style="FONT-FAMILY: ; COLOR: "><FONT

face="Times New 

Roman"></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN> </P>

<P class=MsoNormal

style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 

auto"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link6"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: ole_link7"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link8"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: ole_link9"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link10"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: 

ole_link11"><SPAN

style="FONT-FAMILY: ; COLOR: "><FONT face="Times New Roman">3. hy are his 

gloves

wet?</FONT></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></P>

<P class=MsoNormal

style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 

auto"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link6"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: ole_link7"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link8"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: ole_link9"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link10"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: 

ole_link11"><SPAN

style="FONT-FAMILY: ; COLOR: "><FONT face="Times New Roman">His gloves are

moistened to prevent his losing his grip on the

rifle.</FONT></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></P>

<P class=MsoNormal

style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 

auto"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link6"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: ole_link7"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link8"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: ole_link9"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link10"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: 

ole_link11"><SPAN

style="FONT-FAMILY: ; COLOR: "><FONT face="Times New Roman">4. Does he carry 

his

rifle on the same shoulder all the time and, if not, why

not?</FONT></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></P>

<P class=MsoNormal

style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 

auto"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link6"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: ole_link7"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link8"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: ole_link9"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link10"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: 

ole_link11"><SPAN

style="FONT-FAMILY: ; COLOR: "><FONT

face="Times New 

Roman"></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN> </P>

<P class=MsoNormal

style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 

auto"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link6"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: ole_link7"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link8"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: ole_link9"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link10"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: 

ole_link11"><SPAN

style="FONT-FAMILY: ; COLOR: "><FONT face="Times New Roman">He carries the 

rifle

on the shoulder away from the tomb. After his march across the path, he 

executes

an about face and moves the rifle to the outside

shoulder.</FONT></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></P>

<P class=MsoNormal

style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 

auto"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link6"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: ole_link7"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link8"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: ole_link9"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link10"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: 

ole_link11"><SPAN

style="FONT-FAMILY: ; COLOR: "><FONT

face="Times New 

Roman"></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN> </P>

<P class=MsoNormal

style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 

auto"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link6"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: ole_link7"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link8"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: ole_link9"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link10"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: 

ole_link11"><SPAN

style="FONT-FAMILY: ; COLOR: "><FONT face="Times New Roman">5. How often are 

the

guards changed?</FONT></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></P>

<P class=MsoNormal

style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 

auto"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link6"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: ole_link7"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link8"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: ole_link9"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link10"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: 

ole_link11"><SPAN

style="FONT-FAMILY: ; COLOR: "><FONT face="Times New Roman">Guards are 

changed

every thirty minutes, twenty-four hours a day, 365 days a

year.</FONT></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></P>

<P class=MsoNormal

style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 

auto"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link6"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: ole_link7"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link8"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: ole_link9"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link10"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: 

ole_link11"><SPAN

style="FONT-FAMILY: ; COLOR: "><FONT face="Times New Roman">6. What are the

physical traits of the guard limited

to?</FONT></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></P>

<P class=MsoNormal

style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 

auto"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link6"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: ole_link7"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link8"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: ole_link9"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link10"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: 

ole_link11"><SPAN

style="FONT-FAMILY: ; COLOR: "><FONT face="Times New Roman">For a person to

apply for guard duty at the tomb, he must be between 5' 10' and 6' 2' tall 

and

his waist size cannot exceed 30".

</FONT></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></P>

<P class=MsoNormal

style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 

auto"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link6"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: ole_link7"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link8"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: ole_link9"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link10"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: 

ole_link11"><SPAN

style="FONT-FAMILY: ; COLOR: "><FONT face="Times New Roman">They must commit 

2

years of life to guard the tomb, live in a barracks under the tomb, and 

cannot

drink any alcohol on or off duty for the rest of their lives. They cannot 

swear

in public for the rest of their lives and cannot disgrace the uniform or the

tomb in any way.</FONT></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></P>

<P class=MsoNormal

style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 

auto"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link6"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: ole_link7"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link8"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: ole_link9"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link10"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: 

ole_link11"><SPAN

style="FONT-FAMILY: ; COLOR: "><FONT face="Times New Roman">After two years, 

the

guard is given a wreath pin that is worn on their lapel signifying they 

served

as guard of the tomb. There are only 400 presently worn. The guard must obey

these rules for the rest of their lives or give up the wreath

pin.</FONT></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></P>

<P class=MsoNormal

style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 

auto"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link6"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: ole_link7"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link8"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: ole_link9"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link10"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: 

ole_link11"><SPAN

style="FONT-FAMILY: ; COLOR: "><FONT face="Times New Roman">The shoes are

specially made with very thick soles to keep the heat and cold from their

feet.</FONT></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></P>

<P class=MsoNormal

style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 

auto"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link6"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: ole_link7"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link8"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: ole_link9"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link10"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: 

ole_link11"><SPAN

style="FONT-FAMILY: ; COLOR: "><FONT face="Times New Roman">There are metal 

heel

plates that extend to the top of the shoe in order to make the loud click as

they come to a 

halt.</FONT></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></P>

<P class=MsoNormal

style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 

auto"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link6"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: ole_link7"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link8"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: ole_link9"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link10"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: 

ole_link11"><SPAN

style="FONT-FAMILY: ; COLOR: "><FONT face="Times New Roman">There are no

wrinkles, folds or lint on the uniform. Guards dress for duty in front of a

full-length 

mirror.</FONT></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></P>

<P class=MsoNormal

style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 

auto"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link6"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: ole_link7"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link8"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: ole_link9"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link10"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: 

ole_link11"><SPAN

style="FONT-FAMILY: ; COLOR: "><FONT face="Times New Roman">The first six 

months

of duty a guard cannot talk to anyone nor watch

TV.</FONT></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></P>

<P class=MsoNormal

style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 

auto"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link6"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: ole_link7"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link8"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: ole_link9"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link10"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: 

ole_link11"><SPAN

style="FONT-FAMILY: ; COLOR: "><FONT face="Times New Roman">All off duty 

time is

spent studying the 175 notable people laid to rest in Arlington National

Cemetery.</FONT></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></P>

<P class=MsoNormal

style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 

auto"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link6"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: ole_link7"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link8"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: ole_link9"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link10"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: 

ole_link11"><SPAN

style="FONT-FAMILY: ; COLOR: "><FONT face="Times New Roman">A guard must

memorize who they are and where they are interred. Among the notables are:

President Taft, Joe Lewis {the boxer} Medal of Honor winner Audie L. Murphy, 

the

most decorated soldier of WWII and of Hollywood

fame.</FONT></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></P>

<P class=MsoNormal

style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 

auto"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link6"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: ole_link7"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link8"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: ole_link9"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link10"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: 

ole_link11"><SPAN

style="FONT-FAMILY: ; COLOR: "><FONT face="Times New Roman">Every guard 

spends

five hours a day getting his uniforms ready for guard

duty.</FONT></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></P>

<P class=MsoNormal

style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 

auto"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link6"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: ole_link7"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link8"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: ole_link9"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link10"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: 

ole_link11"><SPAN

style="FONT-FAMILY: ; COLOR: "><FONT

face="Times New 

Roman"></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN> </P>

<P class=MsoNormal

style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 

auto"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link6"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: ole_link7"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link8"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: ole_link9"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link10"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: 

ole_link11"><SPAN

style="FONT-FAMILY: ; COLOR: "><FONT face="Times New Roman">ETERNAL REST 

GRANT

THEM O LORD AND LET PERPETUAL LIGHT SHINE UPON

THEM.</FONT></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></P>

<P class=MsoNormal

style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 

auto"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link6"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: ole_link7"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link8"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: ole_link9"><SPAN

style="mso-bookmark: ole_link10"><SPAN style="mso-bookmark: 

ole_link11"><SPAN

style="FONT-FAMILY: ; COLOR: "><FONT

face="Times New 

Roman"></FONT></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN> </P>

<P class=MsoNormal

style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: 

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style="FONT-FAMILY: ; COLOR: "><FONT face="Times New Roman">In 2003 as 

Hurricane

Isabelle was approaching Washington, DC, our US Senate/House took 2 days off

with anticipation of the storm. On the ABC evening news, it was reported 

that

because of the dangers from the hurricane, the military members assigned the

duty of guarding the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier were given permission to

suspend the assignment. They respectfully declined the offer, "No

way,</FONT></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></P>

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style="FONT-FAMILY: ; COLOR: "><FONT face="Times New Roman">Sir!" Soaked to 

the

skin, marching in the pelting rain of a tropical storm, they said that 

guarding

the Tomb was not just an assignment,

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style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </SPAN>it was the highest honor that can be

afforded to a service person. The tomb has been patrolled continuously, 

24/7,

since 1930.</FONT></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></P>

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keep

them..</FONT></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></P>

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style="FONT-FAMILY: ; COLOR: "><FONT face="Times New Roman">Submitted by, 

Debbie

Azzarone, Vision Loss Alliance, editor, Blind Vine

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style="FONT-FAMILY: ; COLOR: "><FONT face="Times New Roman">The following 

was

written by Natasha ishaq,<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">  </SPAN>an

Employment Development Engagement Guidance, EDGE, program blind high school

student. </FONT></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></P><SPAN

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face=Arial><FONT style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt">Heroes: A Tribute To Those Who

Sacrifice Themselves For Others<BR>By Natasha Ishaq<BR><BR>You venture to 

the

lands beyond<BR>To the seas that shall forever stand strong<BR>Living as 

legends

Dying as heroes<BR>Out on those battlefields You serve as our 

shields<BR>Bearing

those great burdens of pain<BR>Through sunshine and through rain<BR><BR>When 

the

homes burn down<BR>And we all weep<BR>When the bombs explode<BR>And we all 

loose

sleep<BR><BR>Our prayers are with you<BR>Because we want you to be safe

too<BR>For you are out there sacrificing yourself<BR>Saving the lives of 

others,

as it is not one man for himself<BR><BR>Where you go and what you do<BR>You 

are

always pushing through<BR>All the war zones of blood and death<BR>Where you

struggled to catch your breath<BR><BR>Up in the air you fly<BR>Through the

hard-blowing winds that sigh<BR>But come down to respond to the injured ones 

who

cry<BR>Calming them down as their tears begin to dry<BR><BR>Living on the

sea<BR>Because an unknown face needed help to be free<BR>Riding the ocean

waves<BR>In order for all those who are lost to be saved<BR><BR>From the

shooting guns<BR>To the many runs<BR>To the child who is dying<BR>You carry 

them

away from harm, even though inside crying<BR><BR>Out there where piercing

screams slice the air<BR>Out there where the dirt and mud of the earth cling 

to

the clothes you wear<BR>Out there where the arms of death may embrace you at 

any

given time<BR>Out there is where you fight for us while we wait to hear the

chime<BR><BR>The chime telling us that the streets you roam<BR>Will become 

the

ones of your home<BR>The chime telling us that the battle is done<BR>And 

your

journey home has just begun<BR><BR>You venture to the lands beyond<BR>To the

seas that shall forever stand strong<BR>Living as legends<BR>Dying as

heroes<BR><BR>To all of those who serve our country--soldiers,

veterans,<BR>firefighters, physicians, rescue teams, police officers--all of 

you

who put<BR>the lives of others before you in times of great catastrophe, I 

thank

you all. Whether you roam the streets today, or rest at last in peace, your

efforts and sacrifices are the marks that are forever engraved in the world 

that

shall forever remember you, as your simple but complicated acts of extreme

kindness and compassion speak for themselves.<BR><BR>Sincerely,<BR>Cadet 

Private

Natasha Ishaq</FONT></FONT><BR style="mso-special-character: line-break"><BR

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