AN AIRLINES RESPECT FOR A FALLEN SOLDIER
Thank you once again to Kelleigh Nelson who sends this very pertinent article. The trend nowadays is to belittle the efforts of your ancestors and to forget how much they gave that you might live. So often many of you live in a most ignorant and careless way, oblivious of the price paid for your life. I challenge you to read this article without feeling tears well up, and a renewed sense of gratitude, for the many soldiers who willingly gave their lives so others, like you, might live in freedom. How tragic that so many are prepared to throw this freedom away to would be tyrants without a whimper. Gibber! Gibber! Chugley This deserves to be sent over and over again as a reminder. Having had family in WWI, WWII and beaus in Vietnam, it is important to keep them all in your prayers. Kelleigh Nelson You may have seen this. It’s been around before but since it’s going around on Facebook, I thought I’d send you a copy. (Cathy from Israel) Subject: AN AIRLINE CAPTAIN’S REPORT “The American flag does not fly because the wind moves past it…… The American flag flies from the last breath of each military member who has died serving it.” AIRLINE CAPTAIN – You will not regret reading this one. I Promise….. My lead flight attendant came to me and said, “We have an H.R. on this flight.” (H.R. stands for Human Remains.) “Are they military?” I asked. ‘Yes’, she said. ‘Is there an escort?’ I asked. ‘Yes, I’ve already assigned him a seat’. ‘Would you please tell him to come to the Flight Deck. You can board him early,” I said. A short while later a young army sergeant entered the flight deck. He was the image of the perfectly dressed soldier….