pwylie Posted July 4, 2010 Share Posted July 4, 2010 "Only those who are fit to live who do not feat to die, and none are fit to die who have shrunk from the joy of life. Both life and death are parts of the same Great Adventure. Never yet was worthy adventure worthily carried through by them the man who put his personal safety first. Pride is the portion only of those who know bitter sorrow or the foreboding of bitter sorrow. But all of us who give service, and stand ready for sacrifice, are the torchbearers. We run with the torches until we fall, content if we can then pass them to the hands of the other runners. The torches whose flame is brightest are borne by the gallant men at the front. By the gallant women whose husbands and lovers, whose sons and brothers are at the front. These men are high of soul, as they face their fate on the shell-shattered earth or in the skies above or in the waters beneath; and no less high of soul are the women with torn hearts and shinning eyes, the girls whose boy-lovers have been struck down in their golden morning, and the mothers and wives to whom the word has been brought that henceforth they must walk in the shadow. These are the torch-bearers; these are they who have dared the Great Adventure." ____ Theodore Roosevelt, a tribute to his son, fallen in WWI, France. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Wilson Posted July 4, 2010 Share Posted July 4, 2010 I am just waiting for Chairman O to Bow to the Queen and apologize for all the horrible Terrorist actions of Gen. Washington and the other terrorists for attacking the English unprovoked:mad: Oh how our honorable country has sunken to the point its not our country anymore Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck Posted July 4, 2010 Share Posted July 4, 2010 Quentin Roosevelt, an American President's youngest son, was a ~20 year old fighter pilot shot down near the end of WW I in France. He's buried next to his older brother somewhere in France, who died in France during D Day as a BG...Wow! Even tho Pres T Roosevelt may have had some wacky ideas, He was a true American Patriot, as were his children...If only America had that kind of civilian leadership today...How far we have fallen as a Republic...The one bright spot is that today's young people serving America's Armed Forces still have that spark to protect America and Freedom! And, that's in spite of all of the BS coming out of Washington today! Shades of Vietnam all over again... As they say: Freedom is NOT Free Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
757 Load Posted July 5, 2010 Share Posted July 5, 2010 Took this on the 1st of June 2010. A very moving trip. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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