faithfulFrank
He is no fool who gives up what he cannot keep
to gain what he cannot lose....
Location: Batavia, N.Y.
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Gone for a week...sending Marine Son to Africa
Original Message Feb 11, 2005 8:52 am |
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Hey Guys, Just so you don't think I died or something, I'm leaving tomorrow to see my son off to Africa. He is leaving Camp LeJeune and being deployed to Djibouti Africa for six months to a year or more. Djibouti, I'm told, is not the most enjoyable place to be. It is the nerve center for counter terrorism intelligence for the middle east, etc. It is a combat zone, but seems to be far safer then Iraq. It is on the east coast of Africa, at the southern tip of the Red sea, across from Yemen. Anyway, see you next week. Frank D.
Ariens 1332DLE Pro, Exmark 52" HP ZTR, Gardian Generac generator, Shindiawa T230 Excell/Honda PW, Craftsman rototiller, Favorite IPE- My Mac + Ipod- No Windoze for me!
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Paula
May you have enough happiness to make you sweet,
enough trials to make you strong,
enough sorrow to keep you human and
enough hope to make you happy.
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Re: Gone for a week...sending Marine Son to Africa
Reply #4 Feb 11, 2005 11:59 pm |
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Frank Say thank you to your son as well for his service to our country. I got to talking with a woman cashier in the grocery store I go to who commented on how glad she was that her work day was over so she could go home to her daughter who was back from Iraq. We got to talking...her daughter is a gunner who was stationed outside of Saddam's former palace. I asked her to please say thank you to her daughter for her service. I think its important to take every opportunity we have to say "thanks" directly because our service members need to know how grateful we are. Paula |
ChrisS
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Re: Gone for a week...sending Marine Son to Africa
Reply #5 Feb 12, 2005 8:57 am |
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I will say a prayer for him Frank, You keep safe also. C
Honda 928TA, Ariens 924 STE, Toro single stage S-620, 95 Jeep Wrangler with a 6 foot Fisher Plow, many shovels, one 14 year old boy. Craftsman 01 1000 LTX pimp Gold LT 20hp Briggs OHV V-twin. Tough as it is ugly.
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