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From: Oakfield, WI, USA
Registered: MAR 2002

posted 12-30-2005 10:10 AM         

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SHALL WE HIRE A MONUMENT ENGRAVER TO GO TO ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY
AND ADD THE MISSING WORDS ?

This message has been edited by GenoTex on 12-30-2005 at 11:04 AM

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From: Dallas, TX
Registered: OCT 2012

posted 12-30-2005 10:46 AM         

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This is truly a sad story.

I'm getting tired of all the P/C BS we have to deal with in this country just to keep from offending some people.

Just wait I'm sure God will be taken off our money soon too.

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From: Marshall,Mo.65340
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Posts: 8492
From: Oakfield, WI, USA
Registered: MAR 2002

posted 12-30-2005 11:02 AM         

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Claim: A display at the National World War II Memorial omits key words from a speech by President Roosevelt.

Status: False.

thx Coff... that's why I was asking. Should have looked at snopes first, usually do!

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From: Las Cruces, NM, USA
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From: Alexandria, Virginian USA
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posted 12-30-2005 01:12 PM         

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My office is on the corner of 12th & Pennsylvania in Washington. I remember last year when all the WWII vets came to town to attend the opening of the WWII memorial.

They looked really old, really tired, many in wheel chairs and most needed help walking as they shuffled past my office to the memorial on the national mall. As I watched those once fierce warriors, I thought that for most of them it was their last campaign. Many wore hats signifying the military units they fought with in the war. It was gratifying that nearly all of them were escorted by their children.

The old veterans made me feel very proud and I still believe they really were the "greatest generation."

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From: Marshall,Mo.65340
Registered: DEC 2002

posted 12-30-2005 01:57 PM         

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Originally posted by Bob Miller:
My office is on the corner of 12th & Pennsylvania in Washington. I remember last year when all the WWII vets came to town to attend the opening of the WWII memorial.

They looked really old, really tired, many in wheel chairs and most needed help walking as they shuffled past my office to the memorial on the national mall. As I watched those once fierce warriors, I thought that for most of them it was their last campaign. Many wore hats signifying the military units they fought with in the war. It was gratifying that nearly all of them were escorted by their children.

The old veterans made me feel very proud and I still believe they really were the "greatest generation."

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Hear! Hear! I have coffee every morning with a group of these vets. All of them are now in their 80's and 90's. European Theater and South Pacific Theater. I have heard some wonderful stories of their adventures. I have so much respect for what these men did for their country. Several of them have been to the Memorial. May God bless each and every one of them.

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From: Greensboro, NC
Registered: JUL 2002

posted 12-30-2005 02:44 PM         

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Hear, Hear Bob and Ghost!

May we always honor and never forget these brave men and women.

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From: Vancouver, B.C., Canada
Registered: FEB 2003

posted 12-30-2005 04:20 PM         

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The old veterans made me feel very proud and I still believe they really were the "greatest generation."

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I second that one!!!!!

God has no place on any Countries money....JMO

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