Widowmaker
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Mar 2006
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Nov 7, 2006, 12:11 PM
Local time: Nov 7, 2006, 02:11 PM
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Originally Posted by INDIGO-1
In the US it's known as Veterans' Day. I'd like to add the following:
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Originally Posted by Father Dennis Edward O'Brien, Sergeant, USMC
It is the soldier, not the reporter, who has given us freedom of the press. It is the soldier, not the poet, who has given us the freedom of speech. It is the soldier, not the campus organizer, who gives us freedom to demonstrate. It is the soldier who salutes the flag, who serves beneath the flag, and whose coffin is draped by the flag, who allows the protester to burn the flag.
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That was a really nice quote. Hadn't heard it before.
Jam it back in, in the dark.
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