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Fellas, we're honored.
Woody, I knew Jim was doing that gift a while back. I was hoping you'd hang pics.
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Sean he is really special but I certainly don't have to tell you of all people.I'm very fortunate to have crossed paths with Jim even after all these years...
You better be afraid of a ghost!!
"Woody you were baptized in prop wash"..crossfireoops
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Loveable old curmudgeon, he is. Damned proud to call him a "friend", but that word's inadequate.
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George Orwell was a Prophet, not a novelist. Read 1984 and then look around you!
Old cat turd!
"Some men just need killing." ~ Clay Allison.
I am too old to fight but I can still pull a trigger. ~ Me
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Consider the same sentiments for and to you, ol' buddy. Ain't many people my wife will make me drive across the state for, just so she can give them a hug.
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Damn. Just damn. Where else you gonna read something like this? Way too cool!
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Might just be the best post ever!
Thanks for sharing!
David I'm sold on this notion! I just saw this for the first time today. To say, I'm moved, just doesn't begin to touch on the depth of awe I am in. Simply breathtaking....
"Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other." - John Adams
Turdlike, by default.
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And a FINE lady she is you lucky DOG!
George Orwell was a Prophet, not a novelist. Read 1984 and then look around you!
Old cat turd!
"Some men just need killing." ~ Clay Allison.
I am too old to fight but I can still pull a trigger. ~ Me
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Faith and love of others knows no mileage nor bounds. That's simply the way it is. dogzapper
After the game is over, the king and the pawn go into the same box. Italian Proverb
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I just read every post of all 27 pages. UNBELIEVABLE THREAD!! Nuff said.....
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OK, I read it again, and probably will next year this time I expect, maybe even inbetween.
I thank my lucky stars today that I didn't have to participate in what you grunts did. When I was clerkin' away in a tank battalion in Europe in the 60's I so wished I could go to VN. My hat's off to ET and FlyBoyFlem and ALL vets everywhere. Damn! I wish I could say more.
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Yes! There is more to say and this is it: This thread is the best ever and should be recognized as such.
Last edited by Timberlake; 02/03/12.
The things that come to those that wait may be the things left by those who got there first.
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Loveable old curmudgeon, he is. Damned proud to call him a "friend", but that word's inadequate. Inadequate is well inadequate! They just don't come any better than Jim.
A good principle to guide me through life: “This is all I have come to expect, standard lackluster performance. Trust nothing, believe no one and realize it will only get worse…”
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+1...he paid me the best compliment I've ever been given....
"...the left considers you vermin, and they'll kill you given the chance..." Bristoe
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The jeweler who did the engraving on both cases was told the "why" and "how". I think he did a superlative job!! Odd, he had wet eyes when he handed it to me. Must have been his allergies
Be afraid,be VERY VERY afraid ad triarios redisse My Buddy eh76 speaks authentic Frontier Gibberish!
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??? EVERY compliment I gave was HARD EARNED!!!! ALL of you guys deserve more than that. We are all dinosaurs now but folks would do well to remember that we wuz the T-Rex.
Be afraid,be VERY VERY afraid ad triarios redisse My Buddy eh76 speaks authentic Frontier Gibberish!
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Thank you all for serving and all that you did way back then and now. If you haven't already done so I started a post under the Mil. thread at the bottom of the campfire page, sign into it and sound off. Thanks again guys
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How's it feel to be called "a lovable old curmudgeon"
You better be afraid of a ghost!!
"Woody you were baptized in prop wash"..crossfireoops
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Sean musta had a few too many! Loveable????????
Be afraid,be VERY VERY afraid ad triarios redisse My Buddy eh76 speaks authentic Frontier Gibberish!
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My Thanks to both of you men. God Bless!
"The number one problem with America is, a whole lot of people need shot, and nobody is shooting them." -Master Chief Hershel Davis
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Somehow missed the original post, and am pretty much speechless.
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