Thank You Soldiers

[blueinbama 259]

Sung by third graders from Tussing elementary in Colonial Heights , Virginia

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=5pfBUUZNbFM

[NewHampshireRed 94]

Sung by third graders from Tussing elementary in Colonial Heights , Virginia

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=5pfBUUZNbFM

 

Wow, thanks for posting. Nearly brought tears to my eyes thinking of my family and friends who have or are currently serving the United States Military.

[Deleted Account 5,203]

Sung by third graders from Tussing elementary in Colonial Heights , Virginia

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=5pfBUUZNbFM

 

Gave me the chills, man!

[trublue 939]

Thanks for posting b-bama.

 

We give thanks to ALL the soldiers that have served our country during wars, conflicts and peace. We should always remember that the phrase "freedom is not free" is NOT a cliche but, the very foundation of our country.

 

I enjoy history and was reading this article on the "battle of the bulge." I'm sure there are many storylines about this battle....and this one details just a brief glimpse of a time in our history.

 

http://worldwar2database.com/html/ardennes.htm

 

excerpts:

 

 

"Supply lines extended all the way back to Cherbourg in Normandy. Germans dug in the channel ports denied them to the Allies, and they held out until the end of the war. Not until Antwerp was captured and opened to shipping on December 11 did the Allies have a port that was close to the front. Meanwhile the “Red Ball Express†— mostly African-American drivers running a fast-moving convoy 24 hours a day — drove gas, ammunition and food to the front, sometimes under fire from German units holding the roads. Winter clothing was sacrificed to make more room for gas and ammunition."

 

"Artillery was set up in the center of town to give the defenders support anywhere along the lines, and from their arrival on December 18th until the day after Christmas, the 101st beat back German attacks. During the battle, the German commander charged with taking the vital crossroads sent a long letter to General Anthony C. McAuliffe, calling for his surrender. McAuliffe’s one-word reply, “NUTS!†indicated the determination of the 101st to hang on."

 

"Meanwhile, Americans all over the battlefield were showing incredible courage. Sometimes outnumbered five-to-one, infantry units stopped or held up the Germans."

It was an American battle. The largest battle in the West during the war, some 600,000 Americans fought it, and 80,000 were killed, captured, or wounded."

[vthokies4life 10]

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 freedom of speech. It is the soldier, not the organizer, who has given us the freedom to assemble. It is the soldier, not the lawyer, who has given us the right to a fair trial. It IS the soldier who salutes the flag, who serves the flag and whose coffin is draped by the flag that makes us free.

 

Thanks soldiers.

[tbgfan 856]

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 freedom of speech. It is the soldier, not the organizer, who has given us the freedom to assemble. It is the soldier, not the lawyer, who has given us the right to a fair trial. It IS the soldier who salutes the flag, who serves the flag and whose coffin is draped by the flag that makes us free.

 

Thanks soldiers.

 

Wonderful post!!

 

 

Life has many choices---eternity two