NationStates Jolt Archive


They also Served!

Corneliu
12-11-2005, 17:40
They Also Serve (http://www.americasupportsyou.mil/americasupportsyou/america/videos/JohnConleeVideo_hiRes.wmv)

This is dedicated to those who are left behind while their loved ones are off to war.

God bless the families of the armed forces.
Eutrusca
12-11-2005, 17:42
They Also Serve (http://www.americasupportsyou.mil/americasupportsyou/america/videos/JohnConleeVideo_hiRes.wmv)

This is dedicated to those who are left behind while their loved ones are off to war.

God bless the families of the armed forces.
Very, very few people know what these wonderful folks go through. I'm especially proud of the newly married women whose new husbands are sent to Iraq who don't dispair or run around on them. [ salutes ]
Corneliu
12-11-2005, 17:45
Very, very few people know what these wonderful folks go through. I'm especially proud of the newly married women whose new husbands are sent to Iraq who don't dispair or run around on them. [ salutes ]

I agree with you Eutrusca.

BTW: This song is a tear jerker. Well for me it is because I know what these people go through.
Eutrusca
12-11-2005, 18:02
I agree with you Eutrusca.

BTW: This song is a tear jerker. Well for me it is because I know what these people go through.
Likewise.

I'm so very thankful that I didn't marry before going to Vietnam. After I got married, I went to Germany with Feforger III for three months and like to have died! God, I missed them so much! My wife told me that our 2-year-old kept saying, "I wanna see my dadn'!" :(
Corneliu
12-11-2005, 18:05
Likewise.

I'm so very thankful that I didn't marry before going to Vietnam. After I got married, I went to Germany with Feforger III for three months and like to have died! God, I missed them so much! My wife told me that our 2-year-old kept saying, "I wanna see my dadn'!" :(

When my dad was constently gone and didn't call for days at a time, I would begin to get into trouble at school. That was when my mom forced Dad to call as often as he can to reassure me (9yo when this occured) that he was alright.

I guess that is why this song hits me so hard. I remember those days so vividly and it'll always be with me for the rest of my life.
DrunkenDove
12-11-2005, 18:06
Holy 26MB download Batman! Is there a low res version?
Eutrusca
12-11-2005, 18:10
When my dad was constently gone and didn't call for days at a time, I would begin to get into trouble at school. That was when my mom forced Dad to call as often as he can to reassure me (9yo when this occured) that he was alright.

I guess that is why this song hits me so hard. I remember those days so vividly and it'll always be with me for the rest of my life.
I know something of how that feels. My mother left my father and me right after I was born, and he didn't feel he could raise me while working full time as a Chemical Engineer, so I was raised by his parents. He use to take me with him on vacation for two weeks every Summer, which I dearly loved. The only problem was that I would cry for days and sometimes off and on for weeks, after vacation was over. My grandparents often wondered if it might be better for me if Dad didn't take me with him. I'm sure glad they decided it would hurt me even more to not go.
Corneliu
12-11-2005, 18:14
Holy 26MB download Batman! Is there a low res version?

They Also Serve (Low Res) (http://www.americasupportsyou.mil/americasupportsyou/america/videos/JohnConleeVideo_loRes.wmv)

Ask and thy shall receive :)
Corneliu
12-11-2005, 18:17
I know something of how that feels. My mother left my father and me right after I was born, and he didn't feel he could raise me while working full time as a Chemical Engineer, so I was raised by his parents. He use to take me with him on vacation for two weeks every Summer, which I dearly loved. The only problem was that I would cry for days and sometimes off and on for weeks, after vacation was over. My grandparents often wondered if it might be better for me if Dad didn't take me with him. I'm sure glad they decided it would hurt me even more to not go.

*raises up his glass*

To the families left behind
Eutrusca
12-11-2005, 18:25
*raises up his glass*

To the families left behind
I'll drink to that! [ joins you ]

'Course, I'll drink to virtually anything, but that in particular! :D
Kevlanakia
12-11-2005, 18:28
I'll drink to that! [ joins you ]

'Course, I'll drink to virtually anything, but that in particular! :D

In fact, you virtually drunk to that:p

(All respect to those with family members off fighting a war, but that just about the cheesiest patriotic tribute-thing I've ever seen or heard.)
Eutrusca
12-11-2005, 18:38
In fact, you virtually drunk to that:p

(All respect to those with family members off fighting a war, but that just about the cheesiest patriotic tribute-thing I've ever seen or heard.)
IMHO, most C & W is kinda cheesy, but WTF, over? :D