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11-11-2008, 08:21 AM
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Happy Veterans Day!
To all of my fellow Veterans,
"HAPPY VETERANS DAY" Bulletpusher
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11-11-2008, 08:50 AM
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Back at ya bud!
Dan
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11-11-2008, 09:14 AM
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Thank you to all the vets out there from a military brat.
GoodOlBoy
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(Moderator - Gear & Gadgets, Cowboy Action, SouthWest Regional, Small Game) GoodOlBoy@huntchat.com For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. - John 3:16 KJV Then I commended mirth, because a man hath no better thing under the sun, than to eat, and to drink, and to be merry: for that shall abide with him of his labour the days of his life, which God giveth him under the sun. - Ecclesiastes 8:15 KJV "The gun has been called the great equalizer, meaning that a small person with a gun is equal to a large person, but it is a great equalizer in another way, too. It insures that the people are the equal of their government whenever that government forgets that it is servant and not master of the governed." - 40th President of the United States Ronald Reagan 1911-2004
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11-11-2008, 09:18 AM
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A slow salute to all who have marched before me.
A crisp salute to those who march beside me. A firm hand to those who will join the ranks to come. And when it's my turn, throw a nickel on the grass.
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11-11-2008, 12:06 PM
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What's the nickel for?
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#7
11-11-2008, 12:30 PM
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Never heard that one before. Now watch him come up with a simple answer and we will both feel like a couple of rubes. By the way thanks to ALL those who remembered the DAY. Best wishes, Bill
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#8
11-11-2008, 01:58 PM
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I's an Air Force drinking song.
http://www.drinkingsongs.net/mp3s/19...s--dick-jonas-(CD)/01-throw-a-nickel-on-the-grass.htm
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#9
11-11-2008, 03:57 PM
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Within the U.S. Air Force fighter pilot community, the term "throw a nickel on the grass" embodies an expression of mutual respect and good luck from one warrior to another. It stems from the refrain of an old Korean War barroom ballad… "Throw a nickel on the grass, save a fighter pilot's ass" and was later immortalized by an unknown author's closing words in his Tribute to the Fighter Pilot …
"So here's a nickel on the grass to you, my friend, and your spirit, enthusiasm, sacrifice and courage - but most of all to your friendship. Yours is a dying breed and when you are gone, the world will be a lesser place."
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11-11-2008, 05:01 PM
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"Course I didn't hang with Officers either, except the ones on our crew. But they were mainly "trash haulers" before they got assigned to Gunships. The Navs and Flirs mainly came from SAC. Thanx for the info. Best wishes, Bill
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11-11-2008, 06:05 PM
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My thanks to all who have stood tall between the monsters and the weak.
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