[R-390] To our veterans

DW Holtman future212 at comcast.net
Fri May 26 14:50:25 EDT 2006


Hello,

Great post. Something that all of us should take a few minutes and think 
about this Memorial Day weekend.

Best,
DW Holtman
USN Retired

n4buq at knology.net wrote:

>The elderly parking lot attendant wasn't in a good mood!
>
>Neither was Sam Bierstock. It was around 1 a.m., and Bierstock, a
>Delray
>Beach , Fla. , eye doctor, business consultant, corporate speaker
>and
>musician, was bone tired after appearing at an event.
>
>He pulled up in his car, and the parking attendant began to
>speak. "I
>took two bullets for this country and look what I'm doing," he said
>bitterly.
>
>At first, Bierstock didn't know what to say to the World War II
>veteran.
>But he rolled down his window and told the man, "Really, from the
>bottom
>of my heart, I want to thank you."
>
>Then the old soldier began to cry.
>
>"That really got to me," Bierstock says.
>
>Cut to today.
>
>Bierstock, 58, and John Melnick, 54, of Pompano Beach - a member of
>Bierstock's band, Dr. Sam and the Managed Care Band - have written a
>song inspired by that old soldier in the airport parking lot. The
>mournful "Before You Go" does more than salute those who fought in
>WWII.
>It encourages people to go out of their way to thank the aging
>warriors
>before they die.
>
>"If we had lost that particular war, our whole way of life would
>have
>been shot," says Bierstock, who plays harmonica. "The WW II soldiers
>are
>now dying at the rate of about 2,000 every day. I thought we needed
>to
>thank them."
>
>The song is striking a chord. Within four days of Bierstock placing
>it
>on the Web, the song and accompanying photo essay have bounced
>around
>nine countries, producing tears and heartfelt thanks from veterans,
>their sons and daughters and grandchildren.
>
>"It made me cry," wrote one veteran's son. Another sent an e-mail
>saying
>that only after his father consumed several glasses of wine would he
>discuss "the unspeakable horrors" he and other soldiers had witn
>essed in
>places such as Anzio, Iwo Jima, Bataan and Omaha Beach. "I can never
>thank them enough," the son wrote. "Thank you for thinking about
>them."
>
>Bierstock and Melnick thought about shipping it off to a
>professional
>singer, maybe a Lee Greenwood type, but because time was running out
>for
>so many veterans, they decided it was best to release it quickly,
>for
>free, on the Web.! They've sent the song to Sen. John McCain and
>others
>in Washington. Already they have been invited to perform it in
>Houston
>for a Veterans Day tribute - this after just a few days on the Web.
>They
>hope every veteran in America gets a chance to hear it.
>
>GOD BLESS every EVERY veteran... and THANK you to those of you
>veterans
>who may receive this!
>
>Thank you Daddy, Mike and Tom.  Ellie (Mary)
>
>CLICK THE LINK BELOW TO HEAR THE SONG AND SEE THE PICTURES:
>
>
>
>http://www.managedmusic.com/beforeyougo.html
>
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