[R-390] To our veterans

[eldim at att.net]

Thank you for the GREAT POST. A  SALUTE TO ALL OUR VETERANS.
We pray for our survivors, their families, and our men and women in uniform today and everyday.
Take time to remember those who made the untimate sacrifice especially with a visit to Church or a Cemetary.  Reach into your inner self.
Be proud and stand tall to live in this great nation. Pray for all in government that they may make good decisions for Peace and Justice in this troubled world.
73,
Glen Galati, KA7BOJ
ELDIM at ATT.NET


-------------- Original message from "n4buq at knology.net" <n4buq at knology.net>: -------------- 


> 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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