[W3GV] Remembered

[Ucdavid--- via W3GV]

Paul Harvey often mentioned amateur operators during his News  & Commentary 
broadcasts.  Just thought I'd pass this particular quote  from years past 
along.
 
 
America's Quiet Warriors 

America's  quiet warriors are the legion of ham radio operators, 700,000 of 
them, who are  always at ready for backup duty in emergencies – amateur, 
unpaid, uncelebrated,  civilian radio operators, during and after floods and 
fires and tornadoes.  After the 9/11 attacks, hams were  indispensable in 
reuniting friends and families.  Most recently it was they who expedited  the 
search for debris after the _disaster to the space shuttle  Columbia_ 
(http://www.spacetoday.org/SpcShtls/ColumbiaExplosion2003/ColumbiaExplosion2003.html
) , and right now, at this  moment, they are involved in homeland security 
to a greater degree than you  would want me to make public.  — Paul Harvey 
News and Comment, ABC  Radio, March 19,  2003