[DeTomaso] 11th month, 11 day, 11th hour

[cengles at cox.net]

Dear Larry,

Amen, brother.

Respectfully yours, Chuck Engles



---- "Larry - Ohio Time Corp." <larry at ohiotimecorp.com> wrote:
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>Today we honor the men and woman that keep us all free. They give so much
>for us. I would like to thank you all for your service.
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>After reading the email, listed below, it got me thinking how lucky I am to
>have all my friends and family come home safe and sound. I did loose one
>uncle in WW II, but I am too young to have ever known him.
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>This year my thoughts and prayers are for the men and woman that did not
>come home so that I may be free. The ones that gave all they could, there
>lives.
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>God bless them and God bless you too.
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>Larry - Cleveland
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>Last week, while traveling to Chicago on business, I noticed a
>Marine sergeant traveling with a folded flag, but did not put two
>and two together. After we boarded our flight, I turned to the
>sergeant, who'd been invited to sit in First Class (across from me),
>and inquired if he was heading home.
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>No, he responded.
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>Heading out I asked?
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>No. I'm escorting a soldier home.
>Going to pick him up?
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>No. He is with me right now. He was killed in Iraq I'm taking
>him home to his family.
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>The realization of what he had been asked to do hit me like a punch
>to the gut. It was an honor for him. He told me that, although he
>didn't know the soldier, he had delivered the news of his passing to
>the soldier's family and felt as if he knew them after many
>conversations in so few days. I turned back to him, extended my
>hand, and said, Thank you. Thank you for doing what you do so my
>family and I can do what we do.
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>Upon landing in Chicago the pilot stopped short of the gate and made
>the following announcement over the intercom.
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>"Ladies and gentlemen, I would like to note that we have had the
>honor of having Sergeant Steeley of the United States Marine Corps
>join us on this flight. He is escorting a fallen comrade back home
>to his family. I ask that you please remain in your seats when we
>open the forward door to allow Sergeant Steeley to deplane and
>receive his fellow soldier. We will then turn off the seat belt
>sign."
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>Without a sound, all went as requested. I noticed the sergeant
>saluting the casket as it was brought off the plane, and his action
>made me realize that I am proud to be an American.
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>So here's a public Thank You to our military Men and Women for what
>you do so we can live the way we do.
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