If the red shirt thing is new to you, read below...
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. No he responded. Heading out I asked? No I’m escorting a soldier home. Going to pick him up? No. he is with me right now. He was killed in Iraq; I'm taking him home to his family. The realization of what he had been asked to do hit me like a punch to the gut. He told me that, although he didn’t know the soldier, he had delivered the news of his passing to the soldiers’ 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. Upon landing in Chicago the pilot stopped short of the gate and made the following announcement over the intercom. "Ladies and gentlemen, I would like to note that we have had the honor of having sergeant Steeley of the United State's 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" 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. 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. Red Fridays, very soon, you will see a great many people wearing red every Friday. The reason? Americans who support our troops used to be called "the silent"...
2007-10-13 06:25:25 · 4 answers · asked by Sunny 2 in Family & Relationships ➔ Other - Family & Relationships
even if your against war and violence support the people who thought they were only trying to protecting us
2007-10-13 06:26:29 · update #1
even though Im Indian, I really liked what you had written, enjoyed it and always believed in it, I wish only but good luck to all of those out there, cos we all need it!
2007-10-13 06:39:11 · answer #1 · answered by Answerer 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
at the same time as i turned right into a baby, back in ww2 homefront, eveyone changed into in contact, speaking, and lively in triumphing the warfare. We were not rearranging deck chairs on a sinking deliver. A wreath changed into displayed on the door of a fallen soldier, airman, or marine. childrens were nicely conscious of the conclusiveness of lack of life, and were taught understand, and would not even imagine about dishonor to human beings that gave all of it in favour of our freedom. The escorts are doing a good element, a similar as if they were at the front, and oftentimes rotate to harms way of their enlistment.
2016-10-09 03:59:18 · answer #2 · answered by Erika 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have a friend in Iraq and one is about to be sent. My greatest respect goes out to the troops..
2007-10-13 09:25:13 · answer #3 · answered by rf21 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Very, Very Well done Sunny!
2007-10-13 06:37:13 · answer #4 · answered by david 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋