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I wish to incite all Christians to rise up and take back the United States of America with all of God's manifold blessings. We want the free allowance of the Bible and prayers allowed again in schools, halls of justice, and all governing bodies. We don't seek a theocracy until Jesus returns to earth because all men are weak and power corrupts the very best of them.
We want to be a kinder and gentler people without slavery or condescension to any.

The world seems to be in a time of discontent among the populace. Christians should not fear. God is Love, shown best through Jesus Christ. God is still in control. All Glory to our Creator and to our God!


A favorite quote from my good friend, Jack Plymale, which I appreciate:

"Wars are planned by old men,in council rooms apart. They plan for greater armament, they map the battle chart, but: where sightless eyes stare out, beyond life's vanished joys, I've noticed,somehow, all the dead and mamed are hardly more than boys(Grantland Rice per our mutual friend, Sarah Rapp)."

Thanks Jack!

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Friday, June 17, 2011

Shifty died... Band of Brothers

For all of us who are the beneficiaries of the heroes of the American military.




Major General Chuck Yeager. A true hero in World War Two.




SHIFTY DIED JAN 17, 2011..........rest in peace.







"Shifty" By Chuck Yeager



Shifty volunteered for the airborne in WWII and served with Easy Company of the 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, part of the 101st Airborne Infantry. If you've seen Band of Brothers on HBO or the History Channel, you know Shifty. His character appears in all 10 Episodes, and Shifty himself is interviewed in several of them.



I met Shifty in the Philadelphia airport several years ago. I didn'tknow who he was at the time. I just saw an elderly gentleman having Trouble reading his ticket. I offered to help, assured him that he was at the right gate, and noticed the "Screaming Eagle," the symbol of The 101st Airborne, on his hat.



Making conversation, I asked him if he d been in the 101st Airborne Or if his son was serving. He said quietly that he had been in the 101st. I thanked him for his service, then asked him when he served, and how many jumps he made. Quietly and humbly, he said "Well, I guess I signed up in 1941 or so, and was in until sometime in 1945 ... " at which point my heart skipped.



At that point, again, very humbly, he said "I made the 5 training Jumps at Toccoa, and then jumped into Normandy .. Do you know where Normandy is?" At this point my heart stopped.I told him "Yes, I know exactly where Normandy is, and I know what D-Day was."



At that point he said "I also made a second jump into Holland , into Arnhem ."



I was standing with a genuine war hero .... And then I realized that it was June, just after the anniversary of D-Day. I asked Shifty if he was on his way back from France , and he said "Yes... And it ' s real sad because, these days, so few of the guys are left, and those that are, lots of them can't make the trip." My heart was in my throat and I didn't know what to say.





I helped Shifty get onto the plane and then realized he was back in Coach while I was in First Class. I sent the flight attendant back to get him and said that I wanted to switch seats. When Shifty came forward, I got up out of the seat and told him I wanted him to have it, that I'd take his in coach.



He said "No, son, you enjoy that seat. Just knowing that there arestill some who remember what we did and who still care is enough to make an old man very happy." His eyes were filling up as he said it. And mine are brimming up now as I write this.



Shifty died on Jan. 17 after fighting cancer.



There was no parade.



No big event in Staples Center ..



No wall to wall back to back 24x7 news coverage.



No weeping fans on television.



And that's not right!!



Let's give Shifty his own Memorial Service, online, in our own quiet way.



Please forward this email to everyone you know. Especially to the veterans.



Rest in peace, Shifty.



Chuck Yeager, Maj Gen. [ret.]







P.S. I think that it is amazing how the "media" chooses our "heroes" these days... Michael Jackson & the like!















Please do all of us a favor and pass this on so that untold thousands can read it.....



We owe no less to our REAL HEROES......

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