[Mishmash] Fw: Veteran Thank You

[Robyne Kerr]

Thanks Carole. There is not much recognition to the ones who did do so much
and the ones still out there doing the terrible job that must be done. My
father was part of a US small ships group during WW11 and was taking
supplies to different places around New Guinea and the islands north of
Australia. His ship was a fishing boat but these men did some pretty amazing
things. He couldn¹t talk about it till very late in life just before he
passed away. The fact he was with United States forces caused a lot of
confusion over they years.

That was very moving

Robyne


On 29/05/08 1:33 PM, "Carole" <cbower at frontiernet.net> wrote:

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> 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 say s.
> 
> 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 aft er his father consumed several glasses of wine would he discuss "the
> unspeakable horrors" he and other soldiers had witnessed 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 !
> 
> 
> CLICK THE LINK BELOW TO HEAR THE SONG AND SEE THE PICTURES:
> 
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> http://www.managedmusic.com/Music/PlayBeforeYouGo.php
> 
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>    If that doesn't work, click http://www.managedmusic.com/beforeyougo.html
> <http://www.managedmusic.com/beforeyougo.html>  and keep clicking on "hear the
> song." 
> 
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