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Merry Christmas around the World -track Santa's journey, email Santa - your trip starts here!
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From
the Home Front and the Front Lines
 The Veterans History Project looks
at the human side of war through memorabilia collected by soldiers and their
families from World War I through the Persian Gulf War. Vintage photos
feature military brothers, WW II planes with nicknames like Dame Satan II, the
infamous Pork Chop Hill standoff, and the woman honored as Soldier of the Year
in 1982. Diaries
and scrapbooks recount experiences in 1919 Europe as well as WW II in Africa and
the Pacific theater. Romantic letters
reveal the heartache of war, while cartoon-decked envelopes and family
newspapers brought smiles to those in the trenches. Flags,
military
papers, and items
such as historic newspaper clippings flesh out the picture of the warfront and
the home front. This exhibit makes war about more than just strategy and
artillery -- it shows the real people on the battlefield and those at home who
they fought to protect
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The AdoptaPlatoon Soldier Support Effort™ founded
in 1998 is a nonprofit 501C-3 organization managed nationwide
by volunteer mothers to ensure that deployed United States Service
members in all branches of the military are not forgotten by providing
needed mail support and to promote patriotism in our schools and
communities. To provide a better deployment quality of life, lift
morale, and assist military families, the AAP created projects
that meet the need of military requests, established special projects
for holidays, and assigns individual morale lifting mail support
to service members of all branches of the U.S. military serving
their Nation around the world |
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Peentagon Launches Troop Support Campaign. The "America Supports You" effort is meant to help the Pentagon find all the
grass roots troop support programs -- fundraising drives, letter-writing
campaigns and such -- so they can communicate them to American forces serving in
Iraq and Afghanistan.
"This is a campaign to separate the people from the policy, the war from the
warriors," Allison Barber, the deputy
assistant secretary of defense for public liaison and internal communications told UPI, acknowledging the large numbers of Americans who
opposed the invasion of Iraq. "Even if you don't support the war you can support
the troops."
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Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Day Home Page
The 2003 Veterans Day National Ceremony at
Arlington National Cemetery's Memorial Amphitheater
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 SUPPORT OUR TROOPS! Join us in our yellow ribbon campaign,
blanketing the nation with yellow ribbons from
sea to shinning sea. .
Let's give our troops a visual picture of our support that will warm
their hearts, especially during the holidays ....... more info here
- Have a
website? Feel free to post our yellow ribbon on your website
(please link back to us, help us get the word out)
Do you already have a Yellow Ribbon Campaign in motion? Be sure to email us, we would like to post your Yellow Ribbon story and photos online to share with the world and our troops!
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You don’t realize how much you are doing (overseas),” said Schumacher,
an Army National Guard member who maintains Chinook helicopters at the
Bagram air base in Afghanistan. “Then you come home and see all these
people. It’s nice to know. Full Story Here.
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After 6 months, war-weary sailors back at last
By KATE WILTROUT,
The Virginian-Pilot
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NORFOLK — How do you find a sailor when more than 5,000 of them –
most dressed in white – come pouring out of an aircraft carrier after six months
at sea? And how do you distinguish yourself from thousands of other loved ones
waving flags or holding signs? more.. |
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Redwood City, CA -
The 65th annual Independence Day Parade (largest in Northern CA)
moved through the streets of downtown Redwood City on Sunday to the
cheers, shouts and clapping of thousands of people waving American
flags. Members of the "Screaming Eagles", the Army's 101st Airborne
Division, led the parade more....
A slice of America we can all be proud of:.
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SSG Pablo Cadena, PFC Bobby Brooks, SPC Mathew Loheide, SPC Jon Ritt
First Place Winner.
Screaming Eagles Honor Color Guard
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San Jose, California's own 341st Military Police Army Reserve Company
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A Milllion Thanks - Mission: "To show our U.S . Military Men and Women, past and present, our appreciation for
their sacrifices, dedication, and service to our country through our letters,
cards, prayer and thoughts" Goal:
To collect and distribute one million letters, emails, & cards of
appreciation to our military men and women, past and present" |
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 Mission Peace Doctors brought together by a Vietnam Veteran to bring humanitarian relief
to the peoples of Vietnam. Get a birds eye view of the Mission peace
2004 team.
Watch the MP story unfold
"Let no one be discouraged
by the belief that there is nothing one person can do against the enormous
array of the world's ills, misery, ignorance, and violence. Few will have
the greatness to bend history, but each of us can work to change a
small portion of events. And in the total of all those acts will be written
the history of a generation"- - Robert F. Kennedy |
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Harms Way 4 Kids Video to the troops- "I light
this candle in honor of the men and women who have fallen in this war.
You are the heroes that will always be a symbol of American courage.
Your footsteps on this earth may have been shortened but now they are
imprinted in the minds and hearts of all of us forever........"Jenessa Alexis
Besides a heart warming video to our troops the primary purpose of this
site to GIVE bracelets to the families and friends of troops. Yes, in
this day and age there is no hidden agenda. Bracelets
from the heart and hands of a remarkable young lady. In her
words, "I am making these bracelets available to everyone who has
a loved one that has been deployed. No matter where they are stationed.
As of 12/31/2003 we have mailed out 60,000 bracelets to all parts of
the world "
Harms Way 4 Kids we salute you!
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AMVETS For almost 60 years, AMVETS has provided service and support to America’s
veterans and their communities. At every level of our organization,
people are involved in making a difference in the lives of those who
have given so much to this country. Do not miss the AMVETS "Voice in Washington"
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Armed Forces Tribute - Moving Tribute to our armed force via the voice of a child in a letter to her mom and dad in the service.
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We Support U "In every generation there have been those who have answered the call .... " Magnificent salute to our men and women in the armed forces. Set to music and a treasure of photos of soldiers present and past.
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