Honey got a Freedom Team Certificate of Appreciation, a letter from the Secretary of the Army and a lapel pin that has Veteran US Army on it. How and why this came we have no idea, so i looked online, and someone must have nominated him for it. Who we don't know. He had a tear in his eye, and a trembling voice when he read aloud the part about "...the United States Army and a grateful Nation thank you."
He looked at me and said he should have gotten this 35 years ago...better late than never.
Why it takes our country so long to do things like this I don't know, except that when honey was a soldier, it wasn't cool to be in the Army. It was OK to loathe soldiers... make them feel like their service was a mistake .
My cousin says he is getting promoted to Major in the Army. He is a 4 time now combat veteran, and is 46 years old. He says in Afghanistan, the helicopters he rides on like to have something from home, and one of them has this song lyrics on a piece of paper stuck inside the troop area:
Won't Back Down by Tom Petty
Well I wont back down, no I wont back down
You can stand me up at the gates of hell
But I wont back down
Gonna stand my ground, wont be turned around
And Ill keep this world from draggin me down
Gonna stand my ground and I wont back down
Hey baby, there aint no easy way out
Hey I will stand my ground
And I wont back down.
Well I know whats right, I got just one life
In a world that keeps on pushin me around
But Ill stand my ground and I wont back down
Hey baby there aint no easy way out
Hey I will stand my ground
And I wont back down
No, I wont back down
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