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Ron, Rich, Al, All Others With Interest, Mark Twain is great and I especially like the quote you included. When I remember his advice, I'm less likely to get into trouble! Anyway, I can understand why folks want to circulate uplifting, patriotic, stories on the net. On the other hand I understand why folks ask to be not included in such mailings. Unfortunately so much of what circulates freely on the net does fall into the urban legends and hoaxes categories. Then if a person is really interested s/he has to take the time to do research to see if it's true. For anyone that is interested in interacting with soldiers, reading stories about them, finding out what they need, you might check out http://anysoldier.com/index.cfm As far as I've been able to determine this website is 100% legitimate. Spook --- Harden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > ----[Please read http://ercoupers.com/disclaimer.htm > before following any advice in this forum.]---- > > > Rich, Al, All Others With Interest, > > I decided to search out Scott Stanger, Lt. Colonel, > US Army. It would > appear Rich's sources are a great deal better than > yours, Al. The > story is accurate although not an exact quote but a > summary. > > I happen to like Mark Twain a lot. So, I looked > through his stuff to > see if he had something to say that was appropriate > for this situation > and he does. Al, pay particular attention! > > "It is better to keep your mouth shut and appear > stupid than to open it > and remove all doubt." > - Samuel Clemens aka Mark Twain > > Ron > > > > > Rich; > At the risk of starting the flames from those who > won't understand my > position, I can appreciate you're feelings on this, > but I'd rather you > omit > me from any messages of this nature. I consider > them just another type > of > spam. 1. They have nothing to do with Ercoupes, and > 2. it's probably > fictional internet junk that gets circulated by > folks eager to share > their > patriotic passions. I, for one, don't need any > semi-professionally > authored > stories to appreciate our men and women who are > forced to give up so > much so > that we can fly whenever and almost wherever we > want. Please check the > source of your offerings next time and you may > better understand where > I'm > coming from. > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "McClure, Rich" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Friday, February 04, 2005 5:56 AM > Subject: [COUPERS-FLYIN] You don't get this news > from the networks > > > Family and Friends, Whatever you might be doing > right now that might > make you think that you don't have time to read this > message in its > entirety, you need to stop it. Take the time to read > and reflect on > what Lt. > Colonel Scott Stanger, US Army, has to say about > today in Iraq. Thanks > to > Ronda (his wife) for sharing with us all. And thanks > to Scott and all > of the > other brave men and women who freely give of > themselves for others. > > If any one has already gotten this from Scott, You > will just have to > forgive me. I received this email from him this > afternoon. I am sending > this > to as many people as I could think because I am so > proud of my husband > and > his observations will tug at your heart strings. It > goes to show all the > good that has come from their efforts. I thank God > for men like him who > are > so willing to serve their country, and in return, > serve others. > > ~Ronda > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > An Incredible Day. > > Today I got to witness first hand a new democracy > take its first steps. > My > day started early....acutely my day started about 4 > days ago because we > have > been going non-stop since then, hence no updates > lately. I was up at > 5am and > my head was pounding and my sinuses were killing me. > I was up and out > with > my team by 5:30am....I had to get at least one cup > of coffee in me > before I > left. The day started slow and we had some small > arms fire, 8 rockets > shot > at us, and we found one IED. The small arms fire and > the rockets missed > us. > The IED was another matter, but we called our bomb > guys and they took > care > of it with their bomb robot. Which, by the way, is > their third robot. > The > first two died in the line of duty. The polls opened > at 7am and that > when > things got interesting. > > The press showed up in droves. It would have been > impossible to swing a > dead > cat and not hit a reporter in our area of operation > today. I met > Campbell > Brown from NBC. She was likeable, but you could tell > she did not want > to be > in Baghdad....she was very jumpy and looked a > nervous. I guess we were > that > way when we first got here too but you get used to > the shooting. Later, > when > we were dealing with the IED, a guy from PBS filmed > the whole episode > and > told me that he was shooting a documentary for PBS. > He had the camera > in my > face for about a half an hour while we got set to > blow the IED. It is a > little weird trying to get rid of a roadside bomb > when guy has a camera > in > your face. I finally got him to leave me alone when > I told him we were > going > to blow the bomb in place. Since the bomb was on a > bridge there was no > where > to hide so I put him behind my armored hummer and he > stayed put. We > blew the > IED and the PBS guy left. > > We had very tight security on the polling sites and > all around our area > of > operation. Iraqi police and Iraqi Army soldiers were > at every polling > site > defending them. I have been planning for about 8 > days for this mission > and > it was the largest we have done to date. Infantry, > armor, attack > helicopters, engineers.... you name it, we had it. > The Iraqi government > shut > down all traffic in the country so the streets were > deserted. At about > 10am > the streets were packed with large crowds of people > walking to the > polls. We > were on edge waiting for more attacks that never > came. By about 3pm we > could > start to let our hair down and talk to the people. > The site was amazing. > > We dismounted from our vehicles and were instantly > mobbed by about 200 > kids. > === message truncated === __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ========================================================================== ==== To leave this forum go to: http://ercoupers.com/lists.htm Search the archives on http://escribe.com/aviation/coupers/
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