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Kaye,
Thank you for forward this message of Senator Glen. Where would we be if it
wasn't for the Military? I have had someone in my family I think in every war
we have ever had back to the Revolutionary was.
Cheryl
I just received this from a friend. It brought tears to my eyes and while I don't often send things on, I want to share this.
Grins,
Mom/Sue/Kaye/Kathy
This is worth reading!!
Some people still don't understand why military personnel do what
they do for a living. This exchange Between Senators John Glenn and Sen.
Howard Metzenbaum is worth reading. Not only is it a pretty impressive
and impromptu speech, but it's also a good example of one man's
explanation of why men and women in the Armed Services do what they
do for a living.
This IS a typical, though sad, example of what some who have never
served think of the Military.
Senator Metzenbaum to Senator Glenn: "How can you run for Senate
when you've never held a "real job?"
Senator Glenn: "I served 23 years in the United States Marine
Corps. I served through two wars. I flew 149 missions.
My plane was hit by antiaircraft fire on 12 different occasions. I was in
the Space Program. It wasn't my checkbook, Howard; it was my
Life on the line. It was not a nine to five job, where I took time
off to take the daily cash receipts to the bank.
I ask you to go with me ... as I went the other day... to a Veterans
Hospital and look those men - with their mangled bodies - in the eye, and
tell THEM they didn't hold a job!
You go with me to the Space Program at NASA and go, as I have gone,
to the widows and orphans of Ed White, Gus Grissom and Roger
Chaffee...and you look those kids in the eye and tell
them that their DADS didn't hold a job.
You go with me on Memorial Day and you stand in Arlington National
Cemetery, where I have more friends buried than I'd like to remember,
and you watch those waving flags. You stand there, and you think about
this Nation, and you tell ME that those people didn't have a job?
I'll tell you, Howard Metzenbaum, you should be on your knees every
day of your life thanking God that there were some men - SOME MEN - who
held a REAL job. And they required a dedication to a purpose - and a
love of country and a dedication to duty - that was more important than
life itself. And their self-sacrifice is what made this country possible.
I HAVE held a job, Howard! ---What about you?"
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For those who don't remember - During WWII, Howard
Metzenbaum was
an attorney representing the Communist Party in the
USA. Now he is a Senator!