POST V3.07-12-09

MILSPEAK MEMO
V3.07-12-09
SEA STORIES...
AND A WHOLE LOT MORE

A HERO’S SALUTE
(CLICK ARROW BTM LEFT CORNER TO START VIDEO)
SSGT FIRST JOHN C. BEALE’S HOMECOMING
COURTESY REP. STEVE DAVIS
“sometimes we take too lightly the price others pay for our freedom”
--a viet nam veteran

LETTER FROM A SOLDIER

SEA STORIES

SKIVVIES & SHOWER SHOES
memoir by len tevebaugh

THE ROOT
inscribed and framed by bat rastard,
who, by his own admission, is the first rootmaster;
found in MACS 2 CMCC by pirate, 1994, while preparing for ig inspection, and carried home when she retired in 1998. identified by bat rastard before he died.

“WHERE’S YOUR TOWEL, MARINE?”
memoir by harry p. “mustang” parmer

THE FINGER
a veteran is someone who, at one point in his life, wrote a blank check made payable to the united states of america for an amount of "up to and including my life."

‘NAM MARINE NARRATIVE
memoir by a.l.syor

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POETRY

A JOURNEY
narrative poem by terry wissman, viet nam veteran

SIMPLY PUT
haiku by a.l. syor, viet nam veteran

THE BLACK SPOT ON MY BRAIN
poem by byron ginter, cold war veteran

and
TO AFGHANISTAN, WITH LOVE
pirate riffs on service, benefits, and love

PLUS
MONKEY MANIAC VS INDIANA JONES
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