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Before the POW/MIA flag flew over the White House or was recognized by Congress, it began with Mary Hoff—a military wife searching for answers after her husband was declared missing in Vietnam.
Her request helped create one of America’s most recognizable symbols and the four-word promise printed beneath it: YOU ARE NOT FORGOTTEN
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“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.'” -Anonymous
And, of course, everyone “forgets”. Except for the vets and the families of all the KIAs, MIAs, POWs, and those who carry a lifetime of “scars”.
All the “chicken hawks” should be voted out of office. Any “Congress Critter” who votes for, or allows to happen, should be handed a rifle and sent to “the front” where ever it happens to be.
Argh!
Remember Heinlein’s Starship Troopers’ universe?
“One does not merely have the right to be a citizen and vote by virtue of what Heinlein called the mere accident of birth; rather, one has to earn this right through Federal Service that tested one’s ability and willingness to sacrifice for the greater good of the polity. “
Bet a lot of vets would NOT vote for all the undeclared wars the USA has been in since WW2?
I sure wouldn’t. Would you?
Argh!
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