Archive for November, 2006
Home of the free only because of the brave!
by Ken on Nov.26, 2006, under Political
I received this via email and cannot account for it’s validity at all but I figured the message was valid whether or not the story is. Here’s a link to Snopes website regarding this topic:
http://www.snopes.com/politics/war/redfriday.asp
Last week, while traveling to Chicago on business, I noticed a Marine sergeant traveling with a folded flag, but did not put two and two together. After we boarded our flight, I turned to the sergeant, who’d been invited to sit in First Class (across from me), and inquired if he was heading home. No, he responded. Heading out I asked? No. I’m escorting a soldier home. Going to pick him up? No. He is with me right now. He was killed in Iraq I’m taking him home to his family. (continue reading…)
