Fwd: Fw: Fw: night before Christmas

This is a small tribute to those liberating other lands while where stay here warm and comfortable.

Frank O'Rourke
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  • Subject: Fwd: Fw: Fw: night before Christmas
  • From: R*@aol.com
  • Date: Tue, 18 Dec 2001 20:13:39 EST
  • Full-name: ReporterSr
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  • Subject: Fw: Fw: night before Christmas
  • From: L* S* C*
  • Date: Tue, 18 Dec 2001 07:52:26 -0600
Here is something I thought you might appreciate.
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Subject: Fw: Fw: night before Christmas

 
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From: M*@aol.com
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Sent: Sunday, December 16, 2001 7:25 AM
Subject: Re: Fw: night before Christmas

kinof thought provoking especially this year.... Marcia

> >
> >  Night Before Christmas 2001
> >
> >'TWAS THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS,
> >HE LIVED ALL ALONE,
> >IN A ONE BEDROOM HOUSE
> >MADE OF PLASTER AND STONE.
> >
> >I HAD COME DOWN THE CHIMNEY
> >WITH PRESENTS TO GIVE,
> >AND TO SEE JUST WHO
> >IN THIS HOME DID LIVE.
> >
> >I LOOKED ALL ABOUT,
> >A STRANGE SIGHT I DID SEE,
> >NO TINSEL, NO PRESENTS,
> >NOT EVEN A TREE.
> >
> >NO STOCKING BY MANTLE,
> >JUST BOOTS FILLED WITH SAND,
> >AND ON THE WALL PICTURES
> >OF FAR DISTANT LANDS.
> >
> >WITH MEDALS AND BADGES,
> >AWARDS OF ALL KINDS,
> >A SOBERING THOUGHT
> >CAME TO MY MIND.
> >
> >FOR THIS HOUSE WAS DIFFERENT,
> >SO DARK AND SO DREARY,
> >THE HOME OF A SOLDIER,
> >NOW I COULD SEE CLEARLY.
> >
> >THE SOLDIER LAY SLEEPING,
> >SILENT, ALONE,
> >CURLED UP ON THE FLOOR
> >IN THIS ONE BEDROOM HOME.
> >
> >THE FACE WAS SO GENTLE,
> >THE ROOM IN SUCH DISORDER,
> >NOT HOW I PICTURED
> >A UNITED STATES SOLDIER.
> >
> >WAS THIS THE HERO
> >OF WHOM I'D JUST READ?
> >CURLED UP ON A PONCHO,
> >THE FLOOR FOR A BED?
> >
> >I REALIZED THE FAMILIES
> >THAT I SAW THIS NIGHT,
> >OWED THEIR LIVES TO THESE SOLDIERS
> >WHO WERE WILLING TO FIGHT.
> >
> >SOON ROUND THE WORLD,
> >THE CHILDREN WOULD PLAY,
> >AND GROWNUPS WOULD CELEBRATE
> >A BRIGHT CHRISTMAS DAY.
> >
> >THEY ALL ENJOYED FREEDOM
> >EACH MONTH OF THE YEAR,
> >BECAUSE OF THE SOLDIERS
> >LIKE THE ONE LYING HERE.
> >
> >I COULDN'T HELP WONDER
> >HOW MANY LAY ALONE,
> >ON A COLD CHRISTMAS EVE
> >IN A LAND FAR FROM HOME.
> >
> >THE VERY THOUGHT
> >BROUGHT A TEAR TO MY EYE,
> >I DROPPED TO MY KNEES
> >AND STARTED TO CRY.
> >
> >THE SOLDIER AWAKENED
> >AND I HEARD A ROUGH VOICE,
> >"SANTA DON'T CRY
> >THIS LIFE IS MY CHOICE;
> >
> >I FIGHT FOR FREEDOM,
> >I DON'T ASK FOR MORE,
> >MY LIFE IS MY GOD,
> >MY COUNTRY, MY CORPS."
> >
> >THE SOLDIER ROLLED OVER
> >AND SOON DRIFTED TO SLEEP,
> >I COULDN'T CONTROL IT,
> >I CONTINUED TO WEEP.
> >
> >I KEPT WATCH FOR HOURS,
> >SO SILENT AND STILL,
> >AND WE BOTH SHIVERED
> >FROM THE COLD EVENING'S CHILL.
> >
> >I DIDN'T WANT TO LEAVE
> >ON THAT COLD, DARK, NIGHT,
> >THIS GUARDIAN OF HONOR
> >SO WILLING TO FIGHT.
> >
> >THEN THE SOLDIER ROLLED OVER,
> >WITH A VOICE SOFT AND PURE,
> >WHISPERED, "CARRY ON SANTA,
> >IT'S CHRISTMAS DAY, ALL IS SECURE."
> >
> >ONE LOOK AT MY WATCH,
> >AND I KNEW HE WAS RIGHT.
> >"MERRY CHRISTMAS MY FRIEND,
> >AND TO ALL A GOOD NIGHT."
> >
> >This poem was written by a Marine stationed in
> >Okinawa Japan. The following is his request.
> >I think it is reasonable. Please would you
> >  do me the kind favor of sending this to as
> >  many people as you can? Christmas will be coming
> >  soon and some credit is
> >due to our U.S. servicemen and women for our being
> >able to celebrate these festivities
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