From: owner-skunk-works-digest@netwrx1.com (skunk-works-digest) To: skunk-works-digest@netwrx1.com Subject: skunk-works-digest V8 #112 Reply-To: skunk-works@netwrx1.com Sender: owner-skunk-works-digest@netwrx1.com Errors-To: owner-skunk-works-digest@netwrx1.com Precedence: bulk skunk-works-digest Thursday, November 11 1999 Volume 08 : Number 112 Index of this digest by subject: *************************************************** RE: skunk-works-digest V8 #111 Re: OT: Skunkworks list used for SPAM? TESTING TESTING TESTING TESTING RE: skunk-works-digest V8 #111 RE: skunk-works-digest V8 #111 RE: skunk-works-digest V8 #111 SERVER BACK TO NORMAL This time Testing Posting Restrictions RE: Testing Posting Restrictions Lest We Forget (Off-Topic? I Think Not) Re: Lest We Forget (Off-Topic? I Think Not) Re: Lest We Forget (Off-Topic? I Think Not) RE: Lest We Forget (Off-Topic? I Think Not) FW: A Solider's Christmas Request - pass along *************************************************** ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Fri, 5 Nov 1999 10:11:26 -0800 From: "Corey Lawson" Subject: RE: skunk-works-digest V8 #111 Is it me, or does the left rudder "work" on that image look like it was put there by Photoshop? At normal resolution, it just looks too red, especially given the relative shadowing for that rudder compared to the other one. Zoomed in, it looks like someone just did some simple gaussian blurring or something like that to "soften" the edges of the text. It just doesn't look right... - -Corey Lawson clawson@ucsd.edu ================= > Date: Thu, 4 Nov 1999 07:09:28 -0500 > From: "Frank Markus" > Subject: RE: F-22 001 100th mission... > > Okay .. I will admit it. I did not. What did I miss? > > - -----Original Message----- > From: owner-skunk-works@netwrx1.com > [mailto:owner-skunk-works@netwrx1.com]On > Behalf Of John Szalay > Sent: Wednesday, November 03, 1999 6:30 PM > To: skunk-works@netwrx1.com > Subject: F-22 001 100th mission... > > Notice any thing strange on the left rudder of 001 in this image ? > > http://www.af.mil/news/Nov1999/n19991103_992031.html > ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 05 Nov 99 22:28:18 GMT From: betnal@ns.net Subject: Re: OT: Skunkworks list used for SPAM? On 11/4/99 2:17PM, in message , "George R. Kasica" wrote: > On Thu, 04 Nov 1999 16:46:24 -0500, you wrote: > > >I got 4 or 5 pieces of email spam today, all of which the skunk-works > >address is the "reply" address. Whats up with that? I still have them, if > >someone(admin) wants to see the headers. > I've got them here as well and am already working with the admins of > the systems that they used to flush the stuff through....sorry for the > inconvenience. > > George > > George deserves credit for taking this action. A lot of list moderators don't and some even sell their address lists to spammers. Art ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 06 Nov 1999 15:20:34 -0600 From: "George R. Kasica" Subject: TESTING Hello: Just a quick test Sorry for any inconvenience, George ===[George R. Kasica]=== +1 262 513 8503 President +1 800 520 4873 FAX Netwrx Consulting Inc. Waukesha, WI USA http://www.netwrx1.com georgek@netwrx1.com ICQ #12862186 ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 06 Nov 1999 15:29:49 -0600 From: "George R. Kasica" Subject: TESTING Hello: Just a quick test Sorry for any inconvenience, George ===[George R. Kasica]=== +1 262 513 8503 President +1 800 520 4873 FAX Netwrx Consulting Inc. Waukesha, WI USA http://www.netwrx1.com georgek@netwrx1.com ICQ #12862186 ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 06 Nov 1999 15:34:20 -0600 From: "George R. Kasica" Subject: TESTING Hello: Just a quick test Sorry for any inconvenience, George ===[George R. Kasica]=== +1 262 513 8503 President +1 800 520 4873 FAX Netwrx Consulting Inc. Waukesha, WI USA http://www.netwrx1.com georgek@netwrx1.com ICQ #12862186 ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 06 Nov 1999 16:10:13 -0600 From: "George R. Kasica" Subject: TESTING Hello: Just a quick test Sorry for any inconvenience, George ===[George R. Kasica]=== +1 262 513 8503 President +1 800 520 4873 FAX Netwrx Consulting Inc. Waukesha, WI USA http://www.netwrx1.com georgek@netwrx1.com ICQ #12862186 ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 7 Nov 1999 02:11:36 +0000 From: John Szalay Subject: RE: skunk-works-digest V8 #111 At 10:11 AM 11/5/1999 -0800, you wrote: >Is it me, or does the left rudder "work" on that image look like it was >put there by Photoshop? At normal resolution, it just looks too red, >especially >given the relative shadowing for that rudder compared to the other one. >Zoomed in, it looks like someone just did some simple gaussian blurring or >something like that >to "soften" the edges of the text. It just doesn't look right... > >-Corey Lawson > Nope I had the same impression, altered image atleast the red "paint" lettering. ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 6 Nov 1999 22:05:17 -0800 (PST) From: Wei-Jen Su Subject: RE: skunk-works-digest V8 #111 On Sun, 7 Nov 1999, John Szalay wrote: > At 10:11 AM 11/5/1999 -0800, you wrote: > >Is it me, or does the left rudder "work" on that image look like it was > >put there by Photoshop? At normal resolution, it just looks too red, > >especially > >given the relative shadowing for that rudder compared to the other one. > >Zoomed in, it looks like someone just did some simple gaussian blurring or > >something like that > >to "soften" the edges of the text. It just doesn't look right... > > > >-Corey Lawson > > > > Nope I had the same impression, altered image atleast the red "paint" > lettering. I checked my picture of the F-22 that I personally took from Edwards Open House, and it is there. There is no computer alteration. I think what you see is due to the bad quality of the scanner. Oh well, at least the Big Brother alterated my negatives ;) May the Force be with you Wei-Jen Su E-mail: wsu@cco.caltech.edu - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ "I am the culmination of one man's dream, this is not ego or vanity, but when Dr. Soong created me, he added to the substance of the universe. If by your experiment I am destroyed, something unique, something wonderful will be lost. I can not permit that. I must protect his dream." Mr. Data (ST:TNG) ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 07 Nov 1999 02:21:24 -0500 From: Trevor Riehl Subject: RE: skunk-works-digest V8 #111 With the AF's picture the compression is relatively high and due to the nature of text it becomes obscured. This is reaffirmed by looking at "AF 91" in front of "001" -- it is barely visible. The Lockheed photo gallery has a couple of high res, low compression pictures of Raptor 01. http://www.photos.external.lmco.com/Drive8/PI/MR/PD049/PD049-120.JPEG Regards, - -Trevor Riehl >At 10:11 AM 11/5/1999 -0800, you wrote: > >Is it me, or does the left rudder "work" on that image look like it was > >put there by Photoshop? At normal resolution, it just looks too red, > >especially > >given the relative shadowing for that rudder compared to the other one. > >Zoomed in, it looks like someone just did some simple gaussian blurring or > >something like that > >to "soften" the edges of the text. It just doesn't look right... > > > >-Corey Lawson > > > > Nope I had the same impression, altered image atleast the red "paint" >lettering. ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 07 Nov 1999 08:07:52 -0600 From: "George R. 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Kasica]=== +1 262 513 8503 Skunk-Works ListOwner +1 800 520 4873 FAX http://www.netwrx1.com Waukesha, WI USA georgek@netwrx1.com ICQ #12862186 Digest Issues at: http://www.netwrx1.com/skunk-works ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 9 Nov 1999 15:42:18 -0500 From: "Weigold, Greg" Subject: RE: Testing Posting Restrictions This message is in MIME format. Since your mail reader does not understand this format, some or all of this message may not be legible. - ------_=_NextPart_001_01BF2AF2.E5C34498 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" seems OK here! Greg W - -----Original Message----- From: George R. Kasica [mailto:georgek@netwrx1.com] Sent: November 09, 1999 2:41 PM To: skunk-works@netwrx1.com Subject: Testing Posting Restrictions This is a test of the ability to restrict postings to just list members via a modification to majordomo. George ===[George R. Kasica]=== +1 262 513 8503 Skunk-Works ListOwner +1 800 520 4873 FAX http://www.netwrx1.com Waukesha, WI USA georgek@netwrx1.com ICQ #12862186 Digest Issues at: http://www.netwrx1.com/skunk-works - ------_=_NextPart_001_01BF2AF2.E5C34498 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable RE: Testing Posting Restrictions

seems OK here!

Greg W

-----Original Message-----
From: George R. Kasica [mailto:georgek@netwrx1.com]
Sent: November 09, 1999 2:41 PM
To: skunk-works@netwrx1.com
Subject: Testing Posting Restrictions


This is a test of the ability to restrict postings to = just list
members via a modification to majordomo.

George

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- ------_=_NextPart_001_01BF2AF2.E5C34498-- ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 11 Nov 1999 10:58:09 +1030 From: Dennis Lapcewich Subject: Lest We Forget (Off-Topic? I Think Not) Current time in Adelaide, Australia, is 1100 hours of the eleventh day of the eleventh month ... Lest we forget.... "They shall grow not old ... as we that are left grow old "Age shall not weary them, nor the years contemn* "At the going down of the sun, and in the morning, we will remember them ..." ANZAC Australia New Zealand Army Corps * "contemn" original interpretation for "contempt" "On the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month, we, the people of Australia, stand and observe two minutes' silence for our war dead - and those missing in action, during World War I. We pause to remember their supreme sacrifices - carried out to keep this great nation free and at liberty from any invading forces. "And we remember the return of the body of the "Unknown Soldier" laid to rest in the Canberra War Memorial, typifying all those who also rest in unmarked graves wherever they may be. We remember the Anzac heroes as well - and those who were left behind in World Way II, Tobruk, New Guinea, Phillipines, Vietnam, etc. And to another hero of war THE BREAKER MORANT - whose bones will be returned to Australia." To all on this list who served, who are serving, and especially to those made the supreme sacrifice in the defense of freedom, thank you. Thanks Dad (Sgt - United States Marine Corps, WWII), Mom (Sgt - United States Army, WWII), and Big Brother (Sgt - United States Army, Vietnam). Dennis - -------------------------------------------------------- Dennis Lapcewich - Web Developer ITS Corporate Web Services University of South Australia Adelaide, Australia Dennis.Lapcewich@UniSA.edu.au www.unisa.edu.au kemosabe@ksasystems.com www.ksasystems.com www.ksasystems.com/prolink ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 11 Nov 1999 05:35:08 -0600 From: "George R. Kasica" Subject: Re: Lest We Forget (Off-Topic? I Think Not) On Thu, 11 Nov 1999 10:58:09 +1030, you wrote: >Current time in Adelaide, Australia, is 1100 hours of the eleventh day of the >eleventh month ... > >Lest we forget.... > >"They shall grow not old ... as we that are left grow old >"Age shall not weary them, nor the years contemn* >"At the going down of the sun, and in the morning, we will remember them ..." > Thank you for a very beautiful post. I'll pass it on to my Dad, a WW-II vet from the US. George George, MR. Tibbs & The Beast Kasica Waukesha, WI USA georgek@netwrx1.com http://www.netwrx1.com ICQ #12862186 Zz zZ |\ z _,,,---,,_ /,`.-'`' _ ;-;;,_ |,4- ) )-,_..;\ ( `'_' '---''(_/--' `-'\_) ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 11 Nov 1999 05:53:16 -0600 From: "George R. Kasica" Subject: Re: Lest We Forget (Off-Topic? I Think Not) >To: Dennis Lapcewich , > "'skunk-works@netwrx1.com'" >From: Kym Jones >Subject: Re: Lest We Forget (Off-Topic? I Think Not) >Dennis, > >Thank you for the reminder, although I didn't need reminding...I will be >taking my minutes silence tomorrow morning at 11am. > >So many have died in wars to give us the freedom that we so often take for >granted...they should never be forgotten. > >Lest we forget. > >Kym > > >At 10:58 AM 11/11/99 +1030, Dennis Lapcewich wrote: >>Current time in Adelaide, Australia, is 1100 hours of the eleventh day of the >>eleventh month ... >> >>Lest we forget.... >> >>"They shall grow not old ... as we that are left grow old >>"Age shall not weary them, nor the years contemn* >>"At the going down of the sun, and in the morning, we will remember them ..." >> >>ANZAC Australia New Zealand Army Corps >>* "contemn" original interpretation for "contempt" >> >>"On the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month, we, the people of >>Australia, stand and observe two minutes' silence for our war dead - and those >>missing in action, during World War I. We pause to remember their supreme >>sacrifices - carried out to keep this great nation free and at liberty >from any >>invading forces. >> >>"And we remember the return of the body of the "Unknown Soldier" laid to rest >>in the Canberra War Memorial, typifying all those who also rest in unmarked >>graves wherever they may be. We remember the Anzac heroes as well - and those >>who were left behind in World Way II, Tobruk, New Guinea, Phillipines, >Vietnam, >>etc. And to another hero of war THE BREAKER MORANT - whose bones will be >>returned to Australia." >> >> >> >>To all on this list who served, who are serving, and especially to those made >>the supreme sacrifice in the defense of freedom, thank you. >> >>Thanks Dad (Sgt - United States Marine Corps, WWII), Mom (Sgt - United States >>Army, WWII), and Big Brother (Sgt - United States Army, Vietnam). >> >> >>Dennis >> >>-------------------------------------------------------- >>Dennis Lapcewich - Web Developer >>ITS Corporate Web Services >>University of South Australia >>Adelaide, Australia >>Dennis.Lapcewich@UniSA.edu.au >>www.unisa.edu.au >>kemosabe@ksasystems.com >>www.ksasystems.com >>www.ksasystems.com/prolink >> > > > >FoJo Media - for Creative Web Design and Marketing Services >http://www.fojomedia.com > >Visit our garden to enhance your website with FREE graphics... >http://www.angelfire.com/biz3/makinwaves/garden.html > >In conjunction with Makin' Waves Studio >http://www.angelfire.com/biz3/makinwaves/index.html ===[George R. Kasica]=== +1 262 513 8503 Skunk-Works ListOwner +1 800 520 4873 FAX http://www.netwrx1.com Waukesha, WI USA georgek@netwrx1.com ICQ #12862186 Digest Issues at: http://www.netwrx1.com/skunk-works ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 11 Nov 1999 09:02:13 -0500 From: "Weigold, Greg" Subject: RE: Lest We Forget (Off-Topic? I Think Not) This message is in MIME format. Since your mail reader does not understand this format, some or all of this message may not be legible. - ------_=_NextPart_001_01BF2C4D.52839FC8 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" I, too, will pass this on to my dad (USArmy WWII) and my uncle (USMC WWII & Korea) and my father-in-law (USN WWII) And I will stand up at 11am and observe 2 minutes of silence for all those who made the ultimate sacrifice, over the last 223 years, to protect the freedom we now so blythely enjoy.... especially for those who rest in foreign lands, never able to come home to rest. Greg W. - -----Original Message----- From: Dennis Lapcewich [mailto:Dennis.Lapcewich@unisa.edu.au] Sent: November 10, 1999 7:28 PM To: 'skunk-works@netwrx1.com' Subject: Lest We Forget (Off-Topic? I Think Not) Current time in Adelaide, Australia, is 1100 hours of the eleventh day of the eleventh month ... Lest we forget.... "They shall grow not old ... as we that are left grow old "Age shall not weary them, nor the years contemn* "At the going down of the sun, and in the morning, we will remember them ..." ANZAC Australia New Zealand Army Corps * "contemn" original interpretation for "contempt" "On the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month, we, the people of Australia, stand and observe two minutes' silence for our war dead - and those missing in action, during World War I. We pause to remember their supreme sacrifices - carried out to keep this great nation free and at liberty from any invading forces. "And we remember the return of the body of the "Unknown Soldier" laid to rest in the Canberra War Memorial, typifying all those who also rest in unmarked graves wherever they may be. We remember the Anzac heroes as well - and those who were left behind in World Way II, Tobruk, New Guinea, Phillipines, Vietnam, etc. And to another hero of war THE BREAKER MORANT - whose bones will be returned to Australia." To all on this list who served, who are serving, and especially to those made the supreme sacrifice in the defense of freedom, thank you. Thanks Dad (Sgt - United States Marine Corps, WWII), Mom (Sgt - United States Army, WWII), and Big Brother (Sgt - United States Army, Vietnam). Dennis - -------------------------------------------------------- Dennis Lapcewich - Web Developer ITS Corporate Web Services University of South Australia Adelaide, Australia Dennis.Lapcewich@UniSA.edu.au www.unisa.edu.au kemosabe@ksasystems.com www.ksasystems.com www.ksasystems.com/prolink - ------_=_NextPart_001_01BF2C4D.52839FC8 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable RE: Lest We Forget (Off-Topic? I Think Not)

I, too, will pass this on to my dad (USArmy WWII) and = my uncle (USMC WWII & Korea) and my father-in-law (USN WWII)

And I will stand up at 11am and observe 2 minutes of = silence for all those who made the ultimate sacrifice, over the last = 223 years, to protect the freedom we now so blythely enjoy....  = especially for those who rest in foreign lands, never able to come home = to rest.

Greg W.

-----Original Message-----
From: Dennis Lapcewich [mailto:Dennis.Lapcewich@un= isa.edu.au]
Sent: November 10, 1999 7:28 PM
To: 'skunk-works@netwrx1.com'
Subject: Lest We Forget (Off-Topic? I Think = Not)


Current time in Adelaide, Australia, is 1100 hours of = the eleventh day of the
eleventh month ...

Lest we forget....

"They shall grow not old ... as we that are left = grow old
"Age shall not weary them, nor the years = contemn*
"At the going down of the sun, and in the = morning, we will remember them ..."

ANZAC Australia New Zealand Army Corps
* "contemn" original interpretation for = "contempt"

"On the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th = month, we, the people of
Australia, stand and observe two minutes' silence = for our war dead - and those
missing in action, during World War I. We pause to = remember their supreme
sacrifices - carried out to keep this great nation = free and at liberty from any
invading forces.  

"And we remember the return of the body of the = "Unknown Soldier" laid to rest
in the Canberra War Memorial, typifying all those = who also rest in unmarked
graves wherever they may be. We remember the Anzac = heroes as well - and those
who were left behind in World Way II, Tobruk, New = Guinea, Phillipines, Vietnam,
etc.  And to another hero of war THE BREAKER = MORANT  -     whose bones will be
returned to Australia."



To all on this list who served, who are serving, and = especially to those made
the supreme sacrifice in the defense of freedom, = thank you.

Thanks Dad (Sgt - United States Marine Corps, WWII), = Mom (Sgt - United States
Army, WWII), and Big Brother (Sgt - United States = Army, Vietnam).


Dennis

--------------------------------------------------------=
Dennis Lapcewich - Web Developer
ITS Corporate Web Services
University of South Australia
Adelaide, Australia
Dennis.Lapcewich@UniSA.edu.au
www.unisa.edu.au
kemosabe@ksasystems.com
www.ksasystems.com
www.ksasystems.com/prolink

- ------_=_NextPart_001_01BF2C4D.52839FC8-- ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 11 Nov 1999 09:53:33 -0500 From: "Weigold, Greg" Subject: FW: A Solider's Christmas Request - pass along This message is in MIME format. Since your mail reader does not understand this format, some or all of this message may not be legible. - ------_=_NextPart_001_01BF2C54.7E72F000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" 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, ON THE WALL HUNG PICTURES OF FAR DISTANT LANDS. WITH MEDALS AND BADGES, AWARDS OF ALL KINDS, A SOBER THOUGHT CAME THROUGH MY MIND. FOR THIS HOUSE WAS DIFFERENT, IT WAS DARK AND DREARY, I FOUND THE HOME OF A SOLDIER, ONCE 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 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 NIGHT'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. service men and women for our being able to celebrate these festivities. **** He is a US serviceman, hence the reference to them.... but I think this applies to ALL of the people in the service, now and in the past - Greg W.*** Let's try in this small way to pay a tiny bit of what we owe. Make people stop and think of our heroes, living and dead, who sacrificed themselves for us. Please, do your small part to plant this small seed - ------_=_NextPart_001_01BF2C54.7E72F000 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" FW: A Solider's Christmas Request - pass along

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,
ON THE WALL HUNG PICTURES
OF FAR DISTANT LANDS.

WITH MEDALS AND BADGES,
AWARDS OF ALL KINDS,
A SOBER THOUGHT
CAME THROUGH MY MIND.

FOR THIS HOUSE WAS DIFFERENT,
IT WAS DARK AND DREARY,
I FOUND THE HOME OF A SOLDIER,
ONCE 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 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 NIGHT'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.  service men and women for our being able to
celebrate these festivities.

**** He is a US serviceman, hence the reference to them.... but I
think this applies to ALL of the people in the service, now and in
the past - Greg W.***

Let's try in this small way to pay a tiny bit of what we owe. Make
people stop and think of our heroes, living and dead, who sacrificed
themselves for us. Please, do your small part to plant this small seed

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