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Today the kid's grand tour of DC continued, with two stops: the National Spy Museum (pretty damn good) and also the Museum of American History. My idea was mainly for them to see Old Glory (now completely restored and in a specially-lit vault where the flag is laying down on a gently sloping table, instead of hanging as it did when I was a kid.
But, the purpose of this post is what I just happened to blunder into: in the exhibit on "The Price of Freedom" which covers all American conflicts is a tiny exhibit on OIF that consists of one display case. In it I was very surprised to see CPT Rippetoe's uniform, Bible, dog tags, and his parent's Gold Star Banner.
They couldn't have picked a better representative of the Army for their display...
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"To the last I grapple with thee; from hell's heart I stab at thee, for hate's sake I spit my last breath at thee"
Melville / Captain Ahab
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