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Memorial Day 2005
Memorial Day 2005, is just two weeks away, and this afternoon I was thinking of the men and women who over the years have answered that call; you know the one, it's the same one we've all heard and answered.
The voice called, "Who'll go?"
"Send me," was our reply and with our hands extended; we went and we returned.
Many others also replied with hands extended, and theirs was answered with an eternal deployment.
I ask us all to post the name of a lost shipmate, team mate, co-pilot, brother, lover, husband, wife, father, mother, uncle, aunt, son, daughter, friend, or soulmate.
They're all special, missed, and heros.
My shipmate and hero:
GMC (DV,PJ,EOD) Joe Hendricks
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I can imagine a no more rewarding career. And any man who may be asked in this century what he did to make his life worth while, I think can respond with a good deal of pride and satisfaction: "I served in the United States Navy."
Pres. John F. Kennedy
Remarks to the Naval Academy
August 1963
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