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The average age of the military man is 19 years.
He is a short haired, tight-muscled kid who, under normal
circumstances is considered by society as half man, half boy. Not
yet dry behind the ears, not old enough to buy a beer, but old enough
to die for his country.
He never really cared much for work and he would rather wax his own
car than wash his father's; but he has never collected unemployment either.
He's a recent High School graduate; he was probably an average
student, pursued some form of sport activities, drives a ten
year old jalopy, and has a steady girlfriend that either broke up with
him when he left, or swears to be waiting when he returns from half a world
away.
He listens to rock and roll or hip-hop or rap or jazz or swing and
155mm Howitzers.
He is 10 or 15 pounds lighter now than when he was at home because he
is working or fighting from before dawn to well after dusk.
He has trouble spelling, thus letter writing is a pain for him, but he
can field strip a rifle in 30 seconds and reassemble it in less time in the
dark.
He can recite to you the nomenclature of a machine gun or grenade
launcher and use either one effectively if he must.
He digs foxholes and latrines and can apply first aid like a
professional.
He can march until he is told to stop or stop until he is told to
march.
He obeys orders instantly and without hesitation, but he is not
without spirit or individual dignity.
He is self-sufficient. He has two sets of fatigues: he washes one and
wears the other. He keeps his canteens full and his feet dry.
He sometimes forgets to brush his teeth, but never to clean his rifle.
He can cook his own meals, mend his own clothes, and fix his own
hurts. If you're thirsty, he'll share his water with you; if you are
hungry, his food.
He'll even split his ammunition with you in the midst of battle when
you run low.
He has learned to use his hands like weapons and weapons like they
were his hands. He can save your life - or take it, because that is his job.
He will often do twice the work of a civilian, draw half the pay and
still find ironic humor in it all. He has seen more suffering and death
then he should have in his short lifetime.
He has stood atop mountains of dead bodies, and helped to create them.
He has wept in public and in private, for friends who have fallen in
combat and is unashamed.
He feels every note of the National Anthem vibrate through his body
while at rigid attention, while tempering the burning desire to
'square-away' those around him who haven't bothered to stand, remove
their hat, or even stop talking. In an odd twist, day in and day out, far
from home, he defends their right to be disrespectful.
Just as did his Father, Grandfather, and Great-grandfather, he is
paying the price for our freedom.
Beardless or not, he is not a boy.
He is the American Fighting Man that has kept this country free for
over 200 years.
He has asked nothing in return, except our friendship and
understanding.
Remember him, always, for he has earned our respect and admiration
with his blood.
Let us never forget the Freedoms we Americans enjoy.
Freedom Is Not Free
The highest price is being paid daily by our brave Military men and women, and by their families who have the toughest job of all, waiting, crying, worrying and praying..
I am your Flag
I was born on June 14th, 1777.
I am more than just cloth shaped into design.
I am the refuge of the World's oppressed people.
I am the silent sentinel of Freedom.
I am the emblem of the greatest sovereign nation on earth.
I am the inspiration for which American Patriots gave their lives and fortunes.
I have led your sons into battle from Valley Forge to the bloody swamps of Vietnam.
I walk in silence with each of your Honored Dead,
to their final resting place beneath the silent White Crosses, row upon row.
I have flown through Peace and War, Strife and Prosperity,
and amidst it all I have been respected.
My Red Stripes....symbolize the blood spilled in defense of this glorious nation.
My White Stripes....signify the burning tears shed by Americans who lost their sons.
My Blue Field....is indicative of God's heaven under which I fly.
My Stars....clustered together, unify 50 states as one, for God and Country.
Old Glory is my nickname, and proudly I wave on high.
Honor me, respect me, defend me with your lives and fortunes.
Never let my enemies tear down from my lofty position, lest I never return.
Keep alight the fires of patriotism, strive earnestly for the spirit of democracy.
Worship Eternal God and keep His Commandments,
and I shall remain the bulwark of peace and freedom for all mankind.
I am your Flag.
Written By Marine MSgt. Percy Webb
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We'll go forward from this moment
It's my job to have something to say.
They pay me to provide words that help make sense of that which troubles the American
soul. But in this moment of airless shock when hot tears sting disbelieving eyes, the only
thing I can find to say, the only words that seem to fit, must be addressed to the unknown
author of this suffering.
You monster. You beast. You unspeakable bastard.
What lesson did you hope to teach us by your coward's attack on our World Trade Center,
our Pentagon, us? What was it you hoped we would learn? Whatever it was, please know that
you failed.
Did you want us to respect your cause? You just damned your cause.
Did you want to make us fear? You just steeled our resolve.
Did you want to tear us apart? You just brought us together.
Let me tell you about my people. We are a vast and quarrelsome family, a family rent by
racial, social, political and class division, but a family nonetheless. We're frivolous,
yes, capable of expending tremendous emotional energy on pop cultural minutiae -- a
singer's revealing dress, a ball team's misfortune, a cartoon mouse. We're wealthy, too,
spoiled by the ready availability of trinkets and material goods, and maybe because of
that, we walk through life with a certain sense of blithe entitlement. We are
fundamentally decent, though -- peace-loving and compassionate. We struggle to know the
right thing and to do it. And we are, the overwhelming majority of us, people of faith,
believers in a just and loving God.
Some people -- you, perhaps -- think that any or all of this makes us weak. You're
mistaken. We are not weak. Indeed, we are strong in ways that cannot be measured by
arsenals.
Yes, we're in pain now. We are in mourning and we are in shock. We're still grappling with
the unreality of the awful thing you did, still working to make ourselves understand that
this isn't a special effect from some Hollywood blockbuster, isn't the plot development
from a Tom Clancy novel. Both in terms of the awful scope of their ambition and the
probable final death toll, your attacks are likely to go down as the worst acts of
terrorism in the history of the United States and, probably, the history of the world.
You've bloodied us as we have never been bloodied before.
But there's a gulf of difference between making us bloody and making us fall. This is the
lesson Japan was taught to its bitter sorrow the last time anyone hit us this hard, the
last time anyone brought us such abrupt and monumental pain. When roused, we are righteous
in our outrage, terrible in our force. When provoked by this level of barbarism, we will
bear any suffering, pay any cost, go to any length, in the pursuit of justice.
I tell you this without fear of contradiction. I know my people, as you, I think, do not.
What I know reassures me. It also causes me to tremble with dread of the future.
In the days to come, there will be recrimination and accusation, fingers pointing to
determine whose failure allowed this to happen and what can be done to prevent it from
happening again. There will be heightened security, misguided talk of revoking basic
freedoms. We'll go forward from this moment sobered, chastened, sad. But determined, too.
Unimaginably determined.
You see, the steel in us is not always readily apparent. That aspect of our character is
seldom understood by people who don't know us well. On this day, the family's bickering is
put on hold.
As Americans we will weep, as Americans we will mourn, and as Americans, we will rise in
defense of all that we cherish.
So I ask again: What was it you hoped to teach us? It occurs to me that maybe you just
wanted us to know the depths of your hatred. If that's the case, consider the message
received. And take this message in exchange: You don't know my people. You don't know what
we're capable of. You don't know what you just started.
But you're about to learn.
- Written by Leonard Pitts of The Miami Herald in response to Tuesday September 11, 2001
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An Open Letter To Terrorists
I don't know your name, or names - we may never know who you are - so I can't address you
personally. Today, you killed several thousands of our friends...perhaps not people who we
knew personally, but people like us. People who worked hard to make a living, who loved
someone, who were loved by someone, who worried about making a better life for their
children and grandchildren, who believed in God and the American Dream, who criticized
this country for its insufficiencies and cared enough to try and change things and ensure
a better future, not just for us, but for the world. People who leave behind scores of
loved ones, friends, pets, neighbors, coworkers, and members of their faiths. Perhaps even
people who derived from your own country and who sought refuge here. Your act was a
slaughter of the innocents.
You are like an insidious cancer that strikes without warning, ravages bodies, tears
families apart, and in the end can never destroy the soul. You are the ultimate coward.
You may topple our buildings, collapse our communication systems, disrupt our government,
crash our markets, and leave behind the carnage of bodies, but you will never destroy the
soul of America. We made this country from the bits and pieces of the rest of the world;
we took the best, the worst of every culture and nationality, race and creed, and made an
alloy that may be dented, but not even a trial by fire can melt.
I don't know what god you believe in, or what hateful rhetoric you espouse, or what your
misguided political beliefs might be that allows you to do what you did today without a
fear of eternal damnation. I only know that you may win a battle or two, but you will
never win this war. We have the entire history of the world on our side, and no dictator,
despot, or madman has survived as long as America has thrived and prospered. If you
accomplished anything at all today, it was to give America a wake-up call, and we will now
rise up stronger than before. You are defeated before you've even begun, there in your
private hell and later in your eternal one. Someday your people may even need our help,
and because we are America, we would respond.
May God bless the friends we lost, their families, friends, neighbors and coworkers. We
will help them rebuild from the ashes. May God continue to bless America, help her to
protect us all, and may she continue to shine as a beacon of democracy and hope to the
rest of the world.
Copyright Jim Willis 2001
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President Bush's address to a joint session of
Congress, and the American people September 21, 2001
Mr. Speaker, Mr. President Pro Tempore, members of Congress, and fellow Americans:
In the normal course of events, presidents come to this chamber to report on the state of
the Union. Tonight, no such report is needed. It has already been delivered by the
American people.
We have seen it in the courage of passengers who rushed terrorists to save others on the
ground. Passengers like an exceptional man named Todd Beamer. And would you please help me
welcome his wife Lisa Beamer here tonight?
We have seen the state of our Union in the endurance of rescuers working past exhaustion.
We've seen the unfurling of flags, the lighting of candles, the giving of blood, the
saying of prayers in English, Hebrew and Arabic.
We have seen the decency of a loving and giving people who have made the grief of
strangers their own.
My fellow citizens, for the last nine days, the entire world has seen for itself the state
of union, and it is strong.
Tonight, we are a country awakened to danger and called to defend freedom. Our grief has
turned to anger and anger to resolution. Whether we bring our enemies to justice or bring
justice to our enemies, justice will be done.
I thank the Congress for its leadership at such an important time.
All of America was touched on the evening of the tragedy to see Republicans and Democrats
joined together on the steps of this Capitol singing "God Bless America."
And you did more than sing. You acted, by delivering $40 billion to rebuild our
communities and meet the needs of our military. Speaker Hastert, Minority Leader Gephardt,
Majority Leader Daschle and Senator Lott, I thank you for your friendship, for your
leadership and for your service to our country.
And on behalf of the American people, I thank the world for its outpouring of support.
America will never forget the sounds of our national anthem playing at Buckingham Palace,
on the streets of Paris and at Berlin's Brandenburg Gate.
We will not forget South Korean children gathering to pray outside our embassy in Seoul,
or the prayers of sympathy offered at a mosque in Cairo.
We will not forget moments of silence and days of mourning in Australia and Africa and
Latin America.
Nor will we forget the citizens of 80 other nations who died with our own. Dozens of
Pakistanis, more than 130 Israelis, more than 250 citizens of India, men and women from El
Salvador, Iran, Mexico and Japan, and hundreds of British citizens.
America has no truer friend than Great Britain.
Once again, we are joined together in a great cause.
I'm so honored the British prime minister has crossed an ocean to show his unity with
America.
Thank you for coming, friend.
On Sept. 11, enemies of freedom committed an act of war against our country. Americans
have known wars, but for the past 136 years they have been wars on foreign soil, except
for one Sunday in 1941. Americans have known the casualties of war, but not at the center
of a great city on a peaceful morning.
Americans have known surprise attacks, but never before on thousands of civilians.
All of this was brought upon us in a single day, and night fell on a different world, a
world where freedom itself is under attack.
Americans have many questions tonight. Americans are asking, "Who attacked our
country?"
The evidence we have gathered all points to a collection of loosely affiliated terrorist
organizations known as al-Qaida. They are some of the murderers indicted for bombing
American embassies in Tanzania and Kenya and responsible for bombing the USS Cole.
Al-Qaida is to terror what the Mafia is to crime. But its goal is not making money. Its
goal is remaking the world and imposing its radical beliefs on people everywhere.
The terrorists practice a fringe form of Islamic extremism that has been rejected by
Muslim scholars and the vast majority of Muslim clerics; a fringe movement that perverts
the peaceful teachings of Islam
The terrorists' directive commands them to kill Christians and Jews, to kill all Americans
and make no distinctions among military and civilians, including women and children.
This group and its leader, a person named Osama bin Laden, are linked to many other
organizations in different countries, including the Egyptian Islamic Jihad, the Islamic
Movement of Uzbekistan.
There are thousands of these terrorists in more than 60 countries.
They are recruited from their own nations and neighborhoods and brought to camps in places
like Afghanistan, where they are trained in the tactics of terror. They are sent back to
their homes or sent to hide in countries around the world to plot evil and destruction.
The leadership of al-Qaida has great influence in Afghanistan and supports the Taliban
regime in controlling most of that country. In Afghanistan we see al-Qaida's vision for
the world. Afghanistan's people have been brutalized, many are starving and many have
fled.
Women are not allowed to attend school. You can be jailed for owning a television.
Religion can be practiced only as their leaders dictate. A man can be jailed in
Afghanistan if his beard is not long enough.
The United States respects the people of Afghanistan - after all, we are currently its
largest source of humanitarian aid - but we condemn the Taliban regime.
It is not only repressing its own people, it is threatening people everywhere by
sponsoring and sheltering and supplying terrorists.
By aiding and abetting murder, the Taliban regime is committing murder. And tonight the
United States of America makes the following demands on the Taliban.
Deliver to United States authorities all of the leaders of al-Qaida who hide in your land.
Release all foreign nationals, including American citizens you have unjustly imprisoned.
Protect foreign journalists, diplomats and aid workers in your country. Close immediately
and permanently every terrorist training camp in Afghanistan. And hand over every
terrorist and every person and their support structure to appropriate authorities.
Give the United States full access to terrorist training camps, so we can make sure they
are no longer operating.
These demands are not open to negotiation or discussion.
The Taliban must act and act immediately.
They will hand over the terrorists, or they will share in their fate.
I also want to speak tonight directly to Muslims throughout the world. We respect your
faith. It's practiced freely by many millions of Americans and by millions more in
countries that America counts as friends. Its teachings are good and peaceful, and those
who commit evil in the name of Allah blaspheme the name of Allah.
The terrorists are traitors to their own faith, trying, in effect, to hijack Islam itself.
The enemy of America is not our many Muslim friends. It is not our many Arab friends. Our
enemy is a radical network of terrorists and every government that supports them.
Our war on terror begins with al-Qaida, but it does not end there.
It will not end until every terrorist group of global reach has been found, stopped and
defeated.
Americans are asking, "Why do they hate us?"
They hate what they see right here in this chamber: a democratically elected government.
Their leaders are self-appointed. They hate our freedoms: our freedom of religion, our
freedom of speech, our freedom to vote and assemble and disagree with each other.
They want to overthrow existing governments in many Muslim countries such as Egypt, Saudi
Arabia and Jordan. They want to drive Israel out of the Middle East. They want to drive
Christians and Jews out of vast regions of Asia and Africa.
These terrorists kill not merely to end lives, but to disrupt and end a way of life. With
every atrocity, they hope that America grows fearful, retreating from the world and
forsaking our friends. They stand against us because we stand in their way.
We're not deceived by their pretenses to piety.
We have seen their kind before. They're the heirs of all the murderous ideologies of the
20th century. By sacrificing human life to serve their radical visions, by abandoning
every value except the will to power, they follow in the path of fascism, Nazism and
totalitarianism. And they will follow that path all the way to where it ends in history's
unmarked grave of discarded lies.
Americans are asking, "How will we fight and win this war?"
We will direct every resource at our command - every means of diplomacy, every tool of
intelligence, every instrument of law enforcement, every financial influence and every
necessary weapon of war - to the destruction and to the defeat of the global terror
network.
Now this war will not be like the war against Iraq a decade ago, with a decisive
liberation of territory and a swift conclusion. It will not look like the air war above
Kosovo two years ago, where no ground troops were used and not a single American was lost
in combat.
Our response involves far more than instant retaliation and isolated strikes. Americans
should not expect one battle, but a lengthy campaign unlike any other we have ever seen.
It may include dramatic strikes visible on TV and covert operations secret even in
success.
We will starve terrorists of funding, turn them one against another, drive them from place
to place until there is no refuge or no rest.
And we will pursue nations that provide aid or safe haven to terrorism. Every nation in
every region now has a decision to make: Either you are with us, or you are with the
terrorists.
From this day forward, any nation that continues to harbor or support terrorism will be
regarded by the United States as a hostile regime. Our nation has been put on notice,
we're not immune from attack. We will take defensive measures against terrorism to protect
Americans.
Today, dozens of federal departments and agencies, as well as state and local governments,
have responsibilities affecting homeland security.
These efforts must be coordinated at the highest level. So tonight, I announce the
creation of a Cabinet-level position reporting directly to me, the Office of Homeland
Security.
And tonight, I also announce a distinguished American to lead this effort, to strengthen
American security: a military veteran, an effective governor, a true patriot, a trusted
friend, Pennsylvania's Tom Ridge.
He will lead, oversee and coordinate a comprehensive national strategy to safeguard our
country against terrorism and respond to any attacks that may come.
These measures are essential. The only way to defeat terrorism as a threat to our way of
life is to stop it, eliminate it and destroy it where it grows.
Many will be involved in this effort, from FBI agents, to intelligence operatives, to the
reservists we have called to active duty. All deserve our thanks, and all have our
prayers.
And tonight a few miles from the damaged Pentagon, I have a message for our military: Be
ready. I have called the armed forces to alert, and there is a reason.
The hour is coming when America will act, and you will make us proud.
This is not, however, just America's fight. And what is at stake is not just America's
freedom.
This is the world's fight. This is civilization's fight. This is the fight of all who
believe in progress and pluralism, tolerance and freedom.
We ask every nation to join us.
We will ask and we will need the help of police forces, intelligence services and banking
systems around the world. The United States is grateful that many nations and many
international organizations have already responded with sympathy and with support -
nations from Latin America, to Asia, to Africa, to Europe, to the Islamic world.
Perhaps the NATO charter reflects best the attitude of the world: An attack on one is an
attack on all. The civilized world is rallying to America's side.
They understand that if this terror goes unpunished, their own cities, their own citizens
may be next. Terror unanswered cannot only bring down buildings, it can threaten the
stability of legitimate governments.
And you know what? We're not going to allow it.
Americans are asking, "What is expected of us?"
I ask you to live your lives and hug your children.
I know many citizens have fears tonight, and I ask you to be calm and resolute, even in
the face of a continuing threat.
I ask you to uphold the values of America and remember why so many have come here.
We're in a fight for our principles, and our first responsibility is to live by them. No
one should be singled out for unfair treatment or unkind words because of their ethnic
background or religious faith.
I ask you to continue to support the victims of this tragedy with your contributions.
Those who want to give can go to a central source of information, libertyunites.org, to
find the names of groups providing direct help in New York, Pennsylvania and Virginia.
The thousands of FBI agents who are now at work in this investigation may need your
cooperation, and I ask you to give it. I ask for your patience with the delays and
inconveniences that may accompany tighter security and for your patience in what will be a
long struggle.
I ask your continued participation and confidence in the American economy. Terrorists
attacked a symbol of American prosperity; they did not touch its source.
America is successful because of the hard work and creativity and enterprise of our
people. These were the true strengths of our economy before Sept. 11, and they are our
strengths today.
And finally, please continue praying for the victims of terror and their families, for
those in uniform and for our great country. Prayer has comforted us in sorrow and will
help strengthen us for the journey ahead.
Tonight I thank my fellow Americans for what you have already done and for what you will
do.
And ladies and gentlemen of the Congress, I thank you, their representatives, for what you
have already done and for what we will do together.
Tonight we face new and sudden national challenges.
We will come together to improve air safety, to dramatically expand the number of air
marshals on domestic flights and take new measures to prevent hijacking.
We will come together to promote stability and keep our airlines flying with direct
assistance during this emergency.
We will come together to give law enforcement the additional tools it needs to track down
terror here at home.
We will come together to strengthen our intelligence capabilities to know the plans of
terrorists before they act and to find them before they strike.
We will come together to take active steps that strengthen America's economy and put our
people back to work.
Tonight, we welcome two leaders who embody the extraordinary spirit of all New Yorkers,
Gov. George Pataki and Mayor Rudolf Giuliani.
As a symbol of America's resolve, my administration will work with Congress and these two
leaders to show the world that we will rebuild New York City.
After all that has just passed, all the lives taken and all the possibilities and hopes
that died with them, it is natural to wonder if America's future is one of fear.
Some speak of an age of terror. I know there are struggles ahead and dangers to face. But
this country will define our times, not be defined by them.
As long as the United States of America is determined and strong, this will not be an age
of terror. This will be an age of liberty here and across the world.
Great harm has been done to us. We have suffered great loss. And in our grief and anger,
we have found our mission and our moment.
Freedom and fear are at war. The advance of human freedom, the great achievement of our
time and the great hope of every time, now depends on us.
Our nation, this generation, will lift the dark threat of violence from our people and our
future. We will rally the world to this cause by our efforts, by our courage. We will not
tire, we will not falter, and we will not fail.
It is my hope that in the months and years ahead life will return almost to normal. We'll
go back to our lives and routines, and that is good.
Even grief recedes with time and grace.
But our resolve must not pass. Each of us will remember what happened that day and to whom
it happened. We will remember the moment the news came, where we were and what we were
doing.
Some will remember an image of a fire or story or rescue. Some will carry memories of a
face and a voice gone forever.
And I will carry this. It is the police shield of a man named George Howard, who died at
the World Trade Center trying to save others.
It was given to me by his mom, Arlene, as a proud memorial to her son. It is my reminder
of lives that ended and a task that does not end.
I will not forget the wound to our country and those who inflicted it. I will not yield, I
will not rest, I will not relent in waging this struggle for freedom and security for the
American people.
The course of this conflict is not known, yet its outcome is certain. Freedom and fear,
justice and cruelty, have always been at war, and we know that God is not neutral between
them.
Fellow citizens, we'll meet violence with patient justice, assured of the rightness of our
cause and confident of the victories to come.
In all that lies before us, may God grant us wisdom, and may he watch over the United
States of America.
Thank you.
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From a speech made by Capt. John S. McCain, US,
(Ret) who represents
Arizona in the U.S. Senate:
As you may know, I spent five and one half years as a prisoner of war
during the Vietnam War. In the early years of our imprisonment, the NVA kept us in
solitary confinement or two or three to a cell.
In 1971 the NVA moved us from these conditions of isolation into large
rooms with as many as 30 to 40 men to a room.
This was, as you can imagine, a wonderful change and was a direct result of
the efforts of millions of Americans on behalf of a few hundred POWs 10,000
miles from home.
One of the men who moved into my room was a young man named Mike Christian.
Mike came from a small town near Selma, Alabama. He didn't wear a pair of
shoes until he was 13 years old. At 17, he enlisted in the US Navy. He
later earned a commission by going to Officer Training School. Then he became a
Naval Flight Officer and was shot down and captured in 1967.
Mike had a keen and deep appreciation of the opportunities this country-and
our military-provide for people who want to work and want to succeed. As
part of the change in treatment, the Vietnamese allowed some prisoners to
receive packages from home. In some of these packages were handkerchiefs, scarves
and other items of clothing. Mike got himself a bamboo needle. Over a
period of a couple of months, he created an American flag and sewed on the inside
of his shirt.
Every afternoon, before we had a bowl of soup, we would hang Mike's shirt
on the wall of the cell and say the Pledge of Allegiance. I know the Pledge of
Allegiance may not seem the most important part of our day now, but I can
assure you that in that stark cell it was indeed the most important and
meaningful event.
One day the Vietnamese searched our cell, as they did periodically, and
discovered Mike's shirt with the flag sewn inside, and removed it. That
evening they returned, opened the door of the cell, and for the benefit of
all us, beat Mike Christian severely for the next couple of hours. Then,
they opened the door of the cell and threw him in. We cleaned him up as
well as we could.
The cell in which we lived had a concrete slab in the middle on which we
slept. Four naked light bulbs hung in each corner of the room. As said, we
tried to clean up Mike as well as we could. After the excitement died down,
I looked in the corner of the room, and sitting there beneath that dim light
bulb with a piece of red cloth, another shirt and his bamboo needle, was my
friend, Mike Christian. He was sitting there with his eyes almost shut from
the beating he had received, making another American flag.
He was not making the flag because it made Mike Christian feel better. He
was making that flag because he knew how important it was to us to be able
to pledge allegiance to our flag and our country.
So the next time you say the Pledge of Allegiance, you must never forget
the sacrifice and courage that thousands of Americans have made to build our
nation and promote freedom around the world. You must remember our duty,
our honor, and our country.
"I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to
the republic for which it stands, one nation under GOD, indivisible, with
liberty and justice for all."
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