[Ansteorra] Fw: Before You Go... (UNCLASSIFIED)

[Bob Dewart]

With all that is going on on the list, perhaps a reality check would be nice.  Give the link below a listen, then a big sigh....

Gilli
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Bob Dewart 
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General Dynamics Information Technology 
III Corps Battle Simulation Center 
Building 4501, Room 213 
Fort Hood, TX 76544 
(254) 288-2325 / DSN 738-2325 
charles.r.dewart at us.army.mil 


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 To All Veterans, Past and Present.......Thanks!     The elderly parking lot attendant wasn't in a good mood! Neither was Sam Bierstock. It was around 1 a.m., and Bierstock, aDelray Beach,FL.eye doctor, business consultant, corporate speakerand musician, was bone tired after appearing at an event. He pulled up in his car, and the parking attendant began to speak. "Itook two bullets for this country and look what I'm doing," he saidbitterly. At first, Bierstock didn't know what to say to the World War II veteran.But he rolled down his window and told the man, "Really, from the bottomof my heart, I want to thank you." Then the old soldier began to cry. "That really got to me," Bierstock says. Cut to today. Bierstock, 58, and John Melnick, 54, of Pompano Beach - a member ofBierstock's band, Dr. Sam and the Managed Care Band - have written asong inspired by that old soldier in the airport parking lot. Themournful "Before You Go" does more than salute th ose who fought inWWII. It encourages people to go out of their way to thank the agingwarriors before they die. "If we had lost that particular war, our whole way of life would havebeen shot," says Bierstock, who plays harmonica. "The WW II soldiers arenow dying at the rate of about 2,000 every day. I thought we needed tothank them." The song is striking a chord. Within four days of Bierstock placing iton the Web, the song and accompanying photo essay have bounced aroundnine countries, producing tears and heartfelt thanks from veterans,their sons and daughters and grandchildren. "It made me cry," wrote one veteran's son. Another sent an e-mail sayingthat only after his father consumed several glasses of wine would hediscuss "the unspeakable horrors" he and other soldiers had witnessed inplaces such as Anzio , Iwo Jima, Bataan and Omaha Beach . "I can neverthank them enough," the son wrote. "Thank you for thinking about them." Bierstock and Melnick thought about shipping it off to a professionalsinger, maybe a Lee Greenwood type, but because time was running out forso many veterans, they decided it was best to release it quickly, on theWeb. They've sent the song to Sen. John McCain and others in Washington .Already they have been invited to perform it in Houston for a VeteransDay tribute - this after just a few days on the Web. They hope everyveteran in America gets a chance to hear it. GOD BLESS every EVERY veteran...and THANK you to those of you veterans who may receive this ! CLICK THE LINK BELOW TO HEAR THE SONG AND SEE THE PICTURES: Before You Go <http://www.managedmusic.com/Music/PlayBeforeYouGo.phphttp://www.managedmusic.com/beforeyougo.html  

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