Our Freedoms Were Paid For In Blood

Treasure_Hunter · Oct 16, 2013

It is the soldier, not the reporter, Who has given us freedom of the press.
It is the soldier, not the poet, Who has given us freedom of speech.

It is the soldier, not the organizer, Who gave us the freedom to demonstrate

It is the soldier, Who salutes the flag, Who serves beneath the flag and whose coffin is draped by the flag, who allows the protester to burn the flag.

Father Dennis Edward O’Brien, USMC

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pippinwhitepaws · Oct 16, 2013

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/16/u...tle-to-receive-medal-of-honor-today.html?_r=0

see that blue cord...
light weapons infantry, queen of battle.
that is what a hero looks like. :icon_salut:

"I love the infantry because they are the underdogs. They are the mud-rain-frost-and-wind boys. They have no comforts, and they even learn to live without the necessities. And in the end they are the guys that wars can't be won without." Ernie Pyle

"I'm convinced that the infantry is the group in the army which gives more and gets less than anybody else." Bill Mauldin, Up Front (1945)