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I am sitting here in my nice comfy chair and wishing I could watch the 78th annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade when it comes on... I will not be able to..... someone please watch it for me. I'm drinking hot cocoa with cinnamon and pondering, hoping I along with each of the men in my Unit makes it back to enjoy a somewhat Thanksgiving-like dinner later today.
*Deep breath*
I personally want to wish each and everyone of you a warm and happy Thanksgiving Day and it is my heartfelt wish and prayer that you all are safe, happy, most of all loved and surrounded by loved ones, friends, and family.
"No man is an island unto himself."
In a way I am spending this Thanksgiving Day alone as I have quite a few, I am not entirely alone as I have my fellow brethren in the Marine Corp here with me.
"For those of you who have children, a girlfriend/boyfriend, wife/husband... hold them close at some point on this day.. please do so and not take it for granted."
Thanksgiving is a special American holiday -- a holy day -- with a bittersweet history... for we recognize the irony associated with this remembrance day -- the fact that the good fortune of so many has been due to the contributions of others -- sometimes freely, sometimes not freely, given.

How can we reconcile the abundance of food, the fellowship of family and guests, the health and power of body and mind, and our joy and good feeling... with the enormous historical fabric of events, with so many tragic threads, that has led to this day?
"Pray for us sinners now, and at the hour of our death."

So, I have nothing but all of this to say..... None of us chooses the circumstance in which we enter this world;
and so ... no child is guilty of the sins of the parent;
but also ... no child deserves its inheritance.

"It is my earnest hope - indeed the hope of all mankind - that from this solemn occasion a better world shall emerge out of the blood and carnage of the past, a world found upon faith and understanding, a world dedicated to the dignity of man and the fulfillment of his most cherished wish for freedom, tolerance and justice." - General Douglas Macarthur, Supreme Allied Commander of South-West Pacific (Thanksgiving Day of November 1945)


I hope to see you all again soon,
Ungoliant
Omni-Tek
Lvl 200 Atrox Keeper
Applicant of The Avengean Guard (TaG)
Atlantean

Thank you for surviving and continuing to live Ungoilant, and thank you for completing a duty that many shrik at the thought of. You guys deserve the turkey and food we'll be taking for granted. But thank you for your presence on the forums. Thank everyone for their presence here.

Thank you Ungoliant. I'd hug ya but your marine buddies would laugh.

For what it is worth you, and all of the others that in harms way, will be in our thoughts and prayers, especially on this day of thanks.


Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. We didn't pass it to our children in the bloodstream. It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them to do the same, or one day we will spend our sunset years telling our children and our children's children what it was once like in the United States where men were free."

Above all, we must realize that no arsenal, or no weapon in the arsenals of the world, is so formidable as the will and moral courage of free men and women. It is a weapon our adversaries in today's world do not have."

Ronald Reagan
40th president of US (1911 - 2004)

*salute* Happy Thanks Giving man... to you and everyone else.

hoping I along with each of the men in my Unit makes it back to enjoy a somewhat Thanksgiving-like dinner later today. Sad

Damnit, no more tours!! It really breaks my heart to hear you say that, and im crawling around under my desk trying to find the peices but I dont think I will.

Eat well, because you'll be alive if you read this eh? And I salute you once again for forfeiting your freedom to protect ours. Too much to ask for from anyone but your kicking ass none the less.

Happy Thanksgiving, bro...and, thank you!

/salute

Semper Fidelis man
Semper Vigelans

Playing:
Gladiator - Hans Zimmer, Lisa Gerrard And [The ram - With Epiphonic]

That song is so beautiful it brings a tear to even my eyes. That is the song I'd love to have played at my funeral after the 21 gun salute. Gladiator is also one of my all time favorite movies, a definite must have in a true movie afficianado's collection.

Ungoliant
Omni-Tek
Lvl 200 Atrox Keeper
Applicant of The Avengean Guard (TAG)
Atlantean

Happy belated turkey-day.

Here's to you coming home safe and in one piece to enjoy many, many more.

And thanks for helping make sure we Americans still have what it is we're thankful for, whether we know it or not.

Muh boy Ungoliant! J00 rawk bro, take care and be safe always

If you die while IM around, it will be played.

Im gonna play it for you when you get back, dead or alive,


But dont you DARE die on us.

peace!!