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From: "C. Hurley" <>
Subject: Re: [CRF] Re: Mary; 21-gun salute
Date: Thu, 16 Aug 2001 21:05:29 -0500
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Mine too Nancy.
It is the most loneliest sound in the world and also to see the 21
Gun Salute.
It makes you want to cry just listening to it.

At my Dad's-when they played the Taps , the man who was playing them
was back in the trees and you could not see him all you could is hear
was the music.
Then the folding of the Flag and the presentation to the family was
also something I will never ever forget.

When we heard them on base they never seemed to sound so lonely as
they sound at a funeral/.
I can not discribe how I felt...6 days after that my oldest son Wayne
was born.

My Dad would never talk to much about his experiances during those
times.
The one time he did , I wish I had not listened , because that has
stayed with me the things he talked about.
I think in away I am Thankful mine will never walk in his shoes for
that reason.

Although my brother has been in the Marines and also the Army
Reserves and I have a nephew in the Army
today who will be going to Japan in the next few weeks and If it was
demanded of mine today I would want them to go...but I still do not
want them to. Thats all of us Mother's and if our choice --Our's
will never have to face the evil Our Father's had to.




Connie
~ * In Beautiful Western Kentucky * ~

Connie's Links Page to All Family Pages and
Other's as well.
http://www.angelfire.com/ky2/connie/Links.html

*Smile when picking up the telephone.
The caller will hear it in your voice.*

----- Original Message -----
From: "Nancy Boyd" <>
To: <>
Sent: August 16, 2001 8:42 PM
Subject: Re: [CRF] Re: Mary; 21-gun salute


> I have a real hard time when I go to a funeral where they give the
21 gun
> salute and play taps, as my dad was buried that way. My son in
high school
> played trumpet and the local VFW would ask the high school for a
trumpet
> player who would learn taps and to play at vetrans funerals. My
son had the
> honor for two years. Since he was in the National Guard his senior
year, he
> would wear his dress uniform. We got so many letters of
appreciation for
> him wearing his uniform when he played taps. They felt that it was
an
> unusual honor of the younger generation to acknowledge the heros of
> yesterday.
>
> Nancy
>


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