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Fwd: FW: A simple thank you
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From: Olds, Gerald SSgt 349 RCS [mailto:gerald.olds@rs.af.mil]
Sent: Saturday, June 03, 2006 3:44 AM
To: Adams, Patrick R A1C 18 EMS/MXMFV; c17ss@yahoo.com; Chanclor Robert P
TSgt 360 TRS/RHC; Gerald Olds; keith.freeman@rs.af.mil; Kristina Davis;
Meister Butch R Amn 366 MDSS/SGSL; Wilkinson Michael J MSgt 5 CES/CEFO;
Pearce Natalie E A1C 60 APS/TRP; Sanchez Esteban S A1C 341 LRS/LGRO; TSgt
Kandice Butelli; TSgt Lee Hurst; Warman Marc R SrA 730 AMS/TRK
Subject: FW: A simple thank you

SSgt Gerald Olds

349th RCS/IE

Fort Smith, AR 72903

Phone (479) 484-0959

Fax (479) 484-9161

gerald.olds@rs.af.mil

"THE ULTIMATE MEASURE OF A MAN IS NOT WHERE HE STANDS IN MOMENTS OF COMFORT
AND CONVENIENCE, BUT WHERE HE STANDS AT TIMES OF CHALLENGE AND CONTROVERSY."

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr

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From: Sharpe Sara E A1C 354 CS/SCMW [mailto:sara.sharpe@eielson.af.mil]
Sent: Monday, May 22, 2006 11:02 AM
To: Amanda Miller; Edgerton, Gary; Marty Edgerton; gerald.olds@rs.af.mil;
Miller Allen C SSgt 437 APS/TRK
Subject: A simple thank you

Sara E Sharpe, A1C, USAF

354 CS/ PICP- TDC

Eielson, AFB AK 99702

DSN: 317.377.4997

Commercial: 907.377.4997

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From: Smith Brentt M A1C 2 CS/SCML [mailto:Brentt.Smith@barksdale.af.mil]
Sent: Monday, May 22, 2006 6:59 AM
To: Sharpe Anthony N A1C 354 CS/SCMM; Sharpe Sara E A1C 354 CS/SCMW; Story
Thomas C A1C 374 CS/SCMEC
Subject: FW: A simple thank you

A1C Brentt M Smith

2CS/SCML Barksdale AFB

Wireless Communications Technician

"This document may contain information which must be protected IAW AFI
33-332 and DOD Regulation 5400.11; Privacy Act of 1974 as Amended applies,
and it is For Official Use Only (FOUO)."

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From: Anderson Willie D MSgt 2 CS/SCMR
Sent: Thursday, May 18, 2006 1:37 PM
To: Anderson Willie D MSgt 2 CS/SCMR; Carey-Baugh Stephen L SrA 2 CS/SCML;
Davis Elizabeth C SrA 2 CS/SCMR; Jarrell Richard GS-09 2 CS/SCML; Lovett
Joshua SSgt 2CS/SCMR; Martin Andrew K SrA 2 CS/SCMR; Olshove Vincent F A1C 2
CS/SCMR; Smith Brentt M A1C 2 CS/SCML; Weisbrodt Steven M A1C 2 CS/SCMR;
Whitaker Jason R TSgt 2 CS/SCML
Subject: FW: A simple thank you

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From: Miller Kent L 2 CS/SCM-2
Sent: Thursday, May 18, 2006 1:24 PM
To: Anderson Willie D MSgt 2 CS/SCMR; Butt William MSgt 2 CS/SCMV; Jones
Kazuo C TSgt 2 CS/SCMM; Mata Theodore T MSgt 2 CS/SCMW
Subject: FW: A simple thank you

If you feel inspired to, pass this on.

V/r

K. Miller

KENT L. MILLER, MSgt, USAF

SCM-2

456-2739

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. Pictures below

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Here's one that will make you blink....

A Simple Thank You

A very touching story!

Last week, while traveling to Chicago on business, I noticed a Marine
sergeant traveling with a folded flag, but did not put two and two together.
After we'd boarded our flight, I turned to the sergeant, who'd been invited
to sit in First Class (and was seated across from me), and inquired if he
was heading home.

No,he responded.

Heading out?I asked.

No. Im escorting a soldier home.

Going to pick him up?

No He is with me right now. He was killed in Iraq. Im taking him home to his
family.

The realization of what he had been asked to do hit me like a punch to the
gut. It was an honor for him. He told me that, although he didnt know the
soldier, he had delivered the news of his passing to the soldiers family and
felt as if he did know them after so many conversations in so few days. I
turned back to him, extended my hand, and said, Thank you. Thank you for
doing what you do so my family and I can do what we do.

Upon landing in Chicago the pilot stopped short of the gate and made the
following announcement over the intercom.

Ladies and gentlemen, I would like to note that we have had the honor of
having Sergeant Steeley of theUnited States Marine Corps join us on this
flight. He is escorting a fallen comrade back home to his family. I ask that
you please remain in your seats when we open the forward door [so as to]
allow Sergeant Steeley to deplane and receive his fellow soldier. We will
then turn off the seat belt sign

Without a sound, all went as requested. I noticed the sergeant saluting the
casket as it was brought off the plane, and his action made me realize that
I am proud to be an American. So heres a public thank-you to our military
for doing what you do so we can live the way we do.

Stuart Margel, Washington, D.C.

http://www.poyi.org/63/11/02.php

Todd Heisler The Rocky Mountain News

When 2nd Lt. James Cathey's body arrived at the Reno Airport, Marines
climbed into the cargo hold of the plane and draped the flag over his casket
as passengers watched the family gather on the tarmac. During the arrival of
another Marine's casket last year at Denver International Airport, Major
Steve Beck described the scene as one of the most powerful in the process:
"See the people in the windows? They'll sit right there in the plane,
watching those Marines. You gotta wonder what's going through their minds,
knowing that they're on the plane that brought him home," he said. "They're
going to remember being on that plane for the rest of their lives. They're
going to remember bringing that Marine home. And they should"

http://www.poyi.org/63/11/03.php

Todd Heisler The Rocky Mountain News

The night before the burial of her husband's body, Katherine Cathey refused
to leave the casket, asking to sleep next to his body for the last time. The
Marines made a bed for her, tucking in the sheets below the flag. Before she
fell asleep, she opened her laptop

computer and played songs that reminded her of 'Cat,' and one of the Marines
asked if she wanted them to continue standing watch as she slept. "I think
it would be kind of nice if you kept doing it," she said. "I think that's
what he would have wanted."

PLEASE KEEP THIS GOING

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