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| In This War, Troops Get A Rousing Welcome Home | |
| 2008-07-03 | |
But these days, Gindhart discovered, a soldier's homecoming isn't always that simple. To his surprise, there was a troop of motorcycle-riding Vietnam vets to greet him at the airport; a police-escorted motorcade, past blocked-off intersections and highway entrances, that backed up traffic for miles; an appearance at a support-the-troops rally; a gathering of neighbors and friends, alerted by fire and ambulance sirens, outside his family's house. And the biggest shock of all — a reunion with a disabled comrade whose life he'd helped save in Iraq. 'Wow! I thought I was just gonna come home,' the startled private told the crowd that spilled across his lawn and into the street on Father's Day. 'I didn't expect anything like this!' | |
| Posted by:lotp |
| #1 Bless them all, bless them all Bless the long, and the short, and the tall |
| Posted by: Bobby 2008-07-03 15:21 |