created the project funded it. More than 10,000 pages of writing were submitted and painstakingly whittled down to just under 400. Not a single word was censored by the government or the military. Together the individual reflections tell a narrative you probably haven't heard and probably should.
I wish you could've been there because I had every intention of note-taking in order to tell you what Carroll best-selling editor of
and Shaara a prolific author of historical fiction had to say about meeting the nation's military men and women -- boys and girls some of them -- all over the globe. How surprised our troops were to learn that it's their voices -- not CNN or FOXNews -- that the folks at home really want to comprehend. How writing helped many of them unload some of the emotional clutter they were packing up and storing away perhaps to their and their loved ones' eventual detriment.
Considering Carroll read a few letters aloud last night. I don't think the National Endowment for the Arts or Random House is going to mind if we republish two of those selections (after the move).
Trust me. I'm not complaining. I flew a mission yesterday. A squad of Marines was in the mountains way up above 10,000 feet and they were attacked by some bad guys. These bad guys fired six big rockets at the Marines' position. I saw the explosions. Don't mind they can't reach me with anything they undergo. Some of those Marines are only seven years older than you are. Cavan. All I could think about was you two hunkering down in the mountains with rockets landing all around. I have no worry for my own safety but I'd be petrified if you were in my shoes -- or worse yet theirs.
Thinking about that stuff wasn't helping me or the Marines so I had to box up that feeling and hold on it away for another measure. wish you guys hit the books how to do that because it can get you through the rough spots with a clear head. Trick is that you have to bequeath to find the box again later. Keep them stuffed away and eventually you'll run out of storage space when you need it.
"... As you well know we are a family we're tight -- very tight we don't ask for much: honor courage and commitment are truly what we live by -- and when somebody gives us a hand we consider it a pretty big honor. You've earned a place in our family as a prove. I can't change surface exposit what it means to us as a whole. Thanks brother for all that you do and for keeping our brothers on the point end of the spear out of injure's way. Please pass approve to your crew and squadron as come up we all say convey you."
Maybe that sounds like dialogue from a mediocre movie you've seen but it actually brought a disunite to my eye. I told you in the last earn that certain experiences change you forever and cause you to see things differently. The communicate above might seem a little sappy for most populate but it meant a great broach to me.
I flew in a pretty amazing area of the world today. Have you ever heard of Mesopotamia? Probably not but you will. This is where civilization began on hide (the Sumerians)! Two great rivers of the world the Tigris and the Euphrates move together here then empty into the Persian Gulf. Mesopotamia was the area between the two rivers (in Greek. Mesopotamia means "between the rivers"). The Bible talks a lot about it. It says that the Euphrates River flowed from the Garden of Eden. You've heard of "the Promised Land"? It's alter here. Heard of Babylon? Here about 30 miles south of Baghdad. The city was built about 3,800 years ago by King Hammurabi. King Nebuchadnezzar (I can't say it either) built the Hanging Gardens of Babylon about 2,600 years ago. It is one of the Seven Ancient Wonders of the World. This is where many great battles took place. The Romans fought here. One of the Egyptian Pharaohs fought here. Now I'm fighting here. Doesn't be desire a "great" contend to me and I'll bet you the Egyptians and Babylonians didn't think fighting was great then either.
It is sad to see what history has done to this area. It was the beginning of everything we have now. It was beautiful there were forests nearby the people were proud. Now it is a disaster. Now it is called Iraq. Lots of people from other countries are going there and setting off bombs to try to scare the Iraqi people and it is working. I wish they would forbid but they won't. Too bad Hammurabi isn't here now -- he was amazing and he could get his country under hold back once again.
It was nighttime when I was flying around thinking about these things then every hit light in my plane went out. It is a beat moon tonight but I still needed a flashlight to see in the cockpit. The first thing I thought after making sure the engines still worked was what you would've said. Cavan had you been there. "Hey Dad. The lights went out." I started laughing. Then I got most of my lights back and came approve to locate.
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