The most powerful, moving video ever

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A friend at SOCNET (if you don't know, don't ask) posted this. If you don't watch it, you'll miss human nature in action.

This is BY FAR the most powerful video I have ever seen. The bikers. The fire departments with their arched ladders. The flags. The salutes. The billboard...

It is 0500 here in Texas, and I went to the fridge and got a cold beer, popped it, and toasted SFC Beale and all the people of Georgia that welcomed him home.

Post at SOCNET copied with link:


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Killed in action the week before, the body of Sergeant First Class John C. Beale was returned to Falcon Field in Peachtree City, Georgia, just south of Atlanta, on June 11, 2009 .

The Henry County Police Department escorted the procession to the funeral home in McDonough, Georgia .

A simple notice in local papers indicated the route to be taken and the approximate time.
Nowadays one can be led to believe that America no longer respects honor and no longer honors sacrifice outside the military.

Be it known that there are many places in this land where people still recognize the courage and impact of total self-sacrifice. Georgia remains one of those graceful places.

The link above is a short travelogue of that day's remarkable and painful journey.
Watch this if you wish to have some of your faith in people restored.
 
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Wow! I'm speecheless.
Exactly this is something we German soldiers will never live to experience (at least in my life time). Friend of mine who went to America said that some Americans even thanked him (wearing German uniform) for his service... wow that's something you'd never hear around here.
So please be proud about this and don't change.
God bless America.


PS.: What's the name of the songs?
 
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ObjSRgtLw said:
Wow! I'm speecheless.
Exactly this is something we German soldiers will never live to experience (at least in my life time). Friend of mine who went to America said that some Americans even thanked him (wearing German uniform) for his service... wow that's something you'd never hear around here.
So please be proud about this and don't change.
God bless America.


PS.: What's the song called?
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There are 4 songs.

1. American Soldier - Toby Keith

2. Proud to be an American - Lee Greenwood

3. If You're Reading This - John Micheal Montgomery

4. Taps (public)
 
comment quote:
"40 seconds? I didn't make it 3 seconds. What a beautiful tribute. I'm so glad that people showed up to honor one of our heroes. As my 7 year old found me sobbing he asked why I was crying and in childlike innocence asked. "why are you crying mom? lots of soldiers die, what makes this one special." I had to explain to him that they are all special and when I cry for this one I am crying for everyone of them."
 
ObjSRgtLw said:
Wow! I'm speecheless.
Exactly this is something we German soldiers will never live to experience (at least in my life time).
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Same with South Korean.
In 2002 there was a naval engagement off Yeonpyeong Island. Lives were lost. No one gave a damn, not even the President.

Great tribute to a great hero.
It's this spirit that keeps America strong!
 
What an inspiring video - as the crowd reminds us - Freedom don't come free.

Proud to stand with you - God Bless the USA.
 
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