>Subject: FW: Do You Know About Red Friday?
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> > PLEASE READ THE ENTIRE EMAIL AND YOU WILL SEE WHAT IS MEANT BY RED
> >FRIDAY .
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> > 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 boarded our flight, I turned to the sergeant,
> who'd been
> >invited to sit in First Class (across from me), and inquired if he was
> >heading home.
> >
> > No, he responded.
> >
> > Heading out I asked?
> >
> > No. I'm escorting a soldier home.
> >
> > Going to pick him up?
> >
> > No. He is with me right now. He was killed in Iraq I'm 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
> didn't
> >know the soldier, he had delivered the news of his passing to the
> soldier's
> >family and felt as if he knew them after 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.
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> >
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> > "Ladies and gentlemen, I would like to note that we have had the
> honor
> >of having Sergeant Steeley of the United 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 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 here's a public Thank You to our military Men and Women for
> what you
> >do so we can live the way we do .
> >
> > Red Fridays.
> >
> > Very soon, you will see a great many people wearing Red every
> Friday.
> >The reason? Americans who support our troops used to be called the
> "silent
> >majority." We are no longer silent, and are voicing our love for God,
> >country and home in record breaking numbers. We are not organized,
> >boisterous or overbearing.
> >
> > Many Americans, like you, me and all our friends, simply want to
> >recognize that the vast majority of America supports our troops.
> Our idea
> >of showing solidarity and support for our troops with dignity and
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