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Lesley Garett

That any individual can carve a career out of THAT face, is a modern wonder indeed.

Ahtman wrote:
Karl Popper

KUUUUUUUUUUUUUUHHHHHHHNNNNNNNNN!

I would give my respect to anyone who has lead a good and honest life.

I respect the mods and Admins of dakka (especially legoburner) for spending their own free time policing and improving dakka, for the benefit of us all

Along these lines i also respect anyone willing to dedicate their lives to protecting/benefitting others, even more so those who give their life to save another.

For people on Dakka, dogma, sebster, and Frazzled are all pretty good posters (and there are some others as well). Legoburner also seems to do a hell of a lot of work keeping this site running, so I respect him for that too.

My seventh grade science teacher: He was awesome, made school a little less boring, and to top it off, he is also a nerd like me.

My dad: Went to night school to get his degree, was in the army for 25 years, and now works as a contractor for the military.

My Grampy; He lived through the great depression, he went into world war 2 (part of the cleanup effort, but still), and has remained as healthy as can be for 82 years, all while dealing with diabetes and giving it one hard kick in the balls.

Anybody Who Has Encouraged Me To Drink: Things are a lot brighter after some alcohol.




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Mad Doc Grotsnik wrote:Fair point Shuma (thats like, the 4th time in as many days I've typed that!) the Uniform indeed does not make the man.

Something which sickened me the other day was reading about some cock who had bought Medals on Ebay, and posed as a Military Veteran. Such a morally disgusting thing to do.

You think that's bad? in PA we have a whole bunch of old people pretending to be vets to feed off of the free medical care and the benefits.
Breakin my balls.

One of the stories that has touched me and brought tears to my eyes is that of Lt. Friedrich Lengfeld during the Battle of Hurtgen Forest during the second world war.

Here is an exerpt from someone under his command:

My company leader, Lieutenant Friedrich Lengfeld has found eternal rest in grave No. 38 of the community cemetery in Düren-Rolsdorf. He was a company leader I could never forget; a true soldier, even in his dealings with the enemy. It is a tragedy that he had to die in the morning of 11/12/44. He was trying to help a severely wounded American soldier, who was crying for help after having been hit between the lines, when he himself stepped on a land mine.

The way to the Hürtgen Forest led me to his grave after a meeting with American veterans on 09/20/89. This was the first time that I dared to walk into that area that had been covered by mines, south of today's soldier cemetery in Hürtgen. I found the sunken structures of our company command post rather quickly, at a narrow path south of the minefield "Wild Boar." This was the dugout I had last shared with Lieutenant Lengfeld.

I have been told that the memorial is the only one of it's kind as it is within a US Military Cemetary at the request of US Servicemen.

1. My parents, especially my dad because he served in the US ARMY over 24 years while being a great father. He spends basically all of his money on the family and just about nothing on himself; the very embodiment of selfless hardwork and I hope to repay him in my lifetime. After he retired he found himself working in two jobs at a time and excelled in whatever he did as seen in the numerous awards he earned like "instructor of the year".

2. My highschool friend Tim who lied about his asthma so he can get into the US ARMY. He always wanted to go on a patrol and got his wish unfortunately his vehicle got hit by an IED and he's no longer with us. Those who make the ultimate sacrifice gets a lot of respect especially since he had a troubled upbringing and the only way he could get a college education was through the GI Bill.

3. People who don't just "talk the talk" and actually "walk the walk"

4. Me. I joined the Marines, got injured, achieved my dream of flying an airplane (have 40 flight hours), on track to getting a diploma with a great GPA (it'll be at least a 3.0) ; these are all lifelong goals and I'm glad I actually went out and did 'em. Living a life of regret is not for me.

Also respect all of the good service men and women from armed forces to paramedics. Single parents get a lot of respect as well; ditto with people who prevailed under gakky circumstances.

Grandad: In Merchant Navy, WW2, and Korean War.

Great-Grandad: Fought in WW1 for French, WW2 with no right arm as French Resistance Coordinater, Colonel Major.

Great-Great-Uncle: Fought in what is thought to be one of the last cavalry charges in modern warfare, WW1, shot off his horse. I have his sabre.

5x (? I dunno) Great Grandad: A fantastic Seaman fighting under Napoleon.

Yeah.

Not many others, don't know. I wouldn't like to give my opinions on any one else.

Oh yes, and every man and woman who has given their lives or has been wounded in the wars in Afghanistan or Iraq. For many it was not their war.

sA

Eh rob zombie for getting me into music.