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USAF, finished my 4 years. On to college. Competing for pilot slot throgh OTS application next year.
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USMC, 1st Battalion, 1st Marines, 1st Marine Division. Served from 2004-2008, Operation Iraqi Freedom, 3 tours in Iraq, Semper Fi.
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Marine corp infantry 1/8 Alpha 2001-2005 semper fi. Thank all of you for serving. Whatever branch : )
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This is my Christmas gift to all of you here. Watch in full screen.
MERRY CHRISTMAS.
MERRY CHRISTMAS.
Watch this young lady's face while she's playing. This is no performance: it's an act of pure, reverence. Some countries still remember. Guaranteed to bring tears to your eyes. Read below. Be moved! Be blessed.
TAPS ...The Last Post
The Netherlands American Cemetery and Memorial is located in the village of Margraten, about six miles from Maastricht . There lie buried 8,301 American soldiers killed in the battles to liberate Holland in the fall and winter of 1944-5. Sgt. Bill Dukeman, 101st Airborne Division, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, Second Battalion, Company C (of "Band of Brothers fame) is buried there. He was killed in the battle of "The Crossroads" in northern Holland .
The Dutch hold an annual memorial concert every September at the above cemetery to remember and honor the Americans who died to free them in Operation Market Garden and subsequent efforts to eject the German army from Holland . Sgt. Dukeman, like many other fallen GIs, was "adopted" by a Dutch family. Dukeman's family in the States was contacted and hosted in Holland, and his grave site decorated each year by his Dutch "family." They keep his portrait in their home, displayed in a place of honor. Fathers pass this obligation down to their sons in Holland . This version of the original "taps" music is played by a 13 year old Dutch girl named Melissa Venema. The conductor of the orchestra is Andre Rieu from Holland .
Many of you may never have heard taps played in its entirety . The original version of Taps was called Last Post, and was written by Daniel Butterfield in 1801. It was rather lengthy and formal, as you will hear in this clip, so in 1862 it was shortened to 24 notes and re-named Taps.
Melissa Venema is playing it on a trumpet whereby the original was played on a bugle.
[url]http://www.flixxy.com/trumpet-solo-melissa-venema.htm[/URL]
TAPS ...The Last Post
The Netherlands American Cemetery and Memorial is located in the village of Margraten, about six miles from Maastricht . There lie buried 8,301 American soldiers killed in the battles to liberate Holland in the fall and winter of 1944-5. Sgt. Bill Dukeman, 101st Airborne Division, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, Second Battalion, Company C (of "Band of Brothers fame) is buried there. He was killed in the battle of "The Crossroads" in northern Holland .
The Dutch hold an annual memorial concert every September at the above cemetery to remember and honor the Americans who died to free them in Operation Market Garden and subsequent efforts to eject the German army from Holland . Sgt. Dukeman, like many other fallen GIs, was "adopted" by a Dutch family. Dukeman's family in the States was contacted and hosted in Holland, and his grave site decorated each year by his Dutch "family." They keep his portrait in their home, displayed in a place of honor. Fathers pass this obligation down to their sons in Holland . This version of the original "taps" music is played by a 13 year old Dutch girl named Melissa Venema. The conductor of the orchestra is Andre Rieu from Holland .
Many of you may never have heard taps played in its entirety . The original version of Taps was called Last Post, and was written by Daniel Butterfield in 1801. It was rather lengthy and formal, as you will hear in this clip, so in 1862 it was shortened to 24 notes and re-named Taps.
Melissa Venema is playing it on a trumpet whereby the original was played on a bugle.
[url]http://www.flixxy.com/trumpet-solo-melissa-venema.htm[/URL]
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Come on you guys. I see lots of military, former/retired on here.
Sign in to this thread and take the poll.
Thank you for your service.
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Thank you for your service.
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Hey DEVILDOC, welcome here. I have a very soft spot in my heart for Medics.
Give us some posts.
Give us some posts.
Thanks alot JonPop. I appreciate that. Im working on putting a post up soon. I have the upmost respect for you Vietnam guys. A vet is a vet but you nam guys are the backbone in my book.
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Thanks, DD. We had a member around here for a few years with the user name "Dustoff" I'll bet you know why. Dusty just wandered off one day and
haven't heard from him in a long time.
haven't heard from him in a long time.
