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Monday, May 25, 2009
As We Remember
Our newest column for Examiner.com looks at Memorial Day, and some of the heroes who have made the ultimate sacrifice.
My heart is in my throat after reading your column.
I am a former spook as well, and friends/classmates of mine died in a crash during a "routine" mission during the 80's doing what spooks do best.
They also were young, and unlikely to be listed as "hero" types on a monument.... and then the right things happened. They have a monument to them at NSA and a building named after one of them at the Defense Language Institute.
I remember them often. And, frankly, I hope to see them in Heaven so that I can thank them for flying the mission that day. I never got to say goodbye, but I hope to say hello again.
Thanks to all the young men and women who serve each day and risk it all, peacetime or war.
My heart is in my throat after reading your column.
ReplyDeleteI am a former spook as well, and friends/classmates of mine died in a crash during a "routine" mission during the 80's doing what spooks do best.
They also were young, and unlikely to be listed as "hero" types on a monument.... and then the right things happened. They have a monument to them at NSA and a building named after one of them at the Defense Language Institute.
I remember them often. And, frankly, I hope to see them in Heaven so that I can thank them for flying the mission that day. I never got to say goodbye, but I hope to say hello again.
Thanks to all the young men and women who serve each day and risk it all, peacetime or war.