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ideas[0] = "&quot;...I am very proud of my son and of all the other sons and daughters that are overseas protecting us. I have the &quot;Blue Star&quot; in my front window to show the world my pride...&quot;<BR><BR>Jeanne Butts<BR>Ohio<BR>";
ideas[1] = "&quot;I would like to say how proud our family is of our son-in-law Corporal Jason D. Fisher. He was killed on November 14, 2002 while on a training mission before his deployment to Iraq. He fought in Afghanistan and even though he did not die in combat we still feel that he died to help defend our country and we will always be proud of him...&quot;<BR><BR>Deborah Bentrem<BR>Tennessee<BR>";
ideas[2] = "&quot;My heart goes to those who have lost a loved one in this most recent conflict. I am from a real small community, and we lost one of our own. Randy Rosaker. He was a Marine who fought for this county...&quot;<BR><BR>Kathryn Bailey<BR>Colorado<BR>";
ideas[3] = "&quot;Thank you Brandon Rowl for giving your life for Iraqi Freedom.  You served and fought along side my son Chris.  You will be remembered with love.&quot;<BR><BR>Nancie and Bob Kleinhans<BR>Pennsylvania<BR>";
ideas[4] = "&quot;I would like to remember my brother Stephen Scott Dorf on this Memorial Day 2003 who lost his life on that fateful day called September 11th.Stephen was a hardworking person, a family person, and my youngest brother. On September 11th,he was like all those who worked in the World Trade Center, going to a job and earning a living. I want America to always remember those who lost their lives on September 11th and their families who deeply miss them...&quot;<BR><BR>Robert Dorf<BR>";
ideas[5] = "&quot;...On an unseasonably cold and misty evening in May (2003), seven year old Alex reached his glove in the air with his eyes closed, and pulled it down to see the ball, the last out. The parents cheered, the kids hugged. Alex ran over and said to me, &quot;Do you think Daddy saw that?&quot; Because what he did not get to see was his Dad's beaming smile on the sideline, his pride, a father-son moment. Alex's Dad was killed on September 11 at the World Trade Center...&quot;<BR><BR>Mary Ellen Salamone<BR>New Jersey<BR>";
ideas[6] = "&quot;I lost my beloved son on September llth..he was on the l04th floor of Tower #1. I watched on that fateful day the smoke billowing up into the clouds and couldn't believe my eyes. I kept telling myself that he got out once before and he would do it again. My husband and I stood transfixed in front of the television not believing what we were witnessing...&quot;<BR><BR>Judith Jones<BR>New Jersey<BR>";
ideas[7] = "&quot;As a teen sitting in my Economics class, the shock of September 11th woke me up. I saw what man could do, and it was not a pretty picture. That day during my senior year in high school I thought about everyone. Frightened, I began to cry. It was all I could do.&quot;<BR><BR>Paul Rodriguez<BR>Texas<BR>";
ideas[8] = "&quot;My son, L. Michael Corcoran, III, served in Desert Storm and is still in the Navy Reserves and I am so proud of him and the part he has played in our history. Thank you for the honor you paid to him and all our heroes...&quot;<BR><BR>M. Sharon Gillen<BR>Texas";
ideas[9] = "&quot;As a veteran, and the son of a veteran, and as a father of a son serving in the Gulf War, I thank you for the heart-warming program and the way it has touched each veteran and their family...&quot;<BR><BR>Richard Correll<BR>Missouri";
ideas[10] = "&quot;Thank you for such a LOVELY Memorial Day Concert. We are so blessed to live in this wonderful country that remembers those who gave their lives for the wonderful freedoms we enjoy...&quot;<BR><BR>Charlie and Faith Kennedy<BR>Illinois";
ideas[11] = "&quot;...What a wonderful and fitting tribute to our heroes.  Those who gave their life and those who are serving. Thank you from the bottom of my heart for reminding us all what patriotism is and how strong our country is...&quot;<BR><BR>Don Webb<BR>Kansas";
ideas[12] = "&quot;My parents, now both deceased, were Air Force personnel during WWII. I grew up singing the songs of that era and all the Armed Services branches. My husband is a Veteran of Korea, having served in Naval Reserves and Army Corp. I never miss watching the Memorial Day Concert on PBS...&quot;<BR><BR>Susan Marder<BR>Michigan";
ideas[13] = "&quot;I remember my friend and neighbor USMC LCpl Louis Pallaye, KIA, December 1969 in Viet Nam. His name and memory stills echoes through the hills of Carroll County, OH. He was so well liked and loved.&quot;<BR><BR>Deborah Garaux<BR>Ohio<BR>";
ideas[14] = "&quot;I had friends that lost there lives in Vietnam and now that I'm 60 yrs old I think of them often. I go out to the cemetery often and talk to Lee Hieder quite often making sure that no one else around. I wonder what it would be like if he were around. Well maybe we'll see each other in the after life...Good bye......... Lee........Jim&quot;<BR><BR>James Kaufman<BR>Wisconsin<BR>";
ideas[15] = "&quot;My heart has a special place for the Vietnam vets. That was my era. If I could only tell everyone of them how much I think of them, how much I thank them. If I could only let them feel the love. Oh, what hell they went through. WE WILL NEVER FORGET THEM.&quot;<BR><BR>Sandy Waters<BR>Wisconsin<BR>";
ideas[16] = "&quot;...Kenny Koch was quiet, but you knew he was there. Just one of the kids on our bus. One of the kids from the country. He went to Vietnam a young man with a purpose. He came back a memory. A name imprinted on a stone wall. Just a name.  This little girl remembers a kind young man who road her bus to school. A friend from the country. Forever remembered.&quot;<BR><BR>Karen Aldrich Butler<BR>New York<BR>";
ideas[17] = "&quot;On January 16, 1975, my world crumbled when my husband was killed in an aircraft accident while training at Nellis Air Force Base. He had just returned from Korat, Thailand and we thought the dangerous part of his flying career had passed. I was 6 months pregnant with the child that we were told I could never have. In April 1975, our son, David Jr. was born. He never knew his father but each and every day I see a piece of David in his son...&quot;<BR><BR>Carol F. Weisel<BR>Maryland<BR>";
ideas[18] = "&quot;I lost several very close friends in Vietnam. Two who were extra special to me were William Rushing and Ronnie Lazicki, both of Austin, Texas. Both of these young men left a lasting memory in my heart and I miss them as much today as I did when I heard they had died...&quot;<BR><BR>Texanne Killough-Larson<BR>Texas<BR>";
ideas[19] = "&quot;...I find my thoughts drifting back to my grandfather. The memory of him hasn't faded in the last ten years; it has grown stronger. The more my country & myself endure, the more I realize what a real hero was. Realizing that is realizing a big part of who my grandfather was...&quot;<BR><BR>Elizabeth Pommers<BR>South Carolina";
ideas[20] = "&quot;I pause to remember my uncle Joseph R. W. Gauvain Pfc 45th Infantry Division who was killed in action September 3, 1944 in Southern France. Sadly missed but not forgotten&quot;<BR><BR>Frank J. Gauvain<BR>New Hampshire";
ideas[21] = "&quot;Through our 17th year in 1943, Lester Zazuly, Alfie Ross, Bobby Ogur, Wallie O'Donnell and I were friends who thought and argued and dreamed about pretty much what everyone else our age got into: the Dodgers and Giants, girls, teachers, whatever. In '44 after turning 18, we did what everyone else was doing: entered the Army - I returned in '46, they all fell in France.&quot;<BR><BR>Gus Antell<BR>New York";
ideas[22] = "&quot;I lost my brother in a plane crash in Scotland just as the war in Europe came to a close. His name is Staff Sgt Sydney Arrons. He was on his way home. We were expecting him home and then came the telegram with the news that he would never be coming home.&quot;<BR><BR>Marion Lane<BR>New York";
ideas[23] = "&quot;My father, Charles S. Pennypacker, served in the Army in WWII. He died 3 years ago at the age of 81. Although he earned a purple heart for his service, he never talked much about it, never felt he was a hero, never expected any praise for doing what he felt was right and necessary. I salute all the men and women who serve with the same selflessness and honor...&quot;<BR><BR>Lillian Hampton";
ideas[24] = "&quot;My thoughts are with my cousin Eugene Fava, 19 yrs old, who was killed while flying his 18th mission in the European theater. He loved our country and enlisted out of high school. We love him and hold his memory dear...&quot;<BR><BR>Ersilia LePore<BR>New York";
ideas[25] = "&quot;I lost my father on Dec.14,1944; the telegram was delivered on Dec. 26 at 1:30 in the afternoon. I still can see the green car and the soldier delivering the telegram to my mother as if it happened yesterday...&quot;<BR><BR>George Kinley<BR>Pennsylvania";
ideas[26] = "&quot;Fifty eight years ago, four brave young men from our small city gave their lives on a tiny South Pacific Island, Iwo Jima. My brother, Sgt. William Thomas (Dooney) Pierce, Jr. was one of those boys ... What could those four lives have done if they had lived? What would they have contributed to our society? We will never know. But one thing we do know, except for men like them we would not be enjoying life today as we know it...&quot;<BR><BR>Doris Pierce Gerron<BR>Texas";

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