Ken McCool's perspective on Resolve to Win March
Wednesday, March 19, 2008 at 07:39 PM
by BlogMasters
I only marched approximately 45 miles. I have a great deal of respect for Denny and Carl for doing the entire 390 miles (plus or minus). Marc also has my admiration for his many, many miles. The march was a highlight of my life. I have never participated in anything that had a greater importance. Our service men and women deserve or support and the time it takes to complete the task they were assigned to do. My dad fought in WW2, Korea and Viet Nam and I can tell you he, like the vast majority of all veterans would want to stay the course until the objective is met. I do not have a military background myself but, I do and always will support the military as best I can. My youngest son is currently at NAS Great Lakes preparing for what I hope will be a long military career. I am very proud of him and all our young warriors. I cannot describe properly the feeling I got marching those miles. When you think your feet cannot take another step, a motorist will honk encouragement, a young child will wave at you from his yard, a senior citizen will wave his/her flag from their porch. You learn very quickly to feed off the support. I would be remiss if I didn't mention the support I received from some really great people from American Legion Post #177 in Fairfax, Va. and the guys at the post in Lorton, Va. I was honored to meet so many vets and share a meal . Please if you can't do anything else for our men and women in harms way, at least fly the flag from your front porch. In closing remember this, we have already won the WAR (if that is what you want to call it), we have not fulfilled our obligation to our service men and women, the Iraqi people or our country. Ask yourself this question:
DO I WANT OUR TROOPS FIGHTING AND RISKING THEIR LIVES IN IRAQ TO COME HOME THE WAY WW2 VETERANS CAME HOME (AS HEROES), OR DO YOU WANT THEM TO COME HOME LIKE THE VIET NAM VET ( I really don't need to write anything here because you know what I mean). ???????
God Bless you, God Bless America, God Bless our troops and ALL OUR VETERANS
Ken McCool
Georgetown, De. & Pensacola, Fl.
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Friday, March 21, 2008 - Ken's Perspective
Ken,Thank you for your participation, support and for providing your insights on your experience. Your presence and that of Larry, Jean and Patti meant a great deal to me, personally and made this event much more meaningful. It would NOT have been the same without you there.
Your Brother,
Dennis
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Thursday, March 27, 2008 - Updates and deletions
I can't believe the oversights in my previous blog. As others have said it is hard mentioning names because you know you will forget someone or in my case I omitted someone that is a true patriot, gentleman, chef, and all together great guy. Donnie Robertson is truly all these things and I am proud to call him a friend. Donnie made my three days with the marchers much easier with his humor and general good guy appeal. I also neglected to mention Aida Caridi, what a blessing she was to this endeavor. My brother is a very lucking man she is in his life. I can honestly tell you, not many people could have multi-tasked the way Aida did throughout the march. These two people like myself never spent a day in the military. The thing we have in common is love of country and deep desire to support our troops. Thanks you Donnie and Aida.Ken McCool
Pensacola, Fl. & Georgetown, De.
Posted by resolvetowin
