Happy 4th of July

[JimF4M1s (Deceased)]

I want to wish a Happy and Safe 4th of July to all our forum members.

We owe what we have today to those who started it all, farmers, store keepers, statesmen. Who took up arms against great odds, knowing they could lose everything, for what they felt was right.

And to the men and women through out the generations who have continued to preserve our country's freedoms.

Jim

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[frankderrico]

Jim, thank you and Amen to that.
A good day to reflect and remember that Freedom doesn't come Free.

Best Regards To All.....Frank

[tenOC]

Amen to that, as well. Thank God to the men who stood up on this soil in the first place to declare their independence. I believe that actually was done on the 2nd, though.

[HOOKED ON HISTORY]

A good day to reflect and remember that Freedom doesn't come Free.

Not even cheaply.

[JimF4M1s (Deceased)]

From Wikipedia


During the American Revolution, the legal separation of the Thirteen Colonies from Great Britain occurred on July 2, 1776, when the Second Continental Congress voted to approve a resolution of independence that had been proposed in June by Richard Henry Lee of Virginia declaring the United States independent from Great Britain. After voting for independence, Congress turned its attention to the Declaration of Independence, a statement explaining this decision, which had been prepared by a Committee of Five, with Thomas Jefferson as its principal author. Congress debated and revised the wording of the Declaration, finally approving it on July 4. A day earlier, John Adams had written to his wife Abigail:


The second day of July, 1776, will be the most memorable epoch in the history of America. I am apt to believe that it will be celebrated by succeeding generations as the great anniversary festival. It ought to be commemorated as the day of deliverance, by solemn acts of devotion to God Almighty. It ought to be solemnized with pomp and parade, with shows, games, sports, guns, bells, bonfires, and illuminations, from one end of this continent to the other, from this time forward forever more.

Adams's prediction was off by two days. From the outset, Americans celebrated independence on July 4, the date shown on the much-publicized Declaration of Independence, rather than on July 2, the date the resolution of independence was approved in a closed session of Congress.

[Capt Mil Coll]

You know we as a Nation have to celibrate our independance today. But really we also celibrate the freedom we have to to help other countries maintain there freedom. Where would France and England be if it wasn't for America going to war and pulling their chestnuts out of the fire? So for everyones freedom we celibrate this day.

[Bruce McAskill]

But you also have to remember that it was France that came to our aid by going to war with England to fight on our side. Without France the outcome was in serious doubt. We have paid back France for her coming to our aid many times over but without France we would never have been able to pay her back at all.

[frankderrico]

HOH,
I've been trying to come up to a responce to your post. "not even cheaply".
What our freedom cost in dollers is nothing. What our freedom cost in the sacrifice of our "Warriors" is not cheap.
A cousin in '65. Two good friends in '68.
And a son in 2000.

PFC Jacob Frank Derrico an M249/M60 Gunner 12th. Infantry Reg. 4th, ID. Div.

[HOOKED ON HISTORY]

What our freedom cost in dollers is nothing. What our freedom cost in the sacrifice of our "Warriors" is not cheap.
A cousin in '65. Two good friends in '68.

Exactly what I was refering to. The cost which cannot be calculated in terms of dollars and cents. Even the service of those serving in rear areas is not "cheap" in human terms .We posses no greater asset as individuals than our time.. How do you put a price on time invested in the defence of freedom let alone the sacrifice of life itself and the sacrifice of loved ones left behind. I am truly humbled by those sacrifices.
Too many today take for granted the freedoms so many have paid the ultimate price for.

[USAFChief]

HOH,
I've been trying to come up to a responce to your post. "not even cheaply".
What our freedom cost in dollers is nothing. What our freedom cost in the sacrifice of our "Warriors" is not cheap ............

Here is a web page that relates just one story out of thousands that highlights the experiences of one such unsung hero. Iit coincidentally contains a graphic account of carbine usage in combat by a soldier who was a member of General Patton's Third Army during its march into Germany in 1944/1945.

The exploits of James Watson (US Army) in WWII

I think such accounts add to the importance of collecting and preserving USGI carbines.