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toast a successful fulfillment of our goals in this regard, both from a
corporate perspective and from your own U.S. Operations perspective. I assure
you, the success of these operations will be spread liberally throughout the
organization
March 19, 2006, 22:35 MST
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Henry s Ranch Subdivision
Boise, ID
Geneva watched intently as her son Alan worked at the computer and prepared to
read the email they had just received from Leon, her oldest son. He was
writing from CampLejeune in North Carolina, where he was going through Marine
Infantry Training after having completed basic training just over a week ago.
With the attack on the 15th, all leaves had been canceled and every Marine had
been called back to his or her duty station. For Leon, and for his friend,
Billy Simmons, this had meant immediate travel to CampLejeune and an
accelerated training so they could get to their individual Military
Occupational Specialties (MOS) training as rapidly as possible. It was clear
that every one of them was going to be needed, and quickly.
 Could it really have only been one week ago? thought Geneva as Alan began to
read. Their entire world had turned completely upside down in that week with
the attacks on American forces in the Pacific and the direct attacks on
America. The destruction of the White House, the Capitol building in
Washington, D.C., and most of the Pentagon as well as the attacks on so many
port facilities and shipbuilding yards had shocked her as nothing before. Not
to mention the attempted destruction of the dam above Boise, just a few miles
upstream from the very subdivision that she now lived in.
 Lord Almighty! thought Geneva. They done gone and brought this fighting
right here to my new home. In fact, had that attack been successful had not
those brave young men who were working with the sheriff s department as a part
of Idaho s Home Guard program been successful in preventing it then
Geneva and Alan both probably would have died in the resulting flood. They
would have died along with thousands of other Idahoans along the Boise River.
Leon had been able to catch a military transport the very next day and had
arrived in North Carolina earlier this morning. Now he had sent them an email
to let them know he was safely there. Geneva reviewed all of this in her mind,
and as Alan read the words of the email from Leon, her motherly instincts and
love for her boys welled up and the tears ran down her cheeks.
 Dear Mom and Alan,  I just arrived at CampLejeune this morning. It was a long
flight. The seating was not what some folks would call first class, but it was
a lot better than no seating at all and it got me here, so it was a  good
flight.
 They were all ready for us. As quick and ordered as basic training had been,
it was nothing compared to the all-business attitude and regiment we are
seeing now. We are Marines and we are ready! Mom, I
have never felt so alive in my whole life& more committed& more proud to be a
part of something!
 Alan, you get yourself ready, little brother. It was freedom that allowed us
the opportunity of a fresh start, and that s what this country stands for. And
it s under attack, so it s time for us to stand up for it. If you re grateful
for the blessings we ve enjoyed, I hope and pray that you will consider
joining me as your blood brother and as your brother in arms in fighting for
it!
 We are now going through an accelerated Infantry Training Course, shaving off
a full ten days calendar time, but working longer hours each day. Then it will
be on to our individual MOS training. As a sniper, I
will go through scout and specialized sniper training course work. Billy is
going into flying helicopter gunships , like his father does in the
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Cobra that we have in the Marines the ones that Billy will be flying. There is
going to come a time when we will see those birds come flying to our
assistance, like angels flying on heavenly wings. I ll see him for the next
few weeks, but then he will be off to Florida to learn to fly, and then who
knows when we will next cross paths.
 Well, I don t have much time. I want all of you to stay safe and not worry in
the least about me! Alan, you might consider joining up with one of those Home [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]