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ArdWrknTrk

🇺🇸 In Memory of those who paid the ultimate price 🇺🇸

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Today is Memorial Day here in the U.S.

We honor the war dead and usually have parades and big cookouts.
It's also the traditional welcome to summer.

I want to give my thanks to those who perished defending the values and interests of this nation.
I want to express my grief and condolences to their families and loved ones.
And say to everyone, that they will not be forgotten.

Because they are our hero's!

/soapbox

Jim,
Lil'Red is a '87 F250 HD, 4.10's, 1356 4x4, Zf-5, 3G, PMGR, Saginaw PS, desmogged with a Holley 80508 and Performer intake.
Too much other stuff to mention.

old55pete

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Way to go Jim, A post that thanks those that died in the service of this great nation, instead of thanking all veterans for their service.

Good job sir.

Steve
86 Bronco, XLT, 5.0 EFI, EEC IV, AOD, IFS, limited slip front and rear, 3.08 gears, Tilt steering, factory AC

ArdWrknTrk

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We have veterans day in the fall....

It always frosts me when people do that!

Though I think ANY day is a GOOD day to thank those that serve(d)!

Jim,
Lil'Red is a '87 F250 HD, 4.10's, 1356 4x4, Zf-5, 3G, PMGR, Saginaw PS, desmogged with a Holley 80508 and Performer intake.
Too much other stuff to mention.

85lebaront2

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Very good Jim!

Coming from a military family and marrying originally into another I have a few who did not make it through and some who by pure luck did. Great Grandfather survived the explosion of the Maine, only to end up shot through the lung at Belleau Wood. He survived that too, but it left him partially paralyzed on one arm My late wife's dad and uncle were there, uncle did not survive. Grandfather on Dad's side was WWI and WWII service in the Navy, and ultimately in the 60s lost his legs to circulation problems from standing watch in the North Atlantic in WWI. Dad survived a Kamikaze attack on one of his Destroyers in WWII.

May we always remember those who made the ultimate sacrifice in defense of our country!

Bill AKA "LOBO" Profile

"Getting old is inevitable, growing up is optional" Darth Vader 1986 F350 460 converted to MAF/SEFI, E4OD 12X3 1/2 rear brakes, traction loc 3:55 gear, 160 amp 3G alternator Wife's 2011 Flex Limited Daily Driver 2009 Flex Limited with factory tow package Project car 1986 Chrysler LeBaron convertible 2.2L Turbo II, modified A413

ArdWrknTrk

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I said to Ray in the lounge that I don't know anything about the military.
But I do know how I feel about those who fought and lost their lives fighting for this country.

I wish there was a salute smiley, but alas...

I'd like to thank you for your service, Bill.
This, and every day.

Jim,
Lil'Red is a '87 F250 HD, 4.10's, 1356 4x4, Zf-5, 3G, PMGR, Saginaw PS, desmogged with a Holley 80508 and Performer intake.
Too much other stuff to mention.

Ray Cecil

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Freedom and Liberty sit at the top of a slippery slope. Those who put it there laid their bodies down on that slope for others to climb up them. At the bottom lays totalitarianism, censorship, gulags, concentration camps, and lawlessness.

Especially right now, we should remember those who died so that we can have liberty and freedom. Any who forgets the fallen, or give up a little liberty or freedom, deserve none of what was paid for in blood.

The tree of Liberty is growing thirstier by the day, make no mistake about it.

1988 F250 Supercab Longbed 7.3 IDI, C6, 1356, GEARVENDORS, 4.10 Sterling with autolocker

1986 F150 302, C6, 9" 2.75, Wood Flatbed

Gary Lewis

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Amen, brothers! We have remembered all weekend. And plan to watch some movie tonight that reminds us more.

Gary, AKA "Gary fellow": Profile

Dad's: '81 F150 Ranger XLT 4x4: Down for restomod: Full-roller "stroked 351M" w/Trick Flow heads & intake, EEC-V SEFI/E4OD/3.50 gears w/Kevlar clutches
Blue: 2015 F150 Platinum 4x4 SuperCrew wearing Blue Jeans & sporting a 3.5L EB & Max Tow
Big Blue: 1985 F250HD 4x4: 460/ZF5/3.55's, D60 w/Ox locker & 10.25 Sterling/Trutrac, Blue Top & Borgeson, & EEC-V MAF/SEFI

ArdWrknTrk

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So, what do you think you'll watch?

Bridge over the river Kwai?
Saving Private Ryan?
Something about Iwo Jima?

Jim,
Lil'Red is a '87 F250 HD, 4.10's, 1356 4x4, Zf-5, 3G, PMGR, Saginaw PS, desmogged with a Holley 80508 and Performer intake.
Too much other stuff to mention.

Gary Lewis

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Don't laugh - PT109. We were listening to the radio recently and that song came on. So today as we were discussing what to watch we decided on that one.

Gary, AKA "Gary fellow": Profile

reamer

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Flanders Fields....

1986 F-150 Flareside 4x4, 351, 4-v, ZF5 speed. AC, Cruise, Tilt, Slider, Digital clock, Radio, Lariat seat, Pwr doors/locks

old55pete

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Geez Bill, And I thought I had a military family, A great grand father in WWI and got his citizenship thru the Liberty program. Maternal grand father was a Marine in WWII and Army in Korea and an adviser in Vietnam, retired as an Sargents Major. My dad and his two brothers in the Korean war and they got their citizenship thru the Liberty program. An older brother, a Marine, lost his life during TET 68 in Kason(spelling?) I was Army, retired as an SFC, three younger brothers, one Air force, one Navy, one Coast Guard. Then there is my oldest daughter that retired from the Army back in March. My wife is the daughter of a retired Army LTC.

Steve
86 Bronco, XLT, 5.0 EFI, EEC IV, AOD, IFS, limited slip front and rear, 3.08 gears, Tilt steering, factory AC

ArdWrknTrk

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I'm never going to laugh, Gary.
My maternal family was captured by the Japanese in Manila and interred at Santo Tomas.

My mother used to praise MacArthur and to her dying day wanted to hear the sounds of CAS and the tanks rolling through the gates of the camp.

Many brave servicemen gave their lives to re-take the Philippines.
Without them I wouldn't even be here.

Luders, here in Stamford built quite a few Patrol Boats back then.

Jim,
Lil'Red is a '87 F250 HD, 4.10's, 1356 4x4, Zf-5, 3G, PMGR, Saginaw PS, desmogged with a Holley 80508 and Performer intake.
Too much other stuff to mention.

grumpin

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In memory...

I read again the other day about John Basilone.

Definitely some military families you guys mentioned!

Dane
1986 F250HD SC XLT Lariat 4x4 460 C6-Sold
1992 Bronco XLT 4x4 351W E4OD
1998 GMC Sierra SLE K1500 350 4L60E
Arizona

Gary Lewis

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It was a good movie. Janey isn't sure she had seen it, but I think I had. And, from what I've read, it was reasonably accurate.

Luckily 11 of the 13 crew members lived, but 2 died when PT109 was cut in half by the Japanese destroyer.

Gary, AKA "Gary fellow": Profile