United We Roll at Stardust Radio

If you were having lunch with some friends or coworkers, do you think any would remember?

If you asked a young adult, would he or she know?

If you visited a classroom and asked, would they know?

If you visited a Veteran group, I bet they could tell you!

Monday, July 27th, was the anniversary of the end of the Korean War - July 27, 1953.

Today, Tuesday July 28th, is the anniversary of the day that world War I began - 95 years ago - July 28, 1914.

Some may say what is so important about a couple of old dates. How about the thousands upon thousands of American lives that were lost, wounded and the troops who disappeared, labeled as MIA's, or suffered in the camps as POW's? How about the young men and women who gave their lives for the same reasons that many do today - for liberty, for freedom and for the American way of life they wish to pass on to their children and their children's children and so on.

And what of those aging Veterans who were the kids in these two wars of so long ago? Who checks on them? Who listens to their stories? How many of our school children have met a real hero? Why not?

We have only three living Veterans from WWI:
Three Veterans of WWI who are still living:
*Frank Buckles of the USA who is 108 years young
*John Babcock of Canada who is 109 yrs young
*Claude Stanley Choules of the UK, who joined the Royal Navy at 15 years of age, eventually transferred to the Australian Navy and resides in Australia– also 108 years young.

Let's take the time to acknowledge our Veterans from the Korean War and all wars since, before time flies and they are no longer here to share their wisdom with us and accept our gratitude.

Let's take time to mark our calendars and acknowledge every one of these dates that took so many young Americans away from their families in order for freedom to survive. Let us make sure that history stays alive so it can fuel the gratitude we should feel for all that we have.

May God Bless & Watch Over All Who Protect Us and Our Families, Our Homes and Our Country. May God Protect the Families of Those Who Serve To Protect Us.

United We Roll Show Schedule
Stardust Radio - www.stardustradio.com
Tuesday, July 28, 2009 – 2pm to 4pm Central
Repeats Wednesday 6:30pm Central

We have four great visits to get to today…and the timing will be very tight – we will probably go over our two hours by just a couple of minutes. But you will not want to miss any of our visits.

Joining us during our first visit today will be Army 1LT Richard Shawger, who is in his 8th month of deployment with the Brigade Special Troops Battalion, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, Multi-National Division-Baghdad. 1LT Shawger is in the Combat Security Escort, where his unit provides escort to other troops with whom they serve, most recently escorting missions with the road clearance teams.

Our next visit is with three members from the 376th ELRS (Expeditionary Logistics Readiness Squadron) – POL Unit. Joining us are SSgt Mike Van Damm, SMSgt Jeff Hancock and TSgt Darrel Stockton who will tell us about this unit that controls and provides fuels of all types to the base from aircraft to air conditioners. This is a very interesting visit and with a saying like “Without fuel pilots would be pedestrians”, you can be sure we will have some good chuckles, too.

The first part of our next visit will be with three young men who are deployed with the 532nd ESFS (Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron). This security team had a tough situation just a couple of weeks ago, but – thanks to their training and instincts – this has had a much better than expected ending. While A1C Tony Gross, A1C John Henry and A1C Donovan Blount were on duty, a little girl was terribly injured by an IED blast and they were the ones who were there to apply her first medical aid, and arrange to get her to the hospital. Also, a Major who witnessed this incredibly fine tuned team at work and heard that we were doing this interview, stopped by to see if he could say a few words. Major Haigh will join us as he wanted to be sure that all of us were aware of just how amazing these airmen were as they worked on this child. This is an incredible visit.

Our fourth and final visit for today is with a KC-10 refueling tanker flight crew who will tell us what it is like to fly on this converted DC-10 aircraft while fueling other aircraft in mid-air. Joining us from deployment with the 380th AEW (Air Expeditionary Wing) are Capt Michael Dougherty, Capt Omar Rashid, SSgt Douglas Jurgens and SSgt Casanova Geary as they give us an educational and enjoyable visit during some of their down time.

As always, we are extremely honored to bring you these visits with our Heroes of Freedom. We thank you for your support of our troops and of Stardust Radio.

Please remember the effort to help a Marine unit to bring Miranda home - www.bringmirandahome.blogspot.com

Have you "coined" a Hero yet? What a fantastic feeling! www.gratefulamericancoin.org

May God Bless You All & May God Bless America!