04-20-2009, 10:40
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Guerrilla
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Lt. Elisha Ray Nance
The last surviving "Bedford Boy" passed away Sunday night at the age of 94.
http://www.roanoke.com/news/roanoke/wb/201771
Rest In Peace, Sir.
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04-20-2009, 10:50
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RIP, Sir.
The Greatest Generation is leaving us.
TR
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"It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat." - President Theodore Roosevelt, 1910
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04-20-2009, 11:00
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Guerrilla Chief
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Rest in Peace, Sir. Thank you for your service.
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A tyrant will always find a pretext for his tyranny ~ Aesops Fables; The Lamb and the Wolf
Am fear nach gleidh na h-airm san t-sith, cha bhi iad aige 'n am a' chogaidh
"He that keeps not his arms in time of peace will have none in time of war" Old Gaelic
Arms discourage and keep the invader and plunderer in awe, and preserve order in the world as well as property... Horrid mischief would ensue were the law-abiding deprived of the use of them. Thomas Paine
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04-20-2009, 11:04
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Guerrilla Chief
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Sleep Well, Sir and Thank You
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Don't hit at all if it is honorably possible to avoid hitting; but never hit soft.
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We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.
Aristotle
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04-20-2009, 11:11
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RIP, Warrior.................. 
GB TFS
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I believe that SF is a 'calling' - not too different from the calling missionaries I know received. I knew instantly that it was for me, and that I would do all I could to achieve it. Most others I know in SF experienced something similar. If, as you say, you HAVE searched and read, and you do not KNOW if this is the path for you --- it is not....
Zonie Diver
SF is a calling and it requires commitment and dedication that the uninitiated will never understand......
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SFA M-2527, Chapter XXXVII
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04-20-2009, 11:30
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RIP, Vaya con Dios
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Go raibh tú leathuair ar Neamh sula mbeadh a fhios ag an diabhal go bhfuil tú marbh
"May you be a half hour in heaven before the devil knows you’re dead"
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04-20-2009, 13:50
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Rest In Peace Lt Nance!
Thank you for your service!
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04-20-2009, 14:31
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Rest in Peace Sir...
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04-20-2009, 14:41
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19 of 34
He will be joining a great company of soldiers.
RIP Sir
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04-20-2009, 15:44
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Sorry to hear about him.
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04-20-2009, 17:11
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Rest in Peace, Lt. Nance
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 Colonel Crealock speaking to Colour Sergeant reporting from Isandlwana, " One most remain calm during times of stress". From the movie Zulu Dawn
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04-20-2009, 17:44
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Rest in Peace, Sir...and thank you!
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04-20-2009, 19:07
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RIP
Rest In Peace.
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Thomas Jefferson
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04-21-2009, 08:05
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In pace requiescat Sir.
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You ask; What is our policy? I will say; “It is to wage war, by sea, land and air, with all our might and with all the strength that God can give us: to wage war against a monstrous tyranny, never surpassed in the dark lamentable catalogue of human crime. That is our policy.” You ask; What is our aim? I can answer with one word: Victory—victory at all costs, victory in spite of all terror, victory however long and hard the road may be; for without victory there is no survival.-Winston Churchill
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