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Originally Posted by Utah Bob
A few thoughts on the 20th anniversary of the fall of The Berlin Wall.
A salute to all you Cold Warriors who stood vigilant for many years and kept the Bear in check. Perhaps never firing a shot, watching the border in Germany, facing the DMZ in North Korea, patrolling the flight line at SAC bases, piloting U-2s in unfriendly air space, watching the horizon from a cold windy bridge of a Destroyer, monitoring a radar scope in a remote outpost. Resolute but unknown, steadfast but unappreciated, dedicated but unthanked. A shining example of good eventually triumphing over evil.
You did well. You preserved freedom. Be proud.
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When I was there in the fifties, I often wondered how long we would have lasted if the "ballon went up"............ 
Big Teddy 
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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......
Jack Moroney
SFA M-2527, Chapter XXXVII
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