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Honoring the fallen -
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A time to remember, to heal, and to come together as Americans.
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What America represents. Perhaps now more than ever since 9/11 we need to be reminded of who we are as a people and what we stand for. What is America all about? Here is the classic audio plus the written words of Red Skelton's famouus "Pledge of Allegiance." This is one of our most requested patriotic songs.
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America pauses to reflect, recharge -
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Memorial Day -
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Iraqi Coalition Casualties.
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Send a greeting card to any soldier.
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Send a USO Care Package. Just
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Send our troops serving in Iraq a "Thank You" card! It will only take a minute and it's free.
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Your $25 dollar donation lets the USO deliver a care package which includes a 100-minute global phone card, toiletries, disposable camera, sunscreen and baby wipes. The package can also carry a personal message from you the donor expressing your feelings. And from all of us at Oldies Radio, Thank You!
Send the troops a message - become a penpal here.
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CSI New York's Gary Sinise is co-founder of Operation Iraqi Children which is "a program that enables Americans to send school supply kits to Iraqi children." Find out about OiC "helping soldiers help children" by visiting the site.
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From USA Today. "Want to start reading a remarkable young author? Check out The Calm Before the Sand, a blog underway from Army Specialist "Milo Freeman," currently serving somewhere in Iraq's Diyala Province. I found this one over the long weekend and I can't stop reading . And yes, there's much more to it than that. (In fact, his Blogger bio offers a highly effective albeit drastic treatment for water in the ear.) This guy doesn't seem to have a book deal or a mainstream press outlet for his observations yet --but read this and tell me he's not the most absorbing reportage you've read lately from over there.
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For the latest on the fighting in Iraq.
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Help provide safer helmets for our brave fighting men and women. This is a cause Cher has backed and that you've probably heard about on Oldies Radio. If you'd like to help our troops in a real and lasting way (you might help save a life!!!)
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Remembering the fallen. 
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U.S. and Coalition fatalities in Iraq. Please take time out to pay tribute in your own way to each of our fallen men and women.
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What America represents. Perhaps now more than ever since 9/11 we need to be reminded of who we are as a people and what we stand for. What is America all about? Here is the classic audio plus the written words of Red Skelton's famouus "Pledge of Allegiance." This is one of Oldies Radio's most requested patriotic songs.
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An engaging and respectful site dedicated to our Korean Veterans
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Under Fire
In the jungle that was Vietnam, tears fell as often as grenades, and combat photographers were there to capture it all. This multimedia showcase features dramatic — and sometimes disturbing — shots from the killing fields, as well as interviews with the photographers who risked their lives for these enduring shots.
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Here's another way to get to "The Wall." Click here.
Alan Oskvarek sought to recreate the Vietnam War Memorial online so the world would see. His "Wall" contains a database of more than 58,000 names. Search by name, hometown, state, or service number.
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Return With Honor, a companion site to a PBS special broadcast, tells the story of American prisoners of war in Vietnam. You'll find a gallery of drawings
reflecting "Hanoi Hilton" imprisonment, a timeline of events leading up to and covering the conflict and backgrounders on significant people and places.
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The Veterans History Project
"In just the short time since its creation, the Veterans History Project is amassing a remarkable collection of interviews and documentary materials spanning much of the twentieth century. Contained in these sources are compelling accounts of wartime service from men and women, civilian and military, representing many ranks, jobs, branches of service, and theaters of war. Their stories--told in their own words through letters, diaries, and oral history interviews--teach us, amuse us, and inspire us. They also sometimes sadden us, with tales of lost lives, lost time, and lost innocence,
all in service to our country."
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More and more middle aged men are dying as a result of unreplenished reserves.
The war deaths of middle-aged soldiers are a consequence of a specific moment in American history. With a shrinking roll of full-time soldiers and no draft to replenish it, the nation's armed forces have had to reach deeper into the Reserves and the National Guard, where men in their 50's typically train and serve alongside soldiers in their teens. About 5,570 of the 275,000 American troops in or about to leave for Iraq and Afghanistan are 50 and older, nearly all of them members of the Guard and Reserves.
The deaths raise questions about why older men, many of them veterans and some in obviously questionable health, are deployed to a war zone. Seven of the 10 died of heart attacks or other "nonhostile'' causes, as the Pentagon classifies them, while three were killed in combat.
The "Revised" Draft:
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Our troops deserve nothing less than the complete, open and honest truth. The Downing Street Memo:
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From the BBC:
Full list of coalition countries:
Afghanistan, Albania, Australia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Colombia, the Czech Republic, Denmark, El Salvador, Eritrea, Estonia, Ethiopia, Georgia, Hungary, Italy, Japan, South Korea, Latvia, Lithuania, Macedonia, the Netherlands, Nicaragua, the Philippines, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Spain, Turkey, United Kingdom and Uzbekistan.
From the BBC: "Nor is the main US ally in the Middle East, Israel, mentioned, although it is expected to provide at least air rights for US aircraft to strike Iraq."
Range of support:
"State department spokesman Richard Boucher explained that the list included some countries, like Japan, which are only prepared to provide post-conflict financial support for the reconstruction of Iraq.
And it includes Turkey, which is still negotiating the extent of its involvement in any war.
Many of the countries on the list are from Eastern Europe, where countries like Romania are providing basing rights, while Poland has offered 200 troops and the Czech Republic is sending a chemical-biological warfare support unit.
It was not clear what support countries like Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, and Bulgaria were providing to the US coalition, but many are seeking US financial or military support through Nato.
And the US had promises of support from some of the countries which are already involved in the war on terrorism, including Afghanistan, Uzbekistan, Georgia, and the Philippines."
Read the entire article for yourself to find out more about the "Coalition of the Willing." It's from the BBC:
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Here's a USA Today recommended Hotsite. "Electronic Iraq"
Follow the news, no matter where it takes you: This journal, begun before the most recent war, includes on-the-scene reportage and commentary from that tortured nation. Brought to the Net by the folks at Electronic Intifada and Voices in the Wilderness, the stories here document a side of the conflict that’s hard to take, but necessary if you hope to understand events half a world away." From USA Today.To view this site for yourself,
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