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A FOREIGNER ASKED THIS QUESTION OF ME “WHERE CAN I IN U.S. FIND SOLDIER TO SEE?” HIS ENGLISH WAS BROKEN, BUT CLEARLY RECEIVED YET, HOW COULD I BEST EXPLAIN WHAT I BELIEVED THE ANSWER I GAVE TO THIS QUESTIONABLE TASK SURPRISED HIM ACCORDING TO WHAT HE HAD ASKED I SAID, “AN AMERICAN SOLDIER WAS MORE…. THAN SOMEONE ENLISTED OR SENT OFF TO SHORE” “AN AMERICAN SOLDIER HAS MORE TO BE SEEN…. THAN A MAN OR A WOMAN IN CAMOUFLAGE GREEN” HIS QUESTION HAD MADE ME LOOK DEEPER WITHIN BECOMING AWARE OF HOW BLESSED I HAD BEEN I POINTED MY FINGER AROUND SO HE’D SEE THAT ALL THOSE AROUND US WE’RE SOLDIERS TO ME INCLUDING THAT SMALL CHILD NEXT DOOR PLAYING BALL THAT PERSON SALUTING THE FLAG STANDING TALL THAT FATHER AND SON OUTSIDE PLAYING TOGETHER THAT MOTHER AND DAUGHTER EMBRACING EACH OTHER THAT DOCTOR OR NURSE SHOWING CARE TO THE ILL THAT ELDERLY VETERAN-QUIET AND STILL THAT CASE WORKER HELPING THOSE WITH SPECIAL NEEDS THAT MINISTER PRAYING FOR ALL TO BELIEVE THAT BANKER AND POSTMAN WHO WORKS ALL DAY LONG THAT ARTIST AND SINGER WHO PAINTS US A SONG THAT SINGLE MOM DOING THE BEST THAT SHE COULD THAT TEEN WHO CONTINUES TO LIVE LIKE HE SHOULD THAT AMERICAN IMMIGRANT LEGALLY HERE THAT MAN IN HIS WHEELCHAIR YEAR AFTER YEAR THAT PROTESTER MARCHING AND SHOUTING HIS VIEWS THAT SPOKESPERSON GIVING THE SIX O’CLOCK NEWS THAT CHRISTIAN WHO’S KNEELING AND PRAYING ALONE THAT MOTHER OR WIFE WORKING DAILY AT HOME THAT WOMAN WITH CANCER IS ALSO A FIGHTER THAT WIDOW WHO CLINGS TO HER MEMORIES TIGHTER THAT MERCHANT THAT SELLS US OUR FOOD AND OUR OIL THAT CHILD BEING BORN ON AMERICAN SOIL THEY ALL ARE AMERICANS DOING THEIR PART AND IN SOME SMALL WAY THEY ARE SOLDIERS AT HEART I ENDED MY TALK BECAUSE HOW HE WAS STARING AS IF WITH CONFUSION AT WHAT I WAS SHARING HE THEN, IN HIS CUSTOM, STOOD STRAIGHT WHILE HE NODDED LOOKED AT ME AND QUIETLY-SOFTLY APPLAUDED I THEN SHED A TEAR WHEN HE SPOKE THIS TO ME “AN AMERICAN SOLDIER IN YOU I CAN SEE” HE WALKED AWAY AND APPEARED TO HAVE FOUND CLOSURE WHILE I STOOD THERE PRAISING GOD FOR THE REAL SOLDIER THAT REAL ONES NOW SERVING RIGHT HERE AND ABROAD I STAND AND SALUTE YOU AND LOUDLY APPLAUD TO THOSE WHO ARE SERVING AND THOSE WHO HAVE DIED FOR THOSE WHO ONCE SERVED AND REMEMBER WITH PRIDE THE STRUGGLES OF WAR TO KEEP FREEDOM WON’T CEASE FOR FREEDOM EXIST WHILE YOU FIGHT TO BRING PEACE BECAUSE OF YOUR SACRIFICE GIVEN EACH DAY I’M ABLE TO LIVE IN THIS GREAT U.S.A THE RED, WHITE AND BLUE IS WHAT SHINES IN YOUR EYES AMERICAN SOLDIER...RISE
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