Do You Feel Lucky Today?

[JD5652]

If you haven't seen this- brings a tear to the eye and makes you want to shake hands and give a hug to every last one of them. Never again shall their likeness nor their numbers walk amongst us. Take time to thank a WW2 Vet. God only knows, "they truly deserve your admiration and thanks".

(Read this and then click the link below)

The elderly parking lot attendant wasn't in a good mood! Neither was Sam Bierstock. It was around 1 a.m., and Bierstock, a Delray Beach, FL eye doctor, business consultant, corporate speaker and musician, was bone tired after appearing at an event. He pulled up in his car, and the parking attendant began to speak. "I took two bullets for this country and look what I'm doing," he said bitterly.

At first, Bierstock didn't know what to say to the World War II veteran. But he rolled down his window and told the man, "Really, from the bottom of my heart, I want to thank you."

Then the old soldier began to cry.

"That really got to me," Bierstock says.

Cut to today. Bierstock, 58, and John Melnick, 54, of Pompano Beach and a member of Bierstock's band, Dr. Sam and the Managed Care Band, have written a song inspired by that old soldier in the airport parking lot. The mournful "Before You Go" does more than salute those who fought in WWII. It encourages people to go out of their way to thank the aging warriors before they die.

"If we had lost that particular war, our whole way of life would have been shot," says Bierstock, who plays harmonica. "The WW II soldiers are now dying at the rate of about 2,000 every day. I thought we needed to thank them."

The song is striking a chord. Within four days of Bierstock placing it on the Webhttp://www.beforeyougo.us, the song and accompanying photo essay have bounced around nine countries, producing tears and heartfelt thanks from veterans, their sons and daughters and grandchildren.

"It made me cry," wrote one veteran's son. Another sent an e-mail saying that only after his father consumed several glasses of wine would he discuss "the unspeakable horrors" he and other soldiers had witnessed in places such as Anzio, Iwo Jima, Bataan and Omaha Beach. "I can never thank them enough," the son wrote. "Thank you for thinking about them."

Bierstock and Melnick thought about shipping it off to a professional singer, maybe a Lee Greenwood type, but because time was running out for so many veterans, they decided it was best to release it quickly, for free, on the Web. They've sent the song to Sen. John McCain and others in Washington. Already they have been invited to perform it in Houston for a Veterans Day tribute - this after just a few days on the Web. They hope every veteran in America gets a chance to hear it.

God Bless EVERY veteran and THANK YOU to those of you veterans who may receive this !


Click here: http://www.managedmusic.com/beforeyougo.html

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WOW... That made me cry... you are right we do not thank them enough for what they did and are doing.


To all Veterans and all of the Men and Women fighting today I THANK YOU for your sacrifice in order for us to be free!!

[Finesse]

My Dad was a WWII veteran. Thankfully he made it home. He served in the Pacific theater, US Navy. While I was growing up he didn’t talk much of it, however on occasion I would ask. He was shot at, injured, and scared to death at times. He had friends die right beside him. Thank God he made it through. I so took for granted what he went through and what so so many others did for us. I wish he was around to talk with today on many levels. After seeing “Final Roll Call” yesterday I pulled out some of his old photos ….I wish I had a chance to thank him for what he did.
He’s been gone 10 years now … and I feel like it was yesterday. His passing was sudden and unexpected, I had no chance to say goodbye. His death crushed me, and caused more anguish as that was the day I was to get engaged to my now wife. They had talked the night before, they got along as if she was his own daughter …. I’m sad that he missed that and so many other things life has brought since then …. His flag now sits on our mantle


Sorry to get sentimental …. But we need to thank them before its too late…

Thanks for sharing and posting that JD.