Before You Go
The elderly parking lot attendant wasn’t in a good mood!
Neither was Sam Bierstock. It was around 1 a.m., and Bierstock, a
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 – 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 w ay 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.”
GOD BLESS every EVERY veteran…
and THANK you to those of you veterans who may receive this !CLICK THE LINK BELOW TO HEAR THE SONG AND SEE THE PICTURES:
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PFC Richard Anthony Banks
Last name: BANKS
First name:
Date of Birth: Friday, May 7, 1948
Sex: Male
Race: Negro
Marital Status: Single
— Military —
Branch: Army
Rank: PFC
Serial Number: 67018496
Component: Selective Service
Pay grade: E3
MOS (Military Occupational Specialty code): 11D10
11th Armored Cavalry Regiment
F Troop 2nd Squadron
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Start of Tour: Saturday, March 30, 1968
Date of Casualty: Tuesday, July 16, 1968
Age at time of loss: 20
Casualty type: (A1) Hostile, died
Reason: Multiple fragmentation wounds (Ground casualty)
Country:
The Wall: Panel 52W – Row 038
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SGT David Norman Embry
Last name: EMBREY
First name:
Date of Birth: Wednesday, August 29, 1945
Sex: Male
Race: Caucasian
Marital Status: Single
— Military —
Branch: Army
Rank: SGT
Serial Number: 52939954
Component: Selective Service
Pay grade: E5
MOS (Military Occupational Specialty code): 11D40
11th Armored Cavalry Regiment
F Troop 2nd Squadron
— Action —
Start of Tour: Friday, December 8, 1967
Date of Casualty: Thursday, August 22, 1968
Age at time of loss: 22
Casualty type: (A1) Hostile, died
Reason: Gun, small arms fire (Ground casualty)
Country:
The Wall: Panel 47W – Row 027
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SSGT Gale Deering
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Although I can not verify if SSGT Deering actually received his purple heart he deserved one thus deserving a spot on Our Precious Gift
GALE EDWARD DEERING
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The National Purple Heart Hall of Honor
Check out the new page we have added to the site on the sidebar. The National Purple Heart Hall of Honor contacted us and asked if we would not mind putting up a link to them. I spoke to the director and she is very nice and wants to get the word out so we are going to do all we can to help her out.
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Federal Benefits for Veterans and Dependents
I have posted a link to the booklet that list all of the federal benefits for veterans and their dependents. Thanks, Sarg for getting this booklet to me. Take a moment to look it over, you can find the link for it on the sidebar.
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The National Purple Heart Hall of Honor
I received an email on Saturday from the director of The National Purple Heart Hall of Honor she said she found our site when she was doing some research for the Hall of Honor. She likes the site and wants to talk to me about the work we are doing. I will keep you posted on this and let you know what comes out of it.
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Lcpl Eric Shick
Lcpl Eric Shick, Al Haqlaniyah — August 3rd 2007, Shot by A Sniper Through the Right Shoulder, USMC Thank you Eric for sharing with us.
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