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asiliveandbreathe

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1. This event, played out so many times, for so many families, is truly an emotional experience..

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Fri Aug 12, 2022, 02:15 PM

Aug 2022

.so happy for them all..

I was on that dock in 2002 when my son's ship returned. I cried of course, Mom..This was January 2002, after 911..he is ret. now..US Navy Chief (RET)..21 years..I want to say his destroyer was part of the Carl Vinson Group..

Very special, Grady, even at 4, will remember forever...

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This event, played out so many times, for so many families, is truly an emotional experience.. asiliveandbreathe Aug 2022 #1