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#1
08-17-2015, 11:11 PM
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Another WWII Vet...
This time my father, James Paul Henley. Navy Radioman, Second Class.
Succumbed to complications of pneumonia on Monday August 10, 2015, one month shy of his 90th birthday, and less than two months after the love of his live, my Mother, passed away. He said he wanted is obituary to be "Born a redneck, married a princess, and lived happily ever after." They wanted his discharge papers in order to get the internment flag, but they accepted his Dogtags (which I remembered from many years ago where he kept them) and his VA Card. So we got the flag, which I know he would have wanted. He had a coffee group comprised of other vets that he knew from long ago that met once a week, and we named them as honorary pall bearers. Most of them were able to make it to the funeral and they were seated on the first row (actual pall bearers were his grandsons and grandsons-in-law).
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Jim CBOB0497 "That rifle hanging on the wall of the working class flat or laborer's cottage is the symbol of democracy. It is our job to see that it stays there." - George Orwell Last edited by DrHenley; 09-07-2015 at 08:18 PM. 
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#2
08-17-2015, 11:18 PM
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Jim, I am at a loss of words to describe how I feel about hearing the loss of your beloved parents. My thoughts and prayers are with you and your family.
RIP Mr. & Mrs. Henley.
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08-17-2015, 11:56 PM
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My condolences, sir!
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 Professionals talk about tactics and concepts while amateurs talk about gear and equipment.
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08-18-2015, 12:05 AM
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So sorry to hear of this, my condolences, and you and the family are in my thoughts and prayers.
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Rich COTEP #762 A gun is a tool, no better or no worse than any other tool: an axe, a shovel or anything. A gun is as good or as bad as the man using it. Remember that. And shepherds we shall be, for Thee, my Lord, for Thee. Power hath descended forth from Thy hand, that our feet may swiftly carry out Thy command. So we shall flow a river forth to Thee, and teeming with souls shall it ever be. In nomine Patris, et Filii, et Spiritus Sancti.
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#7
08-18-2015, 01:46 AM
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I am so sorry for your loss Jim. prayers sent for you and your family.
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Criminals thrive on the indulgence of society's understanding. I have no such indulgence nor understanding of criminals. Neither does my .45.
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08-18-2015, 08:00 AM
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Jim....Sorry for your parents leaving Earth. I pray their journey is smooth and they re-unite in redneck/princess Heaven. Godspeed to you, sir.
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CBOB0716 "The most basic right that we have emanates from our Creator and it is that unalienable right to life. We stand firmly on the principle that from conception until the last breath is drawn, life is sacred.” Political Correctness is a doctrine, recently fostered by a delusional, illogical minority and promoted by a sick mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a piece of shit by the clean end!
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