Thread: Veterans Day Tribute

I thought this was fitting for the day: DON"T FORGET TO CLICK ON THE LINK TO HEAR THE SONG

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, Fla. , 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 – 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. "Every ethnic minority

would be dead. And the 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 Web Click here to hear the song, 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.

No doubt, thank you vets!

To all who have served this great country, Thank You. :salute:

Thanks to all the vets, past and present and to all those who made the ultimate sacrifice

A Philp 1911-2000 Sargeant Royal Artillery - loved by all his family
T Dimond 1923 - 1940 Able Seaman - lost on HMS Esk - loved and missed by his parents and sisters

Always in our thoughts

:salute:

Thank you Veterans for making the greatest sacrifice of all

My favorite holiday!

Thank you to all my fellow brothers and sisters who served in the greatest brotherhood!

Me

Thank You to all the vets both in the U.S.A. and Canada...we have the best life and opportunity thanks to your ulitimate sacrifices. If we can only be as brave as all of you have been if the need ever arises.

"ultravikingfan" wrote:

My favorite holiday!

Thank you to all my fellow brothers and sisters who served in the greatest brotherhood!

Me

Rambo! :lol: How long were you in the army ultra?

Thank you to all the veterans who served.

Once again, thanks to all who served and who serve today!

Special thanks to these two tough old (and still kickin') WWII vets who I have had the great pleasure of knowing in this life:

Jack Barnes
Hank Durda

Keep telling those stories!!!

"ultravikingfan" wrote:

My favorite holiday!

Thank you to all my fellow brothers and sisters who served in the greatest brotherhood!

Me

Nice picture

I dressed up as a troop member and went paintballing on halloween

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