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<DIV>Thanks for a great story. If it is true then it is humbling indeed. Whether or not it is true it should speak to all of us about how we should treat each other.</DIV>
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<DIV>Dianne<BR><BR><B><I>"Stuart D. Gathman" <stuart@bmsi.com></I></B> wrote:</DIV>
<BLOCKQUOTE class=replbq style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid">A personal story which reveals personal character, if true. Source at<BR>end.<BR><BR>At Walter Reed Medical Center in Washington, D.C. recently the Sergeant Major<BR>of the Army, Jack Tilley, was with a group of people visiting the wounded<BR>soldiers. He saw a Special Forces soldier who had lost his right hand and<BR>suffered severe wounds of his face and side of his body. The Sergeant Major of<BR>the Army wanted to honor him and show him respect without offending, but what<BR>can you say or do in such a situation that will encourage and uplift? How do<BR>you shake the right hand of a soldier who has none?<BR><BR>There was a man in that group of visitors who had his wife with him to visit<BR>the wounded. He seemed to know exactly what to do. This man reverently took the<BR>soldiers stump of a hand in both of his hands, knelt at the bedside and prayed<BR>for him. When he finished the
prayer, he stood up, bent over the soldier and<BR>kissed him on the head and told him that he loved him.<BR><BR>A powerful expression of love and Christian example, for one of our wounded<BR>heroes. What kind of a man would do such a thing? The wounded man's<BR>Commander-in-Chief, George W. Bush; President of the U.S.A<BR><BR>This story was told by the Sergeant Major of the Army, at a Soldiers' Breakfast<BR>held at Redstone Arsenal, Alabama, and recorded by Chaplain James Henderson<BR>stationed there.<BR><BR>------<BR>I tracked this story down to <BR><BR>http://dagney007.blogspot.com/2004_10_01_dagney007_archive.html<BR><BR>It is attributed to a note from the blogsters sister in law.<BR><BR>Search for "kind of man" on the archive page above. The comments bring out<BR>some nuances related to military protocol.<BR><BR>-- <BR>Stuart D. Gathman <STUART@BMSI.COM><BR>Business Management Systems Inc. Phone: 703 591-0911 Fax: 703 591-6154<BR>"Confutatis maledictis, flamis acribus addictis"
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