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Letter from a proud father
Greyhawk over at Mudville Gazette has posted a letter he rec’d from the father of SGT Michael “Mike” James Stokely. Sgt. Stokely was killed in Iraq on August 15th.
Have a box of Kleenex handy.
(Hat tip: LGF)
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Hugh Hewitt is reading the letter on the air!
Hugh read the ENTIRE letter.
Reading that letter gives me new understanding of the word ‘bittersweet’. It is trajic that this boy died. The grief felt by this father is incomprehensible to me. The thought of losing one of my kids fills me with abject terror, so I can’t even sympathise with the man; it’s just too much to imagine.
Conversely, knowing that people like SGT Stokely’a father exist in America today fills me with tremendous pride and hope. He is the type of American that I strive to be, and the reason we need to fight to keep American values alive.
In his short life, SGT Michael Stokely has left a mark on the world larger than most of us ever will, certainly bigger than myself.
Thanks for the warning…as it turns out, it was good advice.