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bbpolitical
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 Posted - 05/01/2008 : 07:18:56 AM
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It has come to my attention that there was something missing on our board and I thank the person who pointed this out to me. This forum is an ideal place to share tributes and honors relating to those who serve our country and sacrifice themselves for the greater good. I look forward to reading about the many men and women of Everett who we are all so proud of.
Michael
I am an average resident of Everett who would like to see more communication about anything and everything to do with Everett
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Tails
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Posted - 05/01/2008 : 08:49:28 AM
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I would like to pay tribute to a 75 year old terminally ill man who gave 23 years of service for our freedom, even though his name is not mentioned, he will never be forgotten. This is a beautiful tribute to read.
Real Heroes Walk in the Shadows:
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vets4ever
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Posted - 05/08/2008 : 6:49:54 PM
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How sad. Message below - a little last minute, but I just got it.
WR
Agent’s Corner 5-08-08
Dear Community Member:
By now, you may have already heard about the plight of the Gale family. Twenty-seven year old Jeff, a US military veteran, and his young children, Alexis and baby Jeremy, have recently returned to Canton, Jeff’s hometown. But this wasn’t the triumphant homecoming of an honored soldier, Jeff and his children have returned in the devastating wake of the loss of Jeff’s wife, Amber.
Amber fell victim to bacterial pneumonia on Easter Sunday, following a short illness she thought was a cold. Her death was sudden and unexpected and has left her family struggling to regain a foothold.
On May 9, Friday at 7:00 p.m., Jeff and Amber’s friends will host a special evening at the American Legion ,it will including entertainment, appetizers, and a silent auction, to raise funds to ease the financial burden Jeff and his children are facing. The evening’s success depends on the support of caring people like you. I hope you will consider helping Jeff and his family as they work to establish a life without the wife and mother they love. Please consider making a donation of an item or service for the silent auction, purchasing tickets for the event, and/or making a monetary donation to the Alexis and Jeremy Gale Fund c/o the Canton Cooperative Bank.
Questions about the event or the fund may be directed to my office at 781-821-5005. Thank you for your consideration.
Tony Andreotti
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massdee
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Posted - 05/11/2008 : 09:20:20 AM
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Soldiers' families mark a year of anguish
Globe Staff / May 11, 2008
LAWRENCE - It has been a year marked by prayers, tears, and hope for the families of two soldiers missing in Iraq, and yesterday was no different.
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More than 100 people gathered outside the Polartec Mill to honor Sergeant Alex Jimenez of Lawrence and Private Byron W. Fouty of Waterford, Mich., in an hourlong ceremony that included hymns, prayers, and a Black Hawk helicopter flyover. Tomorrow marks the one-year anniversary of the pair's disappearance in Iraq.
"In my heart and in my head, I know I will see him again," Jimenez's father, Ramon "Andy" Jimenez, told the crowd.
The soldiers, who are in the 10th Mountain Division based at Fort Drum, N.Y., were part of a patrol looking for insurgents planting roadside bombs when they were hit by automatic weapons fire and explosives. Four men and an Iraqi translator were killed in the attack and the body of a fifth was found later.
Military officials announced in June that US troops had discovered Jimenez and Fouty's ID cards in an empty house about 75 miles north of the site of the ambush. They remain classified as "missing-captured" by the military.
"This is very hard, very terrible," said Jimenez's mother, Maria Duran, wiping away tears. "You think, 'Where are they? What happened to them?' "
Since the attack, the army has conducted intensive searches involving 4,000 troops looking for the missing soldiers. Last June, Private First Class Matthew Bean of Pembroke was killed by a sniper while his unit looked for the pair.
"It's tougher for them than for us," said Bean's uncle, Doug, who attended the ceremony in a T-shirt bearing his nephew's image.
"We have closure," he said.
US Representative Niki Tsongas and US Senator John F. Kerry were on hand yesterday to assure the Jimenez and Fouty families that they, too, will get closure.
"We will never lose faith," Kerry said, presenting the families with American flags that had flown over the Capitol.
After the ceremony, most of the attendees took off on a motorcycle honor ride through Lawrence and Methuen. A Mass for the pair was also held last night at St. Mary's in Lawrence.
As well-wishers wandered by after the ceremony to squeeze her hand, Duran said she was grateful for the outpouring of prayers and support.
"You don't feel so alone," she said.
The past year has been purgatory for Jimenez's parents. His father, who lives alone in Lawrence, starts each day with a prayer for his son. Often, he wears a lanyard with photos of Alex dangling from it: In one, Jimenez is a stone-faced soldier; in another, a fresh-faced boy. Duran, who lives in New York, said she often asks God for the fortitude to withstand this ordeal.
"It's hard all the time," she said.
Jimenez attended schools in Lawrence until eighth grade, when he moved with his family to the Dominican Republic. He returned to Massachusetts to enlist in the Army and was on his second tour in Iraq. Friends and family have said that Jimenez loved his job and planned to reenlist for another four-year stint after his scheduled return to Lawrence last June.
In addition to Jimenez and Fouty, two other US service members remain missing in Iraq: Captain Michael Speicher, a Navy pilot, has been missing since the 1991 Persian Gulf war and Sergeant Ahmed al-Taie, a 41-year-old Iraqi-born reservist from Ann Arbor, Mich., was abducted while visiting his Iraqi wife in October 2006 in Baghdad.
Tania deLuzuriaga can be reached at deluzuriaga@globe.com.
© Copyright 2008 Globe Newspaper Company.
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massdee
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Honor those who serve
