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| Author: | M21 Sniper [ 24 Nov 2004, 10:32 ] |
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Mom Trucks Thanksgiving Meal to GI Son Wed Nov 24, 7:11 AM ET AP HARTLAND, Mich. - Yvette Boulton wants her son to get a home-cooked Thanksgiving meal before he's deployed to Iraq (news - web sites) — so she's trucking the feast 761 miles to Fort Bragg, N.C. Boulton will be on the road 13 hours so she can feed her son, Army Cpl. Jordan Keilman, 22, and 14 of his friends. The soldiers must remain within an hour of base so they could be called to Iraq, where many already have served once. Keilman fought in Iraq from September to February. "I said `I'll cook, and you boys sit around and watch the football game. Just pretend you're at home,'" said Boulton, 47, who is an assistant for a law firm. On Tuesday night, Boulton packed pots and pans, turkey-shaped plates and napkins, serving dishes, homemade ravioli, freshly baked breads and cookies into the bed of a red Ford F-150 pickup lent to her by a cousin. Boulton and daughters Kristen Keilman, 20, and Charlene Boulton, 9, planned to be on their way before dawn Wednesday. The Fort Bragg holiday dinner was conceived a few weeks ago when Boulton called her son to tell him she would be bringing him dinner. She suggested he "invite a few friends." "He was so excited," Boulton said. After word spread among his buddies in the 82nd Airborne Division, a "few" friends became 15 hungry soldiers. In all, Boulton plans to feed about 20 people. She said she was taken aback when she first heard the dinner party had expanded, but then she was moved by the opportunity "to give the boys a touch of home." "It's kind of like you're honored that he wants you to cook for all his friends," she said. "And it may be the last home-cooked meal they have for a long time." He said he will have two turkeys waiting, and he and his friends have rounded up tables. "We'll set it all up and make it nice," Boulton said "Molon labe". Leonidas, King of Sparta, Thermopylae, 480 B.C. |
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| Author: | mattlott [ 24 Nov 2004, 10:35 ] |
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Mom and Apple Pie--God Bless her and her son and all of his buddies |
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| Author: | M21 Sniper [ 24 Nov 2004, 10:36 ] |
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Hear, Hear. This one's for you mom... <img src=newicons/smiley_salute.gif border=0 align=middle> "Molon labe". Leonidas, King of Sparta, Thermopylae, 480 B.C. |
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| Author: | Racegal8 [ 24 Nov 2004, 19:42 ] |
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Thats a true american mom for you, taking care of the boys on a holiday when they can't be at home! I have so much respect for someone like that, its a wonderful gesture and truly shows how much she cares! <img src=newicons/smiley_salute.gif border=0 align=middle> |
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| Author: | ViperTTB [ 24 Nov 2004, 20:16 ] |
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Nothing like American moms.. <img src=newicons/smiley_salute.gif border=0 align=middle> |
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| Author: | sgtgoose1 [ 24 Nov 2004, 20:38 ] |
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ALL THE HOLIDAYS AWAY FROM HOME,THERE WAS ALWAYS SOMEONE WHO WAS "MOM", NO MATTER IF IT WAS TURKEY OR SANDWHICHES ON THE FLT-LINE SOMEONE ALWAYS TAKES CARE OF THE FAMILY. THANKS TO ALL THOSE "MOMS" OUT THERE<img src=newicons/smiley_salute.gif border=0 align=middle> MONEY TALKS,B.S. JUST PILES UP. |
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