You could have heard a pin drop

[calhobs 110]

Some of you may of read these before but just in case here it is again

You could have heard a pin drop

When in England , at a fairly large conference, Colin Powell was asked by

the Archbishop of Canterbury if our plans for Iraq were just an example

of empire building' by George Bush.

He answered by saying, 'Over the years, the United

States has sent many of its fine young men and women

into great peril to fight for freedom beyond our borders.

The only amount of land we have ever asked for in return

is enough to bury those that did not return.'

You could have heard a pin drop.

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There was a conference in France where a number of

international engineers were taking part, including French

and American. During a break, one of theFrench engineers

came back into the room saying 'Have you heard the latest

dumb stunt Bush has done? He has sent an aircraft

carrier to Indonesia to help the tsunami victims. What

does he intended to do, bomb them?'

A Boeing engineer stood up and replied quietly: 'Our

carriers have three hospitals on board that can treat several

hundred people; they are nuclear powered and can supply

emergency electrica l power to shore facilities; they

have three cafeterias with the capacity to feed 3,000

people three meals a day, they can produce several

thousand gallons of fresh water from sea water each

day, and they carry half a dozen helicopters for use in

transporting victims and injured to and from their flight

deck. We have eleven such ships; how many does

France have?'

You could have heard a pin drop.

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A U.S. Navy Admiral was attending a naval conference

that included Admirals from the U.S , English, Canadian,

Australian and French Navies. At a cocktail reception,

he found himself standing with a large group of Officers

that included personnel from most of those countries.

Everyone was chatting away in English as they sipped

their drinks but a French admiral suddenly complained that,

whereas Europeans learn many languages, Americans learn

only English.' He then asked, 'Why is it that we always have

to speak English in these conferences rather than speaking

French?'

Without hesitating, the American Admiral replied 'Maybe

it's because the Brits, Canadians, Aussies and Americans

arranged it so you wouldn't have to speak German.'

You could have heard a pin drop.

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AND THIS STORY FITS RIGHT IN WITH THE ABOVE...

Robert Whiting, an elderly gentleman of 83, arrived in

Paris by plane. At French Customs, he took a few minutes to locate his

passport in his carry on.

'You have been to France before, monsieur?' the customs officer

aske sarcastically.

Mr. Whiting admitted that he had been to France

previously

Then you should know enough to have your passport ready.'

The American said, "'The last time I was here, I didn't have to

show it.

"Impossible. Americans always have to show your passports

on arrival in France !'

The American senior gave the Frenchman a long hard

look. Then he quietly explained, "'Well, when I came ashore

at Omaha Beach on D-Day in 1944 to help liberate this country,

I couldn't find a single Frenchmen to show a passport to.'

You could have heard a pin drop.

[Guest CRASH]

GREAT READING THANK YOU !

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now i have to explain this to my kids who are reading over my shoulder but it's worth it

[Guest]

never heard a single one of them, thanks for sharing!

[efd184 59]

Thank you for that!

[FirNaTine 370]

GOOD STUFF!

[Future Fireman 4]

That's AWESOME!!!!

Mike

[llm60 0]

SWEET!!!

[tunaFish 0]

SWEET!!!

I love "You could hear a pin drop." Would it be okay to forward that to some former military people? They would love that!

[bull56 22]

Thank You, nice to read.

[calhobs 110]

I love "You could hear a pin drop." Would it be okay to forward that to some former military people? They would love that!

Of course please send it to everyone you know

[FFD941 20]

Unfortunately those very instances are being forgotten in society today. Pass it along

[ja3kfd 34]

Thanks for posting I had forgotten about this. I enjoyed it

[JCESU 20]

Unfortunately those very instances are being forgotten in society today. Pass it along

Not if we refuse to let what our Nation and Military has done for the world be forgotten...every little reminder helps

[DOC22 1]

That's GREAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Thanks for sharing!!!

[tdc202 0]

That was Great Thanks for sharing that and Thanks to those who have served or are serving now....Things like this should be in the news more instead of all the anti military things that are there

[MFVFD179 0]

that was awesome

[TL2L31 8]

Truely awesome.

[jcoppola 52]

Makes me even more proud to be an American.

[SgtGumby311 0]

Do you really think the mainstream media would ever put out stuff like that???? I think it's great, we need more like that...

[SRS131EMTFF 471]

I agree its freaking sweet

[Guest Mfd]

HOOO RAHHH

[SRS131EMTFF 471]

Any more of these?

[44North 0]

The one about asking for enough land to bury the dead is engraved at the D-Day Museum in Normandy. I agree - these are all incredible