Major Dad is not only a fine blogger, but an outstanding poet to boot. He’s recently lost a good friend who gave it all for our freedom, and has written a very moving poem about him.

T’was the night before Christmas
Flying through Great Plains skies
It was the house I approached
That caused me to cry.

Another home of a hero
A husband. A Dad.
Who’d given his all,
In a place called Iraq.

Colonel Felts was a good man
A fine leader, a friend.
Who wound up in Kansas
Teaching others the trend.

A student/instructor,
The last that you’d have thought
That they’d ask to deploy
He’d never been caught.

A soldier’s soldier
He volunteered without fear
With his family behind him
We’d all reason to cheer.

Then in November
We heard the sad news
Our hero had fallen
The Lord had to choose

Read the rest, you won’t be sorry. I’ll see you on Fiddler’s Green LTC Felts. Sgt Hook out.

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Beautiful tribute MajorDad, thanks for posting that here Hook.

RIP LTC Felts.

Comment by gypsy — 21 December 2006 @ 0125

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Definately a tissue alert. Thanks for sharing the poem.

Comment by AngelinMI — 21 December 2006 @ 0145

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Appreciate your pointing us to that sad, but really top-notch tribute.

Comment by MissBirdlegs in AL — 21 December 2006 @ 0357

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Memories Sgt Hook and Major Dad,
My cousin, Frank Krueger, was buried on my 15th birthday, 1968. He was 21yrs old and had survived Viet Nam. Back in the states at an Army base in KY, this young Sgt, while training others, encountered a malfunctioned smoke chamber. After several days in an iron lung, he passed. He was a devout Christian. He went to his Lord. God’s speed to all who serve our freedom and safety.

Comment by Joyce — 22 December 2006 @ 2313

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Joyce…

Sorry to hear about your cousin…and it just goes to show, it never hurts to be prepared to meet your maker. Doubly so if you’re going to slip into a uniform and lace up your boots every morning…or sneak out of the house like a thief in the dark of night to make it to PT on time.

If what your cousin, SGT Hook and I did was EASY, then everyone would want to do it.

I second your wishes for safety for our troops that serve us today, be it in the relative safety of the “everyday” Army as well as those in harm’s way.

Merry Christmas to all…and to all a good night. For you slackers out there…only two more shopping days until Christmas!

MajorDad1984

Comment by MajorDad1984 — 23 December 2006 @ 0318

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