Stars and Stripes
Dutch2
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I received the following story today. Story line is dated June 16, 2005.
"Denzel Washington and his family recently visited the troops at Brook Army Medical Center in San Antonio, Texas. This is where soldiers that have been evacuated from Germany come to be hospitalized in the States, especially burn victims. They have buildings there called Fisher Houses. The Fisher House is a hotel where soldiers' families can stay for little or no charge, while their soldier is staying in the hospital. BAMC has quite a few of these houses on base but as you can imagine, they are almost completlty filled most of the time. While Denzel Washington was visiting BAMC, they give him a tour of one of the Fisher Houses. He asked how much one of them would cost to build. He took his check book out and wrote a check for the full amount right there on the spot. The soldiers, here and overseas, were amazed to hear this story and want to get the word out to the American public, because it really warmed their hearts to hear it. The question on eveyones minds at BAMC and other military locations is why do Alec Baldwin, Sean Penn, Modonna, and other Hollywood types make front page news with their anti-everything American crap and this doesn't even make page 3 in the Metro section of any newspaper except the base newspapter in San Antonio. A true American and friend to all in uniform."
"Denzel Washington and his family recently visited the troops at Brook Army Medical Center in San Antonio, Texas. This is where soldiers that have been evacuated from Germany come to be hospitalized in the States, especially burn victims. They have buildings there called Fisher Houses. The Fisher House is a hotel where soldiers' families can stay for little or no charge, while their soldier is staying in the hospital. BAMC has quite a few of these houses on base but as you can imagine, they are almost completlty filled most of the time. While Denzel Washington was visiting BAMC, they give him a tour of one of the Fisher Houses. He asked how much one of them would cost to build. He took his check book out and wrote a check for the full amount right there on the spot. The soldiers, here and overseas, were amazed to hear this story and want to get the word out to the American public, because it really warmed their hearts to hear it. The question on eveyones minds at BAMC and other military locations is why do Alec Baldwin, Sean Penn, Modonna, and other Hollywood types make front page news with their anti-everything American crap and this doesn't even make page 3 in the Metro section of any newspaper except the base newspapter in San Antonio. A true American and friend to all in uniform."
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Besides, if the government did build them, you would have hundreds of ten-story buildings spanning the continental US to warehouse the relatives of the National Guardspeople, Reservists and Active Duty relatives and we just can't support that.