SOMETHING WE’VE BEEN SAVING UP HERE: YOUR GREAT LETTERS FROM LAST WEEK’S SHOW!
WE ASKED YOU TO TELL US ABOUT A VETERAN IN YOUR LIFE. LET’S SEE WHAT YOU HAD TO SAY BY CHECKING OUT OUR INBOX.
CONNOR FROM PRICE ELEMENTARY SHARED HIS FAMILY HISTORY:
“I HAVE MANY VETERANS IN MY FAMILY. ONE OF THEM WAS MY GREAT GRANDPA. HE SERVED IN WORLD WAR II. HE WAS A DOCTOR AND HELPED MANY PEOPLE.... HE NEVER FOUGHT IN THE WAR BUT MANY OF HIS FRIENDS DID FIGHT AND SOME DIED. I DON'T KNOW HOW LONG HE SERVED. I DIDN´T KNOW HIM BECAUSE HE DIED BEFORE I WAS BORN, BUT MY FAMILY CAN TELL ME ABOUT HIM.”
JORDYN FROM SILVER LAKE ELEMENTARY TOLD US ABOUT SOMEONE SPECIAL TO HER:
“MY COUSIN CODY IS IN THE MARINES. WE RARELY SEE HIM BUT WE STILL HANG OUT. WE ALSO HAVE A HANDSHAKE. CODY HAS TO WAKE UP REALLY EARLY IN THE MORNING AND DO EXERCISES AND WARMUPS LIKE JUMPING JACKS. MY COUSIN CODY IS MY HERO AND I LOVE HIM VERY MUCH.”
EVAN FROM LAKEVIEW MIDDLE WROTE: “MY GRANDFATHER IS A VETERAN AND HE SERVED IN THE ARMY. HE SHOWED ME PICTURES OF ALL OF THE PLACES THAT HE HAS BEEN LIKE NORTH KOREA, SOUTH KOREA, JAPAN, AND EVEN CHINA. HE ALSO SHOWED ME PICTURES OF THE ARMY BASES THAT HE WAS STATIONED AT. HE ALSO TOLD ME STORIES ABOUT HIS ADVENTURES WHEN HE WAS IN THE ARMY LIKE HOW HE GOT TO DRIVE CARS AND GIVE OUT ORDERS. MY GRANDFATHER IS MY HERO AND HE IS THE BEST GRANDFATHER EVER.”
AVA FROM GREENVIEW UPPER ELEMENTARY WROTE:
“I DON'T KNOW ANYONE IN MY FAMILY THAT IS A VET, BUT MY MATH TEACHER MR. K USED TO BE A VET. HE SPECIALIZED IN MISSILES AND ROCKETS I THINK THAT IT’S COOL THAT A MATH TEACHER WHO'S REALLY NICE AND KIND USED TO WORK ON ROCKETS AND MISSILES AND TEACHES IN GREENVIEW UPPER ELEMENTARY.”
MCKENZIE FROM MULBERRY ELEMENTARY HAS A NEAT VET STORY:
“MY GRANDPARENTS WERE IN THE U.S ARMY AND I AM REALLY SHOCKED THAT THAT IS HOW THEY MET! THEY WORKED ON THE COMPUTERS, WHICH I LOVE TO DO! … I THINK THAT IS REALLY COOL AND I KNOW THAT I CAN LOOK FORWARD TO HOPEFULLY TAKE THEIR SPOT IN THE ARMY WHEN I GROW UP. RECENTLY AT MY SCHOOL FOR VETERAN'S DAY MY WHOLE SCHOOL HAD A GET-TOGETHER AND WE INVITED AT LEAST A HUNDRED VETERANS TO COME TO OUR SCHOOL. MY GRANDPARENTS WERE THERE AND I COULD TELL THEY HAD A BIG SMILE ON THEIR FACES BECAUSE I KNOW I SURE DID!
THANKS CONNOR, JORDYN, EVAN, AVA AND MCKENZIE AND THANKS TO ALL THOSE VETS IN YOUR LIVES – AND VETS EVERYWHERE, LIKE MY FATHER AND A BUNCH OF MY UNCLES!
WELL THIS WEEK WE’VE GOT A FUN WRITE IN FOR YOU. WE WANT TO KNOW WHAT DO YOU WANT TO LEARN MORE ABOUT? WRITE TO US AND LET US KNOW WHAT YOU’RE INTERESTED IN.
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