I'll start with my grandpa, Michael Drazich. I really don't know much about his military service, except that he was in the Army in WWII. He never talked about it much and whenever the topic did come up he rarely said anything. All I know is that he was in Europe fighting during that time.
The second man that I'm thinking of is my daddy, Paul Drazich. He was in the Coast Guard in the 1980s. He loves to tell stories of the things he did, and my favorite thing as a little girl was to crawl up on his lap and have him tell me stories of his time on the ships. I could probably tell all of his stories as good as can tell them! He was stationed on the Great Lakes, as well as the Atlantic Ocean, and on Governor's Island in NYC teaching electronics.
The last of the 3 men who were in the military is my friend and hero, Aaron Williams. Aaron was a Marine, and the best of the best. Of any one person I know, Aaron was the most patriotic person in the world. He was also one of the kindest, gentlest, most loving, caring, generous person I've ever known. Aaron had NO enemies, and that's saying a lot for a person, everyone loved and cared deeply for the rough and tough Marine, with a BIG heart. Soon before he was to be deployed for Iraq, Aaron was diagnosed with brain cancer, at the age of 30. All the plans and dreams that he had came crashing down around him with a diagnosis of 6 months to live. However, instead of allowing the circumstances to get him down and ruin his life, Aaron chose to fight, and fight he did, for 3 years! But finally, after touching thousands of lives, God decided that it was time to call Aaron home to Him, and on June 22, 2007.
Next comes my dear friend Ray Pfahl. He is in the Army, and pretty close to being a big brother, without actually being one! Ray is 22 and has been in both Afghanistan and Iraq. He just got back from Iraq in August. Please pray for him, because he is not saved, and as he sees more and more pain and sorrow only gets harder and harder toward God. He is still one of my good friends, and I think I'm probably the only Christian that he allows to get close to him.
Lastly, and the most recent to come into my life is Jason Hunsicker, who is in the Navy. I know that I could go on and on and on about him… :) Anyway, well he has been in the Navy since August 2007, and is stationed in Yokosuka Japan on the USS Blue Ridge, which is the flagship for the 7th fleet. Currently he is deployed somewhere in the Pacific.
I just wanted to say thank you too all of the men and women who are or have been in the military and to their families as well.
***Jason***
5 comments:
Very nice blog post. :)
Thanks to all you who have been mentioned, as well as the unmentioned, for your service. I pray we never take what you have done and are doing for granted.
Thank you so much for this Hannah. Reading things like this really makes me feel like I can make it through this next year and a half.
My granddaddy was in the service in WWII, a great-uncle of mine was in both World Wars, and I know countless people who fought in Vietnam and Korea; and I have several cousins who have been or are in the service. Thanks to all who have served in our miliary!
Oh yes, I know people who have been in every war since WWII, but I could only mention so many! :) Oh and check out the quote on the side of my blog by David Fribley if you already haven't seen it...it's really good...
Thanks soooo much to those who have served, and to those who are currently serving! So many act as if they don't care about you and don't appreciate you - but please be assured, there are MANY that do love you and appreciate you and what you have done and are doing to help keep us free!
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