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We've all, undoubtedly, said many goodbyes. What's your most memorable farewell?
Mine is the day I entered the Army. The recruiter came to our upstate NY home at something like 0600 to pick up my 17-year-old self and take me to the recruiting station, then on to the airport and basic training at Fort Polk, LA. After I said goodbye to my mother, my aunt (who lived down the road and was like a second mother to me) waved through her window as we drove by. And she never got up at such an early hour! That day was just over 39 years ago, but I remember it like it was yesterday.
What about you? What's your most memorable goodbye?
Mine is the day I entered the Army. The recruiter came to our upstate NY home at something like 0600 to pick up my 17-year-old self and take me to the recruiting station, then on to the airport and basic training at Fort Polk, LA. After I said goodbye to my mother, my aunt (who lived down the road and was like a second mother to me) waved through her window as we drove by. And she never got up at such an early hour! That day was just over 39 years ago, but I remember it like it was yesterday.
What about you? What's your most memorable goodbye?
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My most memorable was when I said goodbye to my wife, my son, and my daughter the day I left for Afghanistan. It is still a vivid memory nearly a decade later and much more vivid than my 'homecoming' was.. that is still just a blur to me, or even the day I left for the Army... MANY decades ago (of course that has probably faded much more from age!)
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Yes - I remember saying goodbye to my wife, daughters and parents at the airport when I left on ADVON to go on deployment. It was better that way then having a sendoff ceremony.
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Leaving my 10 month old daughter in Sept 2001 headed out. Gone from Sept 2001 to March or April of 2003. And that was before we could do the whole Skype thing.....so it was the odd phone call at the weird hours, for 5 minutes, when you could get into the morale tents....
That sucked. (the not being able to see/hold/talk to the baby). The deployment was good to go.
That sucked. (the not being able to see/hold/talk to the baby). The deployment was good to go.
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