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February 3, 2005

The Hug: al-Souhail and Norwood.

Posted by Eric at 7:46 am. Filed under: General

Safia Taleb al-Souhail and Janet Norwood

And we have said farewell to some very good men and women, who died for our freedom and whose memory this nation will honor forever. One name we honor is Marine Corps Sergeant Byron Norwood of Pflugerville, Texas, who was killed during the assault on Fallujah. His mom, Janet, sent me a letter and told me how much Byron loved being a Marine and how proud he was to be on the front line against terror. She wrote, “When Byron was home the last time, I said that I wanted to protect him, like I had since he was born. He just hugged me and said, ‘You’ve done your job, Mom. Now it is my turn to protect you.’”

Ladies and gentlemen, with grateful hearts, we honor freedom’s defenders and our military families, represented here this evening by Sergeant Norwood’s mom and dad, Janet and Bill Norwood.

UPDATE: Looks like Powerline had the same idea.


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