Before You Go Soldier

[Racerbvd]

For all you guys, whose fathers, like mine, put thier lives on the line to protect out freedom.

Before You Go Soldier



The elderly parking lot attendant wasn't in a good mood!


Neither was Sam Bierstock. It was around 1 a.m., and Bierstock, a Delray Beach, Fla. , eye doctor, business consultant, corporate speaker and musician, was bone tired after appearing at an event.

He pulled up in his car, and the parking attendant began to speak. "I took two bullets for this country and look what I'm doing," he said bitterly.

At first, Bierstock didn't know what to say to the World War II veteran. But he rolled down his window and told the man, "Really, from the bottom of my heart, I want to thank you."

Then the old soldier began to cry.

"That really got to me," Bierstock says.

Cut to today.

Bierstock, 58, and John Melnick, 54, of Pompano Beach - a member of Bierstock's band, Dr. Sam and the M anaged Care Band - have written a song inspired by that old soldier in the airport parking lot. The mournful "Before You Go" does more than salute those who fought in WWII. It encourages people to go out of their way to thank the aging warriors before they die.

"If we had lost that particular war, our whole way of life would have been shot," says Bierstock, who plays harmonica. "The WW II soldiers are now dying at the rate of about 2,000 every day. I thought we needed to thank them."

The song is striking a chord. Within four days of Bierstock placing it on the Web, the song and accompanying photo essay have bounced around nine countries, producing tears and heartfelt thanks from veterans, their sons and daughters and grandchildren.

"It made me cry," wrote one veteran's son. Another sent an e-mail saying that only after his father consumed several glasses of wine would he discuss "the unspeakable hor rors" he and other soldiers had witnessed in places such as Anzio, Iwo Jima, Bataan and Omaha Beach. "I can never thank them enough," the son wrote. "Thank you for thinking about them."

Bierstock and Melnick thought about shipping it off to a professional singer, maybe a Lee Greenwood type, but because time was running out for so many veterans, they decided it was best to release it quickly, for free, on the Web. They've sent the song to Sen. John McCain and others in Washington. Already they have been invited to perform it in Houston for a Veterans Day tribute - this after just a few days on the Web. They hope every veteran in America gets a chance to hear it.


GOD BLESS every EVERY veteran...
and THANK you to those of you veterans who may receive this !


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http://www.managedmusic.com/Music/PlayBeforeYouGo.php



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[911Rob]

Thanks B!
God Bless them all!!

For those that serve/have served; Thank-you for your service, from the bottom of my heart; thank-you!

[Joeaksa]

Very good.

[K. Roman]

My dad is a Vietnam vet. He is on more meds than Heath Ledger. And he hates war. Maybe if more of us saw the atrocities and repercusions we'd all be better off.

Much Respect.

[Les Paul]

My father in law was 17 when he joined the navy in ww2 and was in on the last 3 major invasions in the Pacific. He started going to reunions of his old shipmates probably 15 years ago. They would have them every year spread across America. The first one had over 200 people attending. There are only 16 left and this year was the last one and he didn't go because his wife can't get around anymore. Kind of sad. He lived to go to those things. My wife told him she would go with him but he declined. It was only after he started going to the reunions that he would talk about what he saw.

[Rot 911]

Not to be too cynical, but how old was that parking lot attendant? He would have to be around 80 or so to have been in WWII.

[Seahawk]

Originally Posted by K. Roman

My dad is a Vietnam vet. He is on more meds than Heath Ledger. And he hates war. Maybe if more of us saw the atrocities and repercussions we'd all be better off.

Much Respect.

Yes we would. I hope you accept my best wishes for your father, with my respect.

[onewhippedpuppy]

Cool story. In our day and age, their sacrifices are often forgotten.

[Racerbvd]

Originally Posted by Les Paul

My father in law was 17 when he joined the navy in ww2 and was in on the last 3 major invasions in the Pacific. He started going to reunions of his old shipmates probably 15 years ago. They would have them every year spread across America. The first one had over 200 people attending. There are only 16 left and this year was the last one and he didn't go because his wife can't get around anymore. Kind of sad. He lived to go to those things. My wife told him she would go with him but he declined. It was only after he started going to the reunions that he would talk about what he saw.

Same story with my dad, but he passed in 93

Not to be too cynical, but how old was that parking lot attendant? He would have to be around 80 or so to have been in WWII.

My father would have been 80 this year if he was still alive.