St. Louis Patriots & Hooters Girls Welcome Thousands of US Troops To Town Today …Update: Soldiers Sing Outside of USO (Video)
Posted by Jim Hoft on Friday, December 18, 2009, 1:27 PM
Welcome to St. Louis!
More than 8,000 US troops packed St. Louis Lambert St. Louis International Airport this morning to catch flights home for the holidays.
Patch posted this great video of US soldiers and children singing Christmas carols outside of the USO:
Terrific!
Several local patriots welcomed the troops as they passed through St. Louis.
KSDK reported:
The service men and women are stationed at Fort Leonard Wood. The homecoming marks the first time many of the men and women will see their families since joining the service months ago.
“I can’t remember ever being this excited in my life,” Spc. Sosanka Sharma, from Houston, said.
The USO of Missouri, Inc. greeted the troops and provided food and entertainment as many of them waited to catch their flights.
Hometown favorites Jamie Allman and Dana Loesch from 97.1 FM were broadcasting live from Lambert Airport this morning.
Mr. and Mrs. Santa Claus showed up to take pictures with the troops.
The Hooters girls were a big hit and took photos with the troops as they passed through on their way home for the holidays.
It was a great time.
Doug Edelman posted more photos from Lambert this morning.
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bg commented:
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THANK YOU TROOPS!! (thumbsup)
& Thank You St. Louis Patriots & Hooters Girls!!
It Has Always Been The Soldier
It is the soldier,
not the President who gives us democracy.
It is the soldier,
not the Congress who takes care of us.
It is the soldier,
not the Reporter who has given us Freedom of Press.
It is the soldier,
not the Poet who has given us Freedom of Speech.
It is the soldier,
not the campus [community] Organizer who
has given us the Freedom to Demonstrate.
It is the soldier,
who salutes the flag;
who serves beneath the flag,
and whose coffin is draped by the flag,
that allows the protester to burn the flag.
~ Father Dennis O’Brien, US Marine Corp. Chaplain
God Bless America!
God Bless Soldiers everywhere for putting THEIR
lives on the line to protect us ALL from terrorism!
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Kenny Solomon commented:
GIT-R-DONE !!!
Pastorius commented:
Wow, in St. Louis your Hooters girls actually have hooters.
Out here in California there is some sort of state regulation against that, I believe.
Scott commented:
Thank you St. Louis for paying tribute to our brave and courageous troops!
As always, much gratitude to the troops for their loyal service and their commitment to defend the constitution and our country.
Joanne commented:
Hooters girls? That is just sad.
God Bless the American troops!
Squeemy Ellis commented:
“Hooters girls? That is just sad.”
Yeah . Very sad.I bet the male troops were deeply depressed about that.
liberty balls commented:
what about the l..bian troops? they must have been depressed too!
bg commented:
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LOL.. in the 5th photo down (second up from bottom), the back
pack the soldiers carrying looks like an Ewok Santa Claus!!
HAPPY CHRISTMAS & MERRY
NEW YEAR to TROOPS & ALL!!
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Sojourner commented:
God bless our troops and bless them with every joy of the Season.
http://www.thepeoplescube.com/images/Soldier_Celebrity.jpg
Anthony Mator commented:
Arm candy for hire.
Mike W commented:
As other troops are being sent to A-Stan a week before Christmas. Tell me after dithering for more then 90 days why this administration could not have waited until after Christmas to send them.
God Bless Our Troops wherever they may be.
wanumba commented:
Got a report from family members going thru Dallas-Ft.Worth airport yesterday and people were asked to clap for our troops – for any soldier coming thru the gates. LOTS of applause! Also, many nice people coming up to shake hands with any soldier they encountered … in California, too – today. Yep, guys in uniform were thanked in CA.
The American People are thanking and praising their troops. Who needs a snotty media or ass-backwards drug-addled Hollywood to act as piss-poor middle men?
Mountainbear commented:
In some European countries school children are not allowed to sing “silent night” anymore, because it might “aggravate” or “insult” certain people. You know who. The “usual suspects”.
One of the recent bans happened in Zürich, Switzerland.