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A Special Veterans Day Tribute A Poem By Amari Santana · HAVE FAITH LET IT BEGIN®

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  Good morning, everyone, and welcome to a special edition of Have Faith, Let It Begin.
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  I'm going to air an episode that we did last year for Veterans Day.
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  So without further ado, I've got to go back to work. Here's the episode.
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  Music.
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  Welcome to Have Faith. Let it begin. Here's your host, Angel Santana.
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  Ariel, can you say, have faith? Let it begin. Let it begin? Let it begin. Say, have faith.
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  Let it begin. Let it begin. No. No. No? Okay. Hi, Noah. Noah! Noah.
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  Happy birthday, Noah. Hey, then. I'm a little lazy. Can you just put those that say?
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  Noah.
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  Have faith. Let it begin. When it starts right now. Good morning.
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  Today is November 11th. It is Veterans Day.
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  Let us remember that today is a day to honor all those brave men and women who
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  have served and are serving their country with bravery, dedication, and self-sacrifice.
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  My name is Angel, and this is Have Faith, Let It Begin.
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  It is an honor to turn today's episode over to my nephew, Amari,
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  who will have an essay that he wrote inspired by his grandfather, my father, Angel Sr.
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  Amari, take it away.
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  Thanks, T.O. Angel, for inviting me to speak on your podcast,
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  Have Faith, Let It Begin.
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  Today, I'm going to read my Veterans Day essay, In Pride and Our Veterans.
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  When most people think of superheroes, they think of superpowers and other unreal abilities.
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  But when I think of a superhero, I think of brave, courageous, inspiring.
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  These are the real superheroes, fighting for our freedom no matter the cost,
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  sacrificing so much for sanity, their time, and sometimes their lives.
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  Veterans should be respected, not just on November 11th, but every day.
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  This year, what I have learned is that long ago, entering the military wasn't a choice.
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  Citizens as low as ages, as low as 18, were drafted into the military,
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  not able to have a choice.
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  Recently, my grandfather told me that two weeks after he was married to my grandmother,
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  he was drafted into the army.
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  He was going to fight for the military for two whole years.
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  After a few months of training, my grandfather was sent to fight in the Vietnam War.
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  As he threw into the country to fight for the war, he felt scared and ill.
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  But despite this, he kept going to fight for the war.
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  Instead of giving up, he kept going, knowing he could die. Instead of running
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  away from the danger, he ran to it.
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  That is the heroic act of Serira. Not the one in fairy tales,
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  not the one in comic books. The real one.
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  After the war, my grandfather had seen things he could never forget and lost
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  friends that he had bonded with.
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  Even though the 11th month and 28th days he fought in the Vietnam War was tough,
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  he came home with a sense of pride and accomplishment.
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  As a result, my grandfather dedicated 23 more years of service in the National Guard.
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  I am proud to say that my grandfather retired as a Sergeant First Class E-7.
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  Often during veterans say people will think it's just veterans, but it's more than that.
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  The families, my grandmother would send my grandpa letters each day,
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  hoping she would be able to see him again.
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  Luckily, my grandfather came home safely.
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  Not all veterans could have said the same. So on November 11th,
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  let's try to not only thank these brave soldiers, but thank their loving families.
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  The pride in our veterans.
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  We thank you, Omari, for giving us that beautiful poem. I'm going to call it a poem.
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  We hope that everyone enjoyed today's special edition of the Veterans Day,
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  and we hope and pray that each and every day you're inspired to go and face
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  the world and remember that all the sacrifices made by our military,
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  so that we could have a safer life,
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  no amount of appreciation would be sufficient enough to honor them.
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  Let us just pray for them and their families.
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  Have a happy Veterans Day.
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  Have faith. Let it begin.
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  Hey guys, this is Mia Santana and you're listening to Have Faith, Let It Begin.
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  Music.