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“Obstacles don’t have to stop you.

If you run into a wall,

don’t turn around

and give up.

Figure out a way to climb it,

to go through it,

or work around it.”  –Michael Jordan

“Why?  I gave him my Word.”

Kevin’s Sister

www.captainkevindonnelly.com

HV with HCV = Helping Veterans and Families with Hep C

One Salute At A Time

“A lie

goes around the world

while

the truth

is still

tying

its shoes.”

Mark Twain

“Why?  I gave him my Word.”

Kevin’s Sister

www.captainkevindonnelly.com

HV with HCV = Helping Veterans and Families with Hep C

One Salute At A Time

“Take away the cause, and the effect ceases.”

Miguel De Cervantes

Labor Day, 9/5/10

“Why?  I gave him my Word.”

Kevin’s Sister

www.captainkevindonnelly.com

HV with HCV = Helping Veterans and Families with Hep C

One Salute At A Time

“The world is full of cactus,

but

we don’t have to sit

on it.”

Will Foley

“Why?  I gave him my Word.”

Kevin’s Sister

www.captainkevindonnelly.com

HV with HCV = Helping Veterans and Families with Hep C

One Salute At A Time

“He seldom loses his temper.

This makes him a good foil

for the hot-headed duck.”

Ted Sears, Disney story department head, on Goofy and Donald.

“Why?  I gave him my Word.”

Kevin’s Sister

www.captainkevindonnelly.com

HV with HCV = Helping Veterans and Families with Hep C

One Salute At A Time

“The less effort,

the faster

and more powerful

you will be.”

Bruce Lee

“Why?  I gave him my Word.”

Kevin’s Sister

www.captainkevindonnelly.com

HV with HCV = Helping Veterans and Families with Hep C

One Salute At A Time

“The monster was inarticulate, helpless, and tragic, but I owe everything to him.  He’s my best friend.”  Boris Karloff

“We have not lost faith,

but we have transferred it from God to the medical profession.”

George Bernard Shaw

Memorial Day was always important to Kevin Donnelly – even before he enlisted.

Respectfully, Captain Kevin always took time to honor veterans prior to his death with HCV, hep C, August 5, 2000.  Always.

This year, I, Kevin’s Sister, continues his message.  I thank all veterans and their families for service.  We honor you, veterans and veterans’ families today, Memorial Day 2010.

(Below Captain Kevin’s poem is a link for additional veteran poetry by Kevin and also information to Kevin’s wonderful gift to veterans and their families “The Panama Story.”   ** Kevin’s story was photocopied by veterans and left in clinics and vet gatherings, so veterans would have additional information.  Veterans spread the message.  They were grateful for the information.  Kevin was always humbled and proud by this action.  My wish is you will share, too.)

“We”

By Captain Kevin Drue Donnelly

Copyright ©, All Rights Reserved.

A veteran stood alone today,
Just staring, at the Capitol steps.
Wondering, how long it would take,
For the leaders, to pay their respect.

For decades heroes have been forgotten,
Except when all felt the shame.
Of the vets that died from yester-year,
The one’s who had no names.

Inside the great Capitol,
This veteran noted to himself,
Are politicians who like to wave the flag,
But look the other way, when asked to help.
They know not what they do.
For they are politicians, and do it for greed.

The veteran does their part,
Because of this country’s needs.
The veteran, alone, stood and stared,
Then started to approach the marble steps.
“If it’s flag waving and honor they want,
Then surely, surely, they want a vet!”

As the Capitol neared,
And the vet approached the first steps,
The flag atop the building suddenly snapped, and waved
And greeted, the lonely vet.

It waved from high atop, the Nation’s Capitol.
Far removed, from the politician’s embrace.
It saluted Arlington Cemetery,
And all the great, great, heroes in that place.
The flag will never be,
For those that think, of only “Me”.

The veteran is a veteran,
Because they always think of “We.”

By Captain Kevin Drue Donnelly
May 1998