Cpl Glynis Sakowicz 169100 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I grew up with a father who went thru 32 months of fighting in the South Pacific and a year more in Korea. It was not uncommon on any holiday that had fireworks to see my dad hitting the ground, or diving under tables when the larger explosions occured.<br /> Later on, after the Gulf War, I saw it occuring with a few friends as well, and now, I see it in my husband, who was not only a Marine in the Gulf War, but a contractor in both Afghanistan and Iraq.<br /> I am proud to be American, don't get me wrong, but I have begun to hate the neighbors and their use us M80's and other painfully loud fireworks, because I see my soul-mate diving under tables, and cuddling his terrified dog at least a dozen times a night. 2014-07-02T09:15:29-04:00 Cpl Glynis Sakowicz 169100

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I grew up with a father who went thru 32 months of fighting in the South Pacific and a year more in Korea. It was not uncommon on any holiday that had fireworks to see my dad hitting the ground, or diving under tables when the larger explosions occured.<br /> Later on, after the Gulf War, I saw it occuring with a few friends as well, and now, I see it in my husband, who was not only a Marine in the Gulf War, but a contractor in both Afghanistan and Iraq.<br /> I am proud to be American, don't get me wrong, but I have begun to hate the neighbors and their use us M80's and other painfully loud fireworks, because I see my soul-mate diving under tables, and cuddling his terrified dog at least a dozen times a night.

2014-07-02T09:15:29-04:00 2014-07-02T09:15:29-04:00 MSG Wade Huffman 169120

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2014-07-02T09:33:23-04:00 2014-07-02T09:33:23-04:00 MSG Wade Huffman 173060

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>CPL Sakowicz, just following up to see how things went for you over the weekend.

2014-07-08T10:40:23-04:00 2014-07-08T10:40:23-04:00 Cpl Brett Wagner 174134

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I am truly sorry Cpl Sakowicz. I had an uncle that served in Korea on Pork Chop Hill and on a river boat in Vietnam. When he first came home from Vietnam I remember sitting in the kitchen with him and a car back fired and he was under the table in a split second. I hope it went as best it could.

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