to everybody listening people in uniform people in business suits people in
coveralls people everyone we talk today about Mikey Mansoor I don't want to
leave you with this Mikey monster was named after Saint
Michael Saint Michael is the warrior Ark Angel that led heavens army against
Satan Saint Michael was known as the principal of the angelic Warriors and
was seen as a protector against the darkness and in the Christian religion
specifically in the Anglican and the Catholic and the Lutheran churches
September 29th September 29th is known as Michael Mass or Saint Michael's day
and that day September 29th 2006 was the day that our Saint Michael
Mikey Mansour was killed in Iraq the city of Ramadi sacrificing his life to
save the lives of three of his teammates three of his brothers three of his
friends and I would ask you this when September 29th comes around remember
and I would ask that while you honor the hero and you honor the warrior that
Michael Monsoor was please also remember that Mikey was a person he was a smiling
kid he was a jokester he was a determined man a brother a son an uncle
a friend and Michael Monsoor was a young man with hopes and plans and aspirations
and dreams dreams for his future and dreams for his life
and in that moment of truth he gave them all all those hopes and all those dreams
he gave them all to us remember that
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