Walk to remember: Carry the Load takes steps to honor those who served
TEXARKANA, Ark. -- Each stage of a 22-mile walk Thursday through Texarkana was a step toward returning meaning to Memorial Day, Carry the Load participants said.
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TEXARKANA, Ark. -- Each stage of a 22-mile walk Thursday through Texarkana was a step toward returning meaning to Memorial Day, Carry the Load participants said.
Think it's just going to bring more pain to her. but i'm finding out when she does that it might be healing her little by little. as long as i know she's healing, th then i know i can heal as well. >> mr. and mrs. murphy, i wish you strength and peace in the years ahead. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> john kelly said to put politics aside. it was president trump who brought up the subject of conversations with gold star families when he talked about former president. and continued to praise puerto rico. gave his administration an ten. on the ground in puerto rico to keep him honest. when you'r...
Negative about a phone call or letter. i want -- he wants to be -- yes. he wants to be remembered as man, army ranger that loved his country. he did what he wanted to do, accomplished what he wanted to do. that's what i want people to know about specialist etienne j. murphy, it's not about a letter or phone call. >> he was doing exactly what he wanted to do with his life. >> yes. he loved it. begged him not to join, not to go to syria. he said mom, i have -- told me he didn't want to go but he did. >> grief is something we don't talk about nuch this society. makes people uncomfortable. loss is...
Few days when i did speak about him -- i think it's because of the responses and support i've receiving from others, it's helping me. some days i still feel like i don't want to go on. when i'm reading letters and outpouring of the support i've received, it's touched my heart so much, it gave me a little bit of strength. i want to thank everyone for their support and understanding and compassion during this hard, very difficult time. in our lives. >> mr. murphy, anything else you wanted to say? >> well, yes. me as the father, i have my pain and we handle our pain and our feelings a little diff...
Truthfully they're far tpart of free society but he attacked them today and continued the divisiveness in free society. another day where the focus wasn't on the families like mr. and mrs. murphy and mr. and mrs. johnson on earlier today and suffering they're going through because their soldiers are dead. we have to stop this divisiveness and go back to the point of empathy and understanding and humility within our society and within our presidential leadership. >> admiral kirby? >> i couldn't agree more with everything that general hertling said just there, i've known general kelly, worked wi...