Since before the birth of our Republic, two things have been true. One, we have conducted military operations at Christmas. Two, soldiers write letters home to Mom, Dad and the neighbors. This Christmas, as we await the birth of the Christ Child in Bethlehem, let us remember that we have 160,000 of our own children deployed in about 150 countries.
It was Christmas, 1776. The Continental Army, made up of unpaid volunteers with poor equipment and not enough winter clothing, was cold, hungry, and despairing. Some of…
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