THIS PRESENT SHOOK ME TO THE CORE, AND I THANK YOU AGAIN.

January 6, 2015

Civilian Marksmanship Program▸Sales▸THIS PRESENT SHOOK ME TO THE CORE, AND I THANK YOU AGAIN.

HELLO MELISSA:

PLEASE FIND ENCLOSED, A COPY OF THE NOTE THAT DAMON RUST SENT TO ME.  IT WILL HELP TO EXPLAIN THE MEANING OF MY CONTACT WITH YOU.  MY WIFE AND HE AND HIS WIFE, PRESENTED ME WITH A M-1 GARAND AS A CHRISTMAS GIFT AND SAID THAT THEY NEVER COULD HAVE PULLED THIS OFF WITHOUT YOUR EFFORTS.  ON BEHALF OF MYSELF AND ALL OF THEM, I WANT TO EXPRESS “ALL” OF OUR THANKS TO YOU AND THE EXCEPTIONAL EFFORT THAT YOU MUST HAVE PUT FORTH IN ORDER FOR THEIR PLAN TO COME TOGETHER.  THEY ARE SURE THAT WITHOUT YOUR ASSISTANCE, IT COULD HAVE NEVER HAVE COME TO BE..  I’M SURE THAT THIS TIME OF YEAR YOU MUST HAVE A “FULL PLATE” AND FOR YOU TO TAKE THIS CHALLENGE ON, IS APPRECIATED BEYOND WORDS.. 

I WOULD ALSO LIKE FOR YOU TO PASS THIS LETTER OF APPRECIATION ON TO THE FOLKS WHO MUST HAVE ALSO WORKED TO MAKE THIS DREAM COME TRUE FOR ME.  LIKE YOURSELF,, I WOULD ASSUME THE THEY TOO ARE BUSY AS CAN BE DURING THIS TIMEFRAME, AND THEY NEED TO FEEL THE “WARM AND FUZZY” THAT THEIR EFFORTS PRODUCED BY THIS OLE VET..

IT’S HARD TO EXPLAIN HOW A PIECE OF HARDWARE LIKE THIS CAN EFFECT A MAN, BUT IT SURELY DID ME.  I’D GUESS ONE WOULD HAVE TO “WALK THAT MILE”, IN ORDER TO UNDERSTAND THE EMOTIONS IT WOKE UP INSIDE ME.  FOR A PERIOD OF MY LIFE, THE M-1 WAS MY MOTHER, MY FATHER, AND MY BEST FRIEND AND AT THAT PERIOD OF TIME IN MY LIFE, IT REALLY BECAME A PART OF ME.  I’D KICKED IT OUT OF MY MIND UNTIL DAMON TOOK ME OUT TO A RANGE AND ALLOWED ME TO SHOOT HIS.  AT THAT TIME, THE MEMORY’S WERE AWOKE AND IT JUST FELT SO GOOD..  I COULD GO ON AND ON BUT WILL NOT TAKE UP YOUR TIME.  JUST KNOW THAT I WANT YOU TO KNOW HOW MUCH YOU ARE APPRECIATED, ALONG WITH MY WIFE AND DAMON AND SANDY RUST.  THIS PRESENT SHOOK ME TO THE CORE, AND I THANK YOU AGAIN.

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