Comments on: PFC Ross A. McGinnis http://urbangrounds.com/2006/12/pfc-ross-mcginnis/ Sometimes the truth hurts Tue, 14 Feb 2012 18:51:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Ray http://urbangrounds.com/2006/12/pfc-ross-mcginnis/#comment-135847 Ray Fri, 06 Jun 2008 14:39:03 +0000 http://urbangrounds.com/2006/12/13/pfc-ross-mcginnis/#comment-135847 To Mr McGinnis - You are a true hero in my families eyes. You are a blessing to my family. You are what I want my son and daughters to be...brave and strong. Thank you for saving your brother's lives so that they may go on and defend this great nation and to defeat those who wish us harm. Your act of courage will never be forgoten by my family. My children will know who you are and will be grateful for what you gave for them. I am so proud of you and the many men and women who are serving to ensure our safety and freedom. God Speed and May you forever Rest in Peace. To Mr McGinnis – You are a true hero in my families eyes. You are a blessing to my family. You are what I want my son and daughters to be…brave and strong. Thank you for saving your brother’s lives so that they may go on and defend this great nation and to defeat those who wish us harm. Your act of courage will never be forgoten by my family. My children will know who you are and will be grateful for what you gave for them. I am so proud of you and the many men and women who are serving to ensure our safety and freedom.

God Speed and May you forever Rest in Peace.

]]> By: evie http://urbangrounds.com/2006/12/pfc-ross-mcginnis/#comment-135733 evie Tue, 03 Jun 2008 18:57:21 +0000 http://urbangrounds.com/2006/12/13/pfc-ross-mcginnis/#comment-135733 Thank you for serving our country with no fear and of the highest of valor. Evie of Dothan, Alabama Thank you for serving our country with no fear and of the highest of valor. Evie of Dothan, Alabama

]]> By: Anna http://urbangrounds.com/2006/12/pfc-ross-mcginnis/#comment-134050 Anna Thu, 27 Mar 2008 09:25:09 +0000 http://urbangrounds.com/2006/12/13/pfc-ross-mcginnis/#comment-134050 He sacrificed his life so we can live ours. I was proud to stand for this young hero with the Patriot Guard at Arlington National Cemetery. It was my first mission and I was awestruck by the turnout this young soldier received, well deserved. Mission accomplished Pfc. McGinnis and thank you. He sacrificed his life so we can live ours. I was proud to stand for this young hero with the Patriot Guard at Arlington National Cemetery. It was my first mission and I was awestruck by the turnout this young soldier received, well deserved. Mission accomplished Pfc. McGinnis and thank you.

]]> By: Friend of PFC Ross Mcginnis http://urbangrounds.com/2006/12/pfc-ross-mcginnis/#comment-40962 Friend of PFC Ross Mcginnis Sat, 03 Feb 2007 21:46:49 +0000 http://urbangrounds.com/2006/12/13/pfc-ross-mcginnis/#comment-40962 you still live in our hearts ross -* we love and miss you!!! not a day goes by that i dont think about you and the sacrfice you gave for all of us. rest easy ross - until we see each other again.. you still live in our hearts ross -* we love and miss you!!! not a day goes by that i dont think about you and the sacrfice you gave for all of us. rest easy ross – until we see each other again..

]]> By: Jo A. McGinnis http://urbangrounds.com/2006/12/pfc-ross-mcginnis/#comment-36182 Jo A. McGinnis Mon, 15 Jan 2007 23:03:59 +0000 http://urbangrounds.com/2006/12/13/pfc-ross-mcginnis/#comment-36182 Ross is my cousin, I will miss him alot. Ross is my cousin, I will miss him alot.

]]> By: ... http://urbangrounds.com/2006/12/pfc-ross-mcginnis/#comment-35214 ... Fri, 12 Jan 2007 17:55:21 +0000 http://urbangrounds.com/2006/12/13/pfc-ross-mcginnis/#comment-35214 SPC. McGinnis, Brother, I never met you. I don't know anyone from your family, your school, or your town. I was about to write that we have one thing in common, but I erased those words...because I cannot compare myself to you. I have been in the Army for over 15 years and as proud as I am of my soldiers and the work they have done, I wonder where a man of your caliber comes from. Rest easy now, young warrior....you've done your time in hell. A Soldier's Prayer...by Dean Jones One hot desert morning at dawn's early light While trudging through the sand I found a piece of paper Clutched in a young man's hand And upon that paper the words he wrote Were not filled with despair Just thoughts from the heart of a brave young lad He called it, "A Soldier's Prayer" I took the paper from his hand and read it aloud... Will there be a place in heaven For a person such as me Who, through youth and the love for life Isn't all you'd have me be? I've been a man but a short time now And I'll ask you this, if I might Isn't fighting for freedom's cause A fight that's always right? The men I've killed, some things I've done Are not things I've wanted to do But a job I believe had to be done By we who believe in you I had those thoughts upon my mind When I heard that deadly sound Then, all around me, one by one My friends fell to the ground Somehow I knew before it hit Fear ran up my spine I felt the blast tearing my side I knew this one was mine There'll be much grief for loved ones at home when they learn that I am dead Please ease their pain and let them know These things that I have said Time's run out, I can feel death's sting Oh, God, please hear my plea Let there be a place in heaven For a person such as me Lord, this is the chaplain, I'm here with this lad Our country's given the finest it had We who are older and have studied your word Know this boy's prayer is more than just heard It is answered with your love And the promise that there'll be A special place in heaven For a person such as he. SPC. McGinnis,

Brother, I never met you. I don’t know anyone from your family, your school, or your town. I was about to write that we have one thing in common, but I erased those words…because I cannot compare myself to you. I have been in the Army for over 15 years and as proud as I am of my soldiers and the work they have done, I wonder where a man of your caliber comes from.

Rest easy now, young warrior….you’ve done your time in hell.

A Soldier’s Prayer…by Dean Jones

One hot desert morning at dawn’s early light
While trudging through the sand
I found a piece of paper
Clutched in a young man’s hand

And upon that paper the words he wrote
Were not filled with despair
Just thoughts from the heart of a brave young lad
He called it, “A Soldier’s Prayer”

I took the paper from his hand and read it aloud…

Will there be a place in heaven
For a person such as me
Who, through youth and the love for life
Isn’t all you’d have me be?

I’ve been a man but a short time now
And I’ll ask you this, if I might
Isn’t fighting for freedom’s cause
A fight that’s always right?

The men I’ve killed, some things I’ve done
Are not things I’ve wanted to do
But a job I believe had to be done
By we who believe in you

I had those thoughts upon my mind
When I heard that deadly sound
Then, all around me, one by one
My friends fell to the ground

Somehow I knew before it hit
Fear ran up my spine
I felt the blast tearing my side
I knew this one was mine

There’ll be much grief for loved ones at home
when they learn that I am dead
Please ease their pain and let them know
These things that I have said

Time’s run out, I can feel death’s sting
Oh, God, please hear my plea
Let there be a place in heaven
For a person such as me

Lord, this is the chaplain, I’m here with this lad
Our country’s given the finest it had
We who are older and have studied your word
Know this boy’s prayer is more than just heard

It is answered with your love
And the promise that there’ll be
A special place in heaven
For a person such as he.

]]> By: Mark West http://urbangrounds.com/2006/12/pfc-ross-mcginnis/#comment-34778 Mark West Wed, 10 Jan 2007 02:24:00 +0000 http://urbangrounds.com/2006/12/13/pfc-ross-mcginnis/#comment-34778 Ross represents the very best of a rare breed of man. Despite my not being a spiritual person I must say; God has a special place for people of this kind. Ross represents the very best of a rare breed of man. Despite my not being a spiritual person I must say; God has a special place for people of this kind.

]]> By: Anonymous http://urbangrounds.com/2006/12/pfc-ross-mcginnis/#comment-34769 Anonymous Wed, 10 Jan 2007 00:21:37 +0000 http://urbangrounds.com/2006/12/13/pfc-ross-mcginnis/#comment-34769 Greater love has no one than this, that he lay down his life for his friends. John 15:13 Greater love has no one than this, that he lay down his life for his friends. John 15:13

]]> By: Friend of PFC Ross Mcginnis http://urbangrounds.com/2006/12/pfc-ross-mcginnis/#comment-31667 Friend of PFC Ross Mcginnis Thu, 21 Dec 2006 15:19:04 +0000 http://urbangrounds.com/2006/12/13/pfc-ross-mcginnis/#comment-31667 I am proud to say i knew Ross Mcginnis he was a friend, a hero and he will live forever in our hearts. We all love and miss you Ross * !!! I am proud to say i knew Ross Mcginnis he was a friend, a hero and he will live forever in our hearts. We all love and miss you Ross * !!!

]]> By: Sean Courtney http://urbangrounds.com/2006/12/pfc-ross-mcginnis/#comment-31398 Sean Courtney Tue, 19 Dec 2006 15:12:25 +0000 http://urbangrounds.com/2006/12/13/pfc-ross-mcginnis/#comment-31398 Ross McGinnis pesonified what is slowly becoming a 'lost trait' amongst men...honor. His sacrifice for his troops, and for my very own freedom with his actions will live long after the battle he was fighting is over and in the history books. It was best said this way, " Everything that is called duty, the prerequisite for all genuine law, and the substance of every noble custom, can be traced back to honor. If one has to think about it...one is already without honor." Ross didn't have to think about it, and during this holiday of reflection and prayer, I will honor him with my own words of thanks and hopefully, as will a grateful nation. Ross McGinnis pesonified what is slowly becoming a ‘lost trait’ amongst men…honor. His sacrifice for his troops, and for my very own freedom with his actions will live long after the battle he was fighting is over and in the history books. It was best said this way,
” Everything that is called duty, the prerequisite for all genuine law, and the substance of every noble custom, can be traced back to honor. If one has to think about it…one is already without honor.”
Ross didn’t have to think about it, and during this holiday of reflection and prayer, I will honor him with my own words of thanks and hopefully, as will a grateful nation.

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