Tom Gator 851.

The “Greatest Generation” is about to disappear….any of you who Fathers ,
Grand fathers, Uncles, cousins, etc. who sacrificed years of their
lives so we could enjoy the freedoms & prosperity of this great country
will enjoy this song!

Subject: Before You Go ...

The elderly parking lot attendant wasn't in a good mood!

Neither was Sam Bierstock. It was around 1 a.m., and Bierstock, a
Delray Beach , Fla. , eye doctor, business consultant, corporate
speaker and musician, was bone tired after appearing at an event.

He pulled up in his car, and the parking attendant began to speak. ' I
took two bullets for this country and look what I'm doing, ' he said
bitterly.

At first, Bierstock didn't know what to say to the World War II
veteran. But he rolled down his window and told the man, ' Really, from
the bottom of my heart, I want to thank you. '

Then the old soldier began to cry.

'That really got to me, ' Bierstock says.

Cut to today.

Bierstock, 58, and John Melnick, 54, of Pompano Beach - a member of
Bierstock's band, Dr. Sam and the Managed Care Band - have written a
song inspired by that old soldier in the airport parking lot. The
mournful ' Before You Go ' does more than salute those who fought in
WWII. It encourages people to go out of their way to thank the aging
warriors before they die.

'If we had lost that particular war, our whole way of life would have
been shot, ' says Bierstock, who plays harmonica. ' The WW II soldiers
are now dying at the rate of about 2,000 every day. I thought we needed
to thank them. '

The song is striking a chord. Within four days of Bierstock placing it
on the Web, the song and accompanying photo essay have bounced around
nine countries, producing tears and heartfelt thanks from veterans,
their sons and daughters and grandchildren.
'It made me cry, ' wrote one veteran's son. Another sent an
e-mail
saying that only after his father consumed several glasses of wine
would he discuss ' the unspeakable horrors ' he and other soldiers had
witnessed in places such as Anzio, Iwo Jima, Bataan and Omaha Beach. '
I can never thank them enough, ' the son wrote. ' Thank you for
thinking about them. '

Bierstock and Melnick thought about shipping it off to a professional
singer, maybe a Lee Greenwood type, but because time was running out
for so many veterans, they decided it was best to release it quickly,
for free, on the Web. They've sent the song to Sen. John McCain and
others in Washington . Already they have been invited to perform it in
Houston for a Veterans Day tribute - this after just a few days on the
Web. They hope every veteran in America gets a chance to hear it.

GOD BLESS every EVERY veteran...
and THANK you to those of you veterans who may receive this !