Because I have videos on YouTube I get a lot of links to other videos. Usually I get the links soon after they are uploaded but this one took a while. Seems like a great way to welcome in the New Year!
Sep 19, 2012
On September 8, 2012, Toby Keith brought a military wife up on stage at a concert in Houston, Texas. She sang a song with him before Toby surprised her with her husband, Major Pete Cruz, who had been away in Afghanistan.
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Showing posts with label Toby Keith. Show all posts
Sunday, December 30, 2012
Monday, September 24, 2012
ARMY WIFE AND SOLDIER HUSBAND HAVE TEARFUL REUNION
MUST WATCH: ARMY WIFE AND SOLDIER HUSBAND HAVE TEARFUL REUNION ON STAGE AT TOBY KEITH CONCERT
Posted on September 24, 2012
by Jason Howerton
In arguably one of the most touching moments of the year, country singer Toby Keith surprised the wife of a soldier fighting in Afghanistan by reuniting her with her husband on stage during one of his concerts.
After pulling the surprised woman on stage during a Sept. 8 show in Houston, Texas, Keith began to play his hit song “American Soldier,” dedicating it to her husband, Maj. Pete Cruise (or Cruz, spelling wasn’t provided), who the woman thought was still in Afghanistan.
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Posted on September 24, 2012
by Jason Howerton
In arguably one of the most touching moments of the year, country singer Toby Keith surprised the wife of a soldier fighting in Afghanistan by reuniting her with her husband on stage during one of his concerts.
After pulling the surprised woman on stage during a Sept. 8 show in Houston, Texas, Keith began to play his hit song “American Soldier,” dedicating it to her husband, Maj. Pete Cruise (or Cruz, spelling wasn’t provided), who the woman thought was still in Afghanistan.
read more here
Tuesday, March 9, 2010
Toby Keith touches Vietnam Vet at grand opening
Toby Keith helps celebrate signature bar and grill grand opening
THACKERVILLE, OK - Toby Keith's signature restaurant is now officially open in Love County. And the musician was in town for Monday's grand opening, giving away more than just autographs. Shelby Levins reports.
THACKERVILLE, OK - Toby Keith's signature restaurant is now officially open in Love County. And the musician was in town for Monday's grand opening, giving away more than just autographs. Shelby Levins reports.
Rounds of applause, and lots of flashes met Toby Keith as he ushered in the grand opening of his third “I Love This Bar and Grill” in Oklahoma.
"This is where I live, and to be part of an Oklahoma business makes it that much more worthwhile and meaningful,” Keith said.
In addition to supporting his home state, and providing more than 175 new jobs to the area, Keith is a well known supporter of American troops. And he gave lunch to the Heislers – a military family from Fort Sill.
read more here
http://www.kxii.com/news/headlines/87086172.html
If you like Toby Keith, I used two of his songs in When War Comes Home Part Two
THACKERVILLE, OK - Toby Keith's signature restaurant is now officially open in Love County. And the musician was in town for Monday's grand opening, giving away more than just autographs. Shelby Levins reports.
"He was real - a person like we are. He's got a nice place here. His business is great; and he's a great person because he thinks a lot about his fans,” said local Vietnam vet Red Eberhart.
Eberhart says Keith's patriotism and personal appreciation still strikes a chord with him, even decades after fighting in the Vietnam War.
"Since I got out of Vietnam in 1970, I thought the American people really didn't think much of the Vietnam veterans and stuff. But when people do stuff like that I almost get a tear in my eye - it means something,” Eberhart said.
THACKERVILLE, OK - Toby Keith's signature restaurant is now officially open in Love County. And the musician was in town for Monday's grand opening, giving away more than just autographs. Shelby Levins reports.
Rounds of applause, and lots of flashes met Toby Keith as he ushered in the grand opening of his third “I Love This Bar and Grill” in Oklahoma.
"This is where I live, and to be part of an Oklahoma business makes it that much more worthwhile and meaningful,” Keith said.
In addition to supporting his home state, and providing more than 175 new jobs to the area, Keith is a well known supporter of American troops. And he gave lunch to the Heislers – a military family from Fort Sill.
read more here
http://www.kxii.com/news/headlines/87086172.html
If you like Toby Keith, I used two of his songs in When War Comes Home Part Two
Posted to Great Americans by SM on January 14, 2009
Thursday, April 23, 2009
Toby Keith: More celebs should visit troops
Toby Keith: More celebs should visit troops
By: Jeff Dufour and Kiki Ryan
Examiner Columnist
04/21/09 4:22 PM
Country superstar Toby Keith will leave D.C. for Afghanistan on Tuesday night to add to the 100-plus USO shows he’s played throughout the past seven years. But at the National Press Club earlier in the day, Keith lamented that more celebrities don’t make similar trips to back the troops.
He said when they’re being paid to make movies, few stars want to leave “Disneyland” and “go to a war zone.”
Not that the danger isn’t real. “I’ve raced Marines to a bunker when the sirens go off,” he said. “It took me 100 shows to learn to trust how good our guys really are.”
But “you don’t have to go to a war zone,” he implored any celebs who were listening. “Go to Walter Reed Hospital.”
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Toby Keith: More celebs should visit troops
By: Jeff Dufour and Kiki Ryan
Examiner Columnist
04/21/09 4:22 PM
Country superstar Toby Keith will leave D.C. for Afghanistan on Tuesday night to add to the 100-plus USO shows he’s played throughout the past seven years. But at the National Press Club earlier in the day, Keith lamented that more celebrities don’t make similar trips to back the troops.
He said when they’re being paid to make movies, few stars want to leave “Disneyland” and “go to a war zone.”
Not that the danger isn’t real. “I’ve raced Marines to a bunker when the sirens go off,” he said. “It took me 100 shows to learn to trust how good our guys really are.”
But “you don’t have to go to a war zone,” he implored any celebs who were listening. “Go to Walter Reed Hospital.”
go here for more
Toby Keith: More celebs should visit troops
Saturday, November 8, 2008
Thank You Toby Keith When War Comes Home Part Two is back
I just receive word that the claim against the audio on When War Comes Home Part Two, has been removed. Glad to hear this. The video is about when the troops come home changed by what they went through. Thank you very much Tody Keith, or the person who decided to complain about the songs. Yesterday's Rain and My List are powerful songs for a video like this.
While there are many that will never know the wound of PTSD, too many will. If we know what PTSD is, then we know what signs to watch for and when they need help to heal. It is never too late to get help. My husband is living proof of that.
He came home in 1971 from Vietnam. The signs of PTSD were there, but they were mild and back then, no one really knew what it was. While I was doing outreach work with other veterans, Jack wouldn't listen. He gave the usual excuses that the VA was for "guys who had their legs blown off" and he thought if he went to he VA, he'd be taking away from them. His attitude was that since he was still able to work, there was no reason to go. He was not thinking about healing. He didn't think he deserved to be helped.
Jack finally decided to go to a veteran's center for help. That was in 1993 and they managed to convince him to go to the VA. All those years of him suffering while PTSD claimed more of him needlessly finally ended in 1999 when he began to heal with the help of the VA therapy and medications. His claim was tied up for six years because of an error on his Bronze Star Award. Once that was cleared up, the VA took great care of him.
We've been married for 24 years now and we found our own kind of normal living with PTSD instead of just coping. Jack, well, he'll never be the way he was before and he has a lot of problems but we've learned to adapt. The key was first understanding what PTSD was. Had I not known why he was acting the way he did, I would not have been able to stay married to him. The other part was my faith in God. That gave me a lot of strength to fight for him as well as forgive him.
What we went through and still go through is the reason I work so hard to provide education on PTSD as well as support. I remember the days when I had no one to talk to, feeling lost studying clinical reports and every shred of articles written on PTSD trying to understand it. There were no short cuts for wives like me back then. There are many now. Support groups and internet sites are providing a wealth of knowledge and most of them come from Vietnam veterans and their wives. No one has to fight this alone now.
Learn what the signs are and avoid making the same mistakes we did. Our experiences are all over the net. Please use the support we offer so that you don't have to go thru half of what we did. While the generations are different, PTSD is no different than it was in ancient times. The thought of older veterans and their families not understanding is just an excuse to not listen to "people old enough to be your parent" that I've heard too many times.
Use my videos and pass them on to anyone you think they will help. That's what they are there for.
Senior Chaplain Kathie Costos
International Fellowship of Chaplains
"The willingness with which our young people are likely to serve in any war, no matter how justified, shall be directly proportional to how they perceive veterans of early wars were treated and appreciated by our nation." - George Washington
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