BANGOR, Maine - Volunteers who offer troops hugs, handshakes, drinks and cell phones celebrated a milestone Saturday, greeting their 500,000th service member passing through Bangor International Airport while headed to or from a war zone.
(Maine troop greeters salute 500,000th - AP via Yahoo! News)
The Bangor troop greeting program was started during the first Gulf War.
Once in khaki suits, gee we looked swell,
Full of that Yankee Doodly Dum,
Half a million boots went slogging through Hell,
And I was the kid with the drum!
Say, don't you remember, they called me Al; it was Al all the time.
Say, don't you remember, I'm your pal? Buddy, can you spare a dime?
("Brother, Can You Spare a Dime," lyrics by Yip Harburg, music by Jay Gorney (1931))
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