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| Nation Honors Veterans on Memorial Day |
| 2005-05-30 |
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| Posted by:Frank G |
| #11 Same as my Father In Law, Ship. |
| Posted by: Ptah 2005-05-30 21:57 |
| #10 He told me about his best buddy Schmitty who committed suicide in 1965 after 20+ years of survivor's guilt from Peleliu. They all are part of us. Rest easy AP, my Dad made 4 assault landings, Roi-Namur, Saipan, Tinian and Iwo and after Saipan figured the odds.... He's lived every day after like as gift and laughs every morning. :) He's 81. 4th Marines Divison. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2005-05-30 14:45 |
| #9 Flying back in my plane from Homer, Alaska on Friday, I flew over the military cemetery at Ft. Richardson. Makes one humble, thankful, many emotions. So many gave up their futures so we could live without fear. I have been telling my young son about these people. He, in turn, will tell his friends. I thought about all the buddies my dad had in WW2 that he told about, that never came home. He told me about his best buddy Schmitty who committed suicide in 1965 after 20+ years of survivor's guilt from Peleliu. They all are part of us. They need to stay in our thoughts and prayers. |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2005-05-30 12:57 |
| #8 My dad's buried in California, so I expect my mom and brother to do the honors. Thank goodness I can still call my Father in law to give my thanks to him for his service. And I'll be thinking about a friend of mine who also served. What I'll remember about them is told here. |
| Posted by: Ptah 2005-05-30 11:30 |
| #7 Nice parade, service, and speech at the County Seat. The POW/MIA folks had a POW cage in the parade. It made a big impression on the 9 year old. Some times a stranger can make an impression a parent never can. Your efforts are worth it. |
| Posted by: Mrs. Davis 2005-05-30 11:17 |
| #6 Thank you to those that served. God bless and watch over you all. |
| Posted by: Cyber Sarge 2005-05-30 11:11 |
| #5 Still the best recognition uttered long ago by another American president, appropriate today as then - "Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth, upon this continent, a new nation, conceived in liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that "all men are created equal" Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation, or any nation so conceived, and so dedicated, can long endure. We are met on a great battle field of that war. We have come to dedicate a portion of it, as a final resting place for those who died here, that the nation might live. This we may, in all propriety do. But, in a larger sense, we can not dedicate -- we can not consecrate -- we can not hallow, this ground -- The brave men, living and dead, who struggled here, have hallowed it, far above our poor power to add or detract. The world will little note, nor long remember what we say here; while it can never forget what they did here. It is rather for us, the living, we here be dedicated to the great task remaining before us -- that, from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they here, gave the last full measure of devotion -- that we here highly resolve these dead shall not have died in vain; that the nation, shall have a new birth of freedom, and that government of the people by the people for the people, shall not perish from the earth." - A.Lincoln |
| Posted by: Cravimble Snaique5194 2005-05-30 10:14 |
| #4 LT Smash has pics |
| Posted by: Frank G 2005-05-30 10:12 |
| #3 took flowers to my Dad's grave at Ft. Rosecrans - the boy scouts had put out 80,000 flags. Beautiful |
| Posted by: Frank G 2005-05-30 09:56 |
| #2 Went to my Dad's and Uncle's graves with wife and young son yesterday. Their headstones had flags planted by cemetary staff as did all the vets buried there. We are a small village whose population during WWII and Korean war was less than 2,500 and grew a little to over 4,000 during Vietnam. I would say that over 20percent of the graves had flags (only vets got them). Thats considerable. Also down at Memorial Park there is a monument to all those who gave their lives during WWI, WWII, Korea and Vietnam. Looks to be over 100 for WWI and the same for the other wars. That is a lot of young men (and women) for a small village. I wonder how many small villages and farm towns around the country have the same contribution - probably all of them. Sacrifice for liberty, justice and the freedom we all enjoy - the ultimate Americanism - you selfish, left wing, euroloving, paleo scarf wearing, eastern establishment elitist pricks! |
| Posted by: Jack is Back! 2005-05-30 09:50 |
| #1 To our RB vets, thank you for your service. To our fallen friends and family, thank you for your sacrifice. Neither will be forgotten. |
| Posted by: Frank G 2005-05-30 08:53 |