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2019-05-27 --Tech & Moderator Notes

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Posted by 3dc 2019-05-27 12:20|| || Front Page|| [3 views ] Top

#1 Grandpa on his Indian in Belgium with in 1918 - D company 304 Infantry

Posted by 3dc 2019-05-27 12:44|| 2019-05-27 12:44|| Front Page Top

#2 Today is a difficult and quiet time for most. The families and the fallen are over us in every thought. Today we grill and drink beer. We celebrate those that are near, as those that have fallen would have wanted. Some say there is more to this holiday than grills and beer, maybe so, but it all starts there, with friend and family.

Posted by 49 Pan 2019-05-27 13:38|| 2019-05-27 13:38|| Front Page Top

#3 Memorial Day grew out of the Civil War. Though non-partisan it still took generations to gain acceptance nationwide, and then only because it was expanded to honor WWII (and later - WWI was initially covered by Veterans/Armistice Day) losses. Now it is at least as much a start of summer holiday for most as an honoring of those who gave their lives for our country. (Please, no ‘Happy Memorial Day ‘)

Posted by Glenmore 2019-05-27 14:37|| 2019-05-27 14:37|| Front Page Top

#4 Moved to the top of Page 1 so that this is the first thing we see on the site today.

Posted by trailing wife 2019-05-27 15:37|| 2019-05-27 15:37|| Front Page Top

#5 45 minute video of one of the greatest heroisms during a naval battle. Ernest Evans, an unexpected American Indian "Samurai" captain of the destroyer Johnston against a much larger Japanese force in Leyte Gulf, WWII.

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