Memorial Day

[tooltruckguy]

I want to send my thanks to all veterans and especially to the families of veterans who made the ultimate sacrifice as we celebrate this Memorial Day Weekend.

[Brother Falldown]

Lest we forget.

[thescot]

Ditto. I want to personall remember my grandfather, who was a doughboy in France in 1917, and my father whose SeaBee service at Okinawa earned him a Purple Heart and a few other medals.

They actually removed a piece of Japanese shrapnell from my dad's neck just behind his right ear in 1999 a couple of months before he died from heart failure. Ha. That close to me not being here!

I thank God for all those who have gone to that country from whose bourne no traveller returns, who saved our country for freedom.

Too bad there aren't many like that anymore.

[Brother Falldown]

Ditto. I want to personall remember my grandfather, who was a doughboy in France in 1917, and my father whose SeaBee service at Okinawa earned him a Purple Heart and a few other medals.

They actually removed a piece of Japanese shrapnell from my dad's neck just behind his right ear in 1999 a couple of months before he died from heart failure. Ha. That close to me not being here!

I thank God for all those who have gone to that country from whose bourne no traveller returns, who saved our country for freedom.

Too bad there aren't many like that anymore.

Well said, Hiram.

[DryFly]

I would like to chime in with my thanks as well.

Too bad there aren't many like that anymore.

But there are some.
In front of me is a middle school yearbook from 1991. Therein is a picture of a smiling goofy 7th grader. At that time, I was a young "shop" teacher in my 4th year of teaching. During that time I also finished my service in the National Guard as an infantry sergeant. The student in that picture now rests with my great grandfather and my father-in-law at Arlington National Cemetery. He was a Marine Corps Captain on his 2nd tour in Iraq and was killed in May, 06.

Thank you one and all.

I certainly won't forget.

DryFly

[Ancienne Alliance]

Lest we forget.

[macwilkin]

http://www.remember.gov/MomentofReme...4/Default.aspx

Lest we forget.

Todd

[Mael Coluim]

The real heros click here.

[vmac3205]

Well said, one and all.

Captmac and I have had the opportunity to sail on several USN and Canadian ships in the past few years. Our current sailors and soldiers and bright, brave and as up to the job as those in the past (well maybe except for Capt Aubrey of Master and Commander). We always come away from those trips with a sense of pride in the women and men currently serving. Thank you ladies and gentlemen.

[dfmacliam]

I think about those you passed, who gave of themselves, so others can live free. My grandfather left Ireland, to join the Royal Navy, in WWII. My dad retired from the US Air Force, he spent a couple tours in Asia, on one venture he met my uncle, who was serving in the Australian Army, over in Vietnam.
Myself, I served with the Marine Corps. I was in Beirut, Lebannon, in 1983, we lost good men there. The French Peacekeepers were also hit with a suicide bomber.. On the same day a suicide bomber blew up the Marine Barracks. In Beirut, I was part of a multinational peacekeeping force... It included Lebanese, French, Italian, British, and American forces...
I think about those, who gave their lives, so others may live free.... I also think about our law enforcement and firefighters, who gave their lives, in the line of duty. One of the firefighters who died in the World Trade Center bombing, served in Beirut with me..

Memorial Day, let's remember all people who died, who served to protect others world wide...

I might also proud to say, I am the proud father of Marine PFC Neil Wilson II, who is heading to Fuji, Japan for duty, on this day... My son is half Navajo and he has become a radioman... Following the footsteps of the Navajo Code Talkers... Semper Fi Son!