A deep and heartfelt thanks to those who gave the ultimate sacrifice to help keep us all free.
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Memorial Day 2024
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FarmerTan
"Self appointed king of Arkoland"
Amen.
With thanks and respect.
Thinking back to my guy I went through Boot Camp with, we only lost one in Vietnam.
One earned Silver Star, left Marines and did 30 plus with LASO became Super Drputy.
One earned Silver Star, left Marines and did 30 plus with LASO became Super Drputy.
Remembering the crew of Easy 40 (20 Jan 07)
Phil:
In my book...they are all Heroes...because they were ordinary service personnel...doing ordinary service tasks...under extra
ordinary conditions.
“The highest tribute one can bestow is not how we honor them: but how we remember them”. Author Unknown
In my book...they are all Heroes...because they were ordinary service personnel...doing ordinary service tasks...under extra
ordinary conditions.
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A beautiful day at the Southern Nevada veteran’s cemetery. I am so thankful for those who served and gave all for us. God Bless them!
And to those whose eternal rest is in Davy Jones's Locker and for whom we cannot place flowers and flags.
...To End All WarsPhil:
In my book...they are all Heroes...because they were ordinary service personnel...doing ordinary service tasks...under extra
ordinary conditions.
“The highest tribute one can bestow is not how we honor them: but how we remember them”. Author Unknown
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We need to bring back mandatory service of some sort.
My deepest respect and gratitude for those who gave their lives for our nation. May their sacrifices be honored and never forgotten.
My battalion in Iraq had two losses. Within 2005, the enemy had gone from very basic stuff like buried 122mm artillery shells on the roadside, wired for remote detonation, to more advanced things like "platter charges" and "explosively formed projectiles", which we were told were made mostly in Iran.
An EFP injured one of my company's guys, and he was rotated home to recover. In a few months, he died of an aneurism. Another EFP outright killed a young man named Hodges, who loved NASCAR and dreamed of being on a pit crew. I was a "temp", sent to that unit to be a platoon leader because Ohio was a little light on Lieutenants then. I didn't know him. But everyone else did. I'll never forget grown men crying and unable to even look at me when Hodge's platoon came back in, without him.
An EFP injured one of my company's guys, and he was rotated home to recover. In a few months, he died of an aneurism. Another EFP outright killed a young man named Hodges, who loved NASCAR and dreamed of being on a pit crew. I was a "temp", sent to that unit to be a platoon leader because Ohio was a little light on Lieutenants then. I didn't know him. But everyone else did. I'll never forget grown men crying and unable to even look at me when Hodge's platoon came back in, without him.
Thank you for sharing your story and remembering the two loses from your battalion on this Memorial Day.
Sometimes the smallest anecdotes carry the greatest weight and poignancy. Thank you @AshleyC for sharing that.
While the memory of the noble fallen is celebrated by all of us with a sense of history and a moral compass it should not be forgotten that the battle against dark forces is ongoing at this moment.
Brave US forces from all branches guard positions on land, in the air and in all the oceans of the world. May G-d bless and protect them.
In addition two brave nations are fighting existential threats at this moment, and a third is facing great peril in the Pacific. The world faces threats unprecedented arguably since 1939, with both external and more troubingly internal foes.
May right prevail and may our values be preserved for all time.
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Amen to all of that.
