To celebrate those heros who paid the ultimate price to keep the freedom we enjoy every day. We mourn your loss and thank you so much for your service and your sacrifice. RIP.
I bought some pretty sweet Stars and Stripes shorts to wear on the lake tomorrow. I may look like Rex Quan-do but I don’t care.
I can tell you where this one is... All gave some, some gave all. Nice photos Sabre699. Thanks. Very appropriate for the topic and the date
Funny, as a kid I never thought much about the sacrifices that were made on my behalf. As I got older I became more and more aware of just how important and truly amazing these folks were and are. In truth I'm not much interested in world travel but Normandy would be the exception.
G G Grandfather was in the Civil War (fought in 18 battles, wounded and discharged, reinlisted!)...Grandfather was a WWI vet (top center in picture), father WWII air corp in the PTO....
"If you are able, save for them a place inside of you and save one backward glance when you are leaving for the places they can no longer go. Be not ashamed to say you loved them, though you may or may not have always. Take what they have taught you with their dying and keep it with your own. And in that time when men decide and feel safe to call the war insane, take one moment to embrace those gentle heroes you left behind" Major Michael Davis O'Donnell 1 January 1970 Dak To, Vietnam Listed as KIA February 7, 1978
I was fortunate to be the NCOIC for the Color Guard for my fourth and probably final Memorial Day ceremony at the Margraten American Military Cemetery in Margraten, NL. The Missing Man formation/fly over is always amazing to see at the end of the ceremony! It has been an honor to be part of this during my tour here in the Netherlands.
My mom, me and my brother and his family are going there next year for the reading of the list of the In Memory program for Vietnam Vets who had died over the year due to issues caused by the Vietnam War. Going to the cemetery tomorrow for a vets memorial.
A little different from the Iwo Jima Memorial you see stateside. The actual spot where the flag was raised on Mt Suribachi. The F/14 Tomcats flyby is a nice touch to remember a joint Marine Corps/Navy operation.
For a town of about 2,000 people (Ortonvill, MI), they put on a nice memorial every year. Dad’s old squadron does the flyby.
