Memorial Day
May 26, 2018 09:27:45 #
As this is Memorial Day weekend I would like to salute my many Brothers and Sisters who have made the ultimate sacrifice( 650,000 just since WW II) and their Gold Star families who still grieve and will until the day they die! As a Vietnam veteran I get many thank you's on Memorial weekend, and while all veterans appreciate this well meaning, this weekend is dedicated to those who didn't make it back like we did. With all the partying that goes on with this unofficial start of the summer season, please keep those aforementioned in your thoughts and prayers.
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May 26, 2018 09:40:04 #
Well said. In WW II, my father was in an artillery unit and my father-in-law went from the Normandy beach through the liberation of a concentration camp in Germany and I have friends who were in Viet Nam...some of whom didn't make it back. Neither would talk about their experiences but some of the better books and documentaries like the Ken Burns studies WW II of Viet Nam give us a glimpse of the hell my father and friends endured. We owe all veterans, alive and dead, a huge debt of gratitude.
May 26, 2018 09:40:44 #
nimbushopper wrote:
As this is Memorial Day weekend I would like to sa... (show quote)
Well said. Thank you for your Service, nimbushopper
May 26, 2018 09:47:52 #
fourlocks wrote:
In WW II, my father was in an artillery unit and my father-in-law went from the Normandy beach through the liberation of a concentration camp in Germany...
My father was also in WWII, and went from Normandy Beach to the liberation of a concentration camp in Germany. As he would only talk to my mother about his experiences during the war, she told me he could smell the burning/burnt bodies until the day he died.
In 1976 I joined the Army and was stationed in Germany. Not a day went by while there that I didn’t think of my father, and the difference between his assignment in Germany and mine.
May 26, 2018 09:48:12 #
May 26, 2018 10:03:25 #
May 26, 2018 10:09:04 #
Well said nimbushopper. My father was in WWII, U.S. Navy, and I never heard him talk of his experiences while he was in. I served in the USAF for 20 years and lost several friends and class mates in Viet Nam. This weekend, they weill be remembered. I will also be going to our local cemetery today and will remember all those who have served and never returned. May God bless them and their families.
May 26, 2018 19:00:49 #
You couldn't have said it any better, nim and thank you for your service, my friend!!! 
May 26, 2018 21:21:35 #
Nicely stated, Nimbu and many of these things crossed my mind as we were hanging out our flag.
May 27, 2018 07:18:57 #
Thanks to all of our men and women for putting your lives on the line to keep America safe. God bless each and everyone you you.
May 27, 2018 09:40:03 #
May 27, 2018 09:41:46 #
Alafoto
Loc: Montgomery, AL
As a fellow Vietnam vet, I salute you and all who have worn the uniform. Was a miserable experience but we thought we were protecting our country from the spread of communism.
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