Memorial Day

[tbradsim1]

Smoking on porch thinking back on people I knew who are not here anymore, my Mothers brother who was on the Ship that brought Roosevelt to the Yalta conference just died he was 98, a mate who died on the Thresher submarine, my wife’s brother killed during the conflict while she was pregnant for our first child, worried I was gonna lose that first son. We live in a great country even though it’s in termoil, smoke a bowl or light a stogie to the veterans of this country. I served from 60:to 64, UDT

 

[haparnold]

RIP TSgt Justin Rivers, USAF

RIP MSgt Chris Messer, USAF

Gone but not forgotten.

 

[Country Bladesmith]

Smoking on porch thinking back on people I knew who are not here anymore, my Mothers brother who was on the Ship that brought Roosevelt to the Yalta conference just died he was 98, a mate who died on the Thresher submarine, my wife’s brother killed during the conflict while she was pregnant for our first child, worried I was gonna lose that first son. We live in a great country even though it’s in termoil, smoke a bowl or light a stogie to the veterans of this country. I served from 60:to 64, UDT

Lots of lives given to keep the free world free. We owe a debt to them that could never be repaid.

 

[gamzultovah]

Thank you for your service.

 

[Merton]

At the Korean war memorial in D.C. the following phrase is prominently displayed: " Freedom is not Free ". Good to remember on Memorial day and every other day of the year.

 

[LongHairDontCare]

LCpl Niall Coti-Sears USMC
Cpl Chad Smith USMC

Fair winds and following seas,
Until Valhalla...

 

[STP]

God bless and honor to the fallen ?

 

[trouttimes]

God bless you brothers. You know. No need to waste words.

 

[anantaandroscoggin]

Captain Brackett, Colonial Militia, killed at the Burning of Falmouth during the French and Indian Wars.

 

[mso489]

My mom's cousin died as a tank crewman in Patton's army, and my high school friend died in a minefield in Vietnam when I was a freshman in college, before doing four years in the U.S. Navy including in the combat zone in coastal Vietnam. My uncle was a landing craft officer at the first major amphibious landing in the Pacific during WWII, at Tarawa, and my dad was a minesweeper skipper in the Philippines. A salute to all those who sacrificed and all those who served.

 

[kcghost]

Today we remember the common man who went out and did uncommon things so that we might act like a pack of fools back home. US Army 66-69

 

[BarrelProof]

God bless you brothers. You know. No need to waste words.

This, x2.

 

[hoosierpipeguy]

God bless all those who sacrificed so much so that we can enjoy the freedoms and luxuries we do. And thanks to all Veterans for their service.

 

[weezell]

We may not know them, but we owe them! God Bless the men and women who served with so much bravery...

 

[PaulTheScandinavian]

Big respect to the veterans of US Army&Navy from across the pond, in my opinion all fallen soldiers regardless of their country of origin have to be remembered & honored

 

[crawdad]

PFC James Henry Martin JR.

and all to all the others who gave their last full measure for this country.

 

[warren]

"To you from failing hands we throw The torch; be yours to hold it high..."

Tomorrow, for me and many, is to be a day of quiet rememberence and a bit of sorrow for those who were denied a full life. And a reading once or twice of "In Flanders Field."

 

[sablebrush52]

RIP my oldest brother, Capt. Harold Silver

 

[mso489]

I almost flew the flag today, but it has been drizzly on and off all day. I'll definitely put the flag out tomorrow, if only between sprinkles. Show the colors.

 

[carolinasmokes]

In remembrance of the fallen, who gave the ultimate sacrifice. "Semper Fi" USMC 69-74 2nd Battalion, 9th Marines