Proudly served, U. S. Army, A 1/9 Cav, RVN 70-71. Dad served in the Pacific during WWII.
God Bless America and all soldiers, sailors, airmen and marines who died in service to our country.
On this day I think of our friend John, who was killed in a convoy in Afghanistan a few years ago. He left a wife and five children, ranging in age from the 20’s to a 6 year old, I think.
He was a West Point guy — loved by all. We were stationed with he and his family in Germany. Used to sit behind them in church every week.
Somehow his family is carrying out without him. I have no idea how they do it.
We also had three or so pilots go down in our unit the first training days of the Iraq invasion in 2003. Their families are also carrying on.
And then a young family lost their dad from a local unit during Desert Storm, many years ago.
I am grateful every single day my hubby made it back alive from so many different activities during his 26 year career. I think about these people a lot. It could have been us, but it wasn’t. It’s a strange feeling at times. to realize this.