Let Us Remember (The Real Memorial Day) 05-30-02

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[Billie]

[WhyisaTexasgirlinPA]

A beautiful and touching thread Billie, thank you......

[Billie]

It started as a Memorial Day Tribute on the Real Memorial Day, but this is really my thank you to all who have served, both in war and in peace, and to our Freeper Vets and those now serving especially.

[Billie]

Good morning, and thank you for your kind words. Nice to see you so bright and early. I haven't had coffee yet....going now to turn it on. :)

[Washington-Husky]

Thanks for the ping, TG! (Bookmarked for future reference and reflection...)

[Lee'sGhost]

Thanks, Billie.

[tet68]

You are the best.

Your friend Tet.

Oh, and you look marvelous too.

[Billie]

Thank YOU, Ghost. :)

[Billie]

Good morning, Tet. I haven't seen you in a long time. As we are talking vietnam, I'm going to post that beautiful little vietnam girl again....I just think that is the sweetest, prettiest picture, and I'm so glad you sent it to me so many months ago.

[lysie]

Thank you, Billie...I remember.

[Billie]

I wish they wouldn't do this to the holidays that mean so much. TODAY is the anniversary of the REAL MEMORIAL DAY, and it's 'just another day' as far as most of America goes. The work force got their long weekend holiday - that's what counts, right?

[aomagrat]

God bless our heros. Thank you veterans for your service.

[LadyX]

Thank you, dear friend, for posting this thread, appropriately, on the actual day of observance;
and for pointing out Decoration Day, still celebrated in the South.

It is a fact many Americans actively demonstrated against our involvement in Nam and vilified our own military.
I know, because I then was a military wife, home alone with three children, without ANY support even from military wives on the base where I remained and taught in the base school.

Everyone pretended it wasn't happening, lest THEIR husband be tapped to go.

One did not speak of it to civilians for obvious reasons.
America's behavior, turning their backs on our military heroes, was a disgrace, and so many veterans were left with not only the horror of what they experienced, but of abandonment by their country.
The latter was worse than the battle scars.

NEVER AGAIN, you reading this who serve today.
WE SUPPORT YOU, AND WILL NOT FORGET YOU.

[HiJinx]

Good Morning, Billie!
Sunday, our pastor asked people to stand and 'remember' family or friends who had died in service to our country.
The congregation mentioned people from WWII, Korea, and Vietnam.
When we got home, Mrs. HJ commented that in a way, we are blessed as a family because we haven't lost anyone that way.
Well, that's true, but in a larger sense all of us who have served have lost brothers and sisters. That's what weighs on my heart this week.
May God Bless all who have gone before.
I will never forget...

[SAMWolf]

Thank You, Billie. Bump!

[Billie]

Thank you, aomagrat. I appreciate you. :)

[Billie]

Maggie, thank you so much. You're a dear friend, and thank you and your husband both for serving and loving our country.

[Diver Dave]

A humble Thank You, Billie. To be featured with those we honor on Memorial Day is a real honor.

[Billie]

Thank you for your beautiful post, J.

[Billie]

Sam, thanks for coming. I appreciate you.