[redrock]

ALL of the Names of those who died in the service of their Nation on this Date can be found HERE

[redrock]

Yep....this year too.

MEMORIAL DAY.

redrock

[68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub]

"We Can Be Heroes.....Just For One Day"
-----MEMORIAL DAY 2005--Thread#1

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1408120/posts

redrock annual Memorial Day threads PING

[Calpernia]

In just 8 days.....Memorial Day will be here. A day set aside to Honour those who have fallen in defense of our Nation. Who have put on the uniform.....who have gone to the places asked...who have put their lives on the line. ...

...and who have forfeited those lives.

In 8 days we have a chance, and a greater responsibility, to REMEMBER the names and the lives of those died in the service of their Nation.

We have a chance this Memorial Day to stand up....and do our Duty. To just take one day and say "Thank You". To NOT forget....

[middie]

Many of us in our 60s today recall the names of friends and squadron mates, wing men and bar buddies who did not know their children and grandchildren, who didn't get to enjoy the vast increases in technology, or see the seasons pass. I choose to remember them laughing after the mission brief or making plans for that night at the O-club. Rather than a day of fishing or baseball watching, I choose to visit a national cemetery and slowly walk past the myriad headstones and markers of men and women of several generations who are, or should be, remembered by us all.

[Bombardier]

I will never forget. My Dad. My uncles. My friends' dads. My friends from the Air Force. The guys I went to high school with. People I've worked with and grew up around. Some were highly decorated, and others not. We all just did our duty.

And all of us would go back and do it again if we were needed. My uniform may not fit anymore, and my old flightsuit might be a bit tight around the middle, but if my Country needs me, I'll do one more tour and always be ready to fly one more mission.

GOD BLESS AMERICA, and THANK YOU to those who went before, and those who came after. We owe them all so much.

[OneLoyalAmerican]

In Flanders Fields
By: Lieutenant Colonel John McCrae, MD (1872-1918)
Canadian Army

IN FLANDERS FIELDS the poppies blow
Between the crosses row on row,
That mark our place; and in the sky
The larks, still bravely singing, fly
Scarce heard amid the guns below.

We are the Dead. Short days ago
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
Loved and were loved, and now we lie
In Flanders fields.

Take up our quarrel with the foe:
To you from failing hands we throw
The torch; be yours to hold it high.
If ye break faith with us who die
We shall not sleep, though poppies grow
In Flanders fields.

[Eaker]

Heroes

[amom]

Thanks for the reminder, redrock.

SALUTE to our heros one and all. Especially those who gave their all.

[redrock]

Well....not much P.C. here either.......

redrock

[redrock]

Bump...

redrock

[redrock]

We CAN be heroes...just for one day.

redrock

[redrock]

MEMORIAL DAY BUMP......

redrock

[redrock]

Before I take my kids down to the local cemetery to visit.....another BUMP.

redrock