[Former Military Chick]

First I extend a hearty welcome to a hero's mom, welcome to FR. I would also have folks take the time to read your thoughts on the matter in comment 1.

This story says a lot of a mom, a son is proud of.

PING

TAPS

Listen to TAPS

Day is done, gone the sun, From the hills, from the lake, From the skies. All is well, safely rest, God is nigh.

Go to sleep,
peaceful sleep, May the soldier or sailor, God keep. On the land or the deep, Safe in sleep.

Love, good night, Must thou go, When the day, And the night Need thee so? All is well. Speedeth all To their rest.

Fades the light; And afar Goeth day, And the stars Shineth bright, Fare thee well; Day has gone, Night is on.

Thanks and praise, For our days, 'Neath the sun, Neath the stars, 'Neath the sky, As we go, This we know, God is nigh.

(Note: there are no "official" words to Taps above are the most popular.)

[BigSkyFreeper]

Thanks for the ping. God Bless this mother and parents like her. They are the unsung heroes "keeping the home fires burning".

[G.Mason]

Thank you.

[silent_jonny]

Thank you for the ping, FMC.

Mrs. Argel, there's nothing I can say. I'm sorry for your loss. And I'm sorry that you have to deal with this nonsense in the midst of your grief. God bless you and your family.

[CMAC51]

The decision to take down the marker came after the group heard that Debbie Argel Bastian, his mother, and Wendy Argel, his widow, wanted the Air Force Academy graduate's name removed. The group initially said that such a move was not up to family members, but decided to compromise after hearing Mrs. Bastian's statements about her son and the family's wishes.

Everyone should write their congressmen and Senators requesting legislation protecting the good name of our armed forces. It should be illegal to use the name or image of a deceased or injured military personell without the express written persmission of the serviceman or next of kin. The servicemen I have talked to believe it would be slanderous to have their name used in association with anti-war groups such as those in Crawford.

[Alamo-Girl]

Thank God for this hero and his loved ones! bump!

[Gucho]

a mom, a son is proud of.
PING


Bump - Thank you.

[righttackle44]

Thanks for letting me see this.

I was born during WWII. That means that the generation
of adults who helped raised me were the men and women who
fought overseas, in really nasty, difficult battles and places. I knew men who lived in misery and difficulty due to their battle wounds and scars. Men on crutches and wheelchairs at the grocery were commonplace sights to me as were missing arms, eyes, noses, horrible scar tissue.

My teachers and coaches and Sunday School teachers and friends of my parents were people who led secret missions and bombed Germany, fought off the German Luftwaffe from B-17 gunner positions, flew B-24 missions, escaped from German prison camps, survived the Bataan Death March, eluded German forces in Europe after bailing out of a burning B-17, stormed beaches at Tarawa and Guadalcanal and Normandy. They passed out chocolate bars to German, French, British, filipino and Chinese children. The dodged Kamikaze planes on flattops and cruisers and destroyers. Yes, I knew men who did all of these things.

Hence, I have attended memorial services for many who fought Over There.

Taps still bring tears to my eyes and a giant lump to my throat.

God bless those for whom we blow taps today. I want the families of Those Who Are Not Coming Home to know that we mourn with them and thank and bless them for their sacrifices, as do we those made the Actual Sacrifices.

Taps is a reminder that we people of America owe another debt, one that we can never fully repay.

(I have not served. My tagline honors my son and my cousin.)