MEMORIAL DAY--Thread One--"Discussions With a One-Legged Man"

The Local Graveyard....and a 1 legged man | 05/24/04 | redrock repost

[HiJinx]

I can’t think of a better person to do this for my Brother and FRiend.

We remember...we know the cost paid.

[Brad’s Gramma]

Thank you!!

[Kathy in Alaska]

Thanks, DocRock, for the links....and thanks to your nephew for his service to our country.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Thank you, Tonkin, for your service to our country. We miss you.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Thanks, ExTexasRedhead, for sharing the meaning of Memorial Day, and helping honor our troops.

[Kathy in Alaska]

You’re welcome, Cindy. redrock did all the work...I just posted for him.

[Jet Jaguar]

Dittos.

[swmobuffalo]

“The Scars and Stripes”

Do you have a version that has the words sung?

[swmobuffalo]

Whoops, never mind!

[Alamo-Girl]

Thanks for the ping!

[Liberty Valance]

Thanks for posting this Kathy.

*Memorial Day ping*

[Brucifer]

We’d do it all again.

Failed my reenlistment physical at Fort Sam last month. Something about being half deaf. I told the Army it was all their fault that I can’t hear anymore. They said that you can’t be 53 and half deaf and get into the National Guard and it doesn’t matter whose friggen fault it is.

They were insensitive and hurt my feelings!!! I had some old platoon sergeant things that I really wanted to tell ‘em, colorful things, but I was trying to stay on their good side in case they might change their minds. LOL

[Kathy in Alaska]

From redrock’s 2004 posting

To: 68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub
This ones for you, my Brother.
redrock

2 posted on 05/24/2004 6:32:29 PM AKDT by redrock (”Better a Shack in Heaven....than a Mansion in Hell”-—My Grandma)

[Buffettfan]

Great post. Happy Memorial Day.

Semper Fi’
JarheadFromFlorida

[Liberty Valance]

"We’d do it all again."

I know you would Bruce but you've done enough already and we are grateful. Think of that tinnitus you've got as Freedom ringing.:o) Hope we get to see you around Memorial Day. Thank you again for your service.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Thank you from redrock. More coming. And thank you for your service to our country.

[Just another Joe]

My family still place flags on the graves of our ancestors that served in the military, every Memorial Day.
Including those that fought in the Confederate army.

"Even though he was my enemy, he was still my brother."
I remember my Great Grandfather saying this of his brother. They fought on different sides of the War between the States.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Thanks, MondoQueen, for sharing your remembrances. Thanks to all your family members for their service to our country.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Thanks for helping honor our veterans.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Thanks, beachy, for the letter from Jimmy L. Cash, Brig. Gen., USAF, Ret