Memorial Day MEMORIAL DAY, Remembering Our Fallen Heroes

Cooking With Carlo ^ | May 23 2003 | Carlo3b

[carlo3b]

Thank you as always for reminding us how honorable men and women made our sorry lives so easy.. eyes always up my dear Marine.

[tubebender]

Thank you. Here is the latest on Capt Andy La Mont...Marine

[Alberta's Child]

The one thing I've always said is that the Wall in D.C. is in the wrong place -- it should be away from all the other monuments (perhaps in or next to Arlington Cemetery). While it honors the 58,000+ who gave their lives in Vietnam, it also represents one of the most shameful eras in our nation's history.

I don't think Abraham Lincoln would be too proud to look out upon it from his seat in the Lincoln Memorial, knowing how this great nation of his had p!ssed away so many lives and wasted so much courage and heroism like that.

[carlo3b]

We will remember Patrick Scharosch, thank you for your kindness in tell us about Patrick. Bless them all..

[carlo3b]

"Eulogy for a Veteran"

Just beautiful, thank you so very much for posting it...

[Alberta's Child]

Sorry about that -- I get a little steamed whenever the subject of Vietnam comes up.

On a serious note, I always find it worthwhile to point out to foreign visitors that the lame happy nonsense associated with the "peace movement" in the 1960s didn't have the most rational reasons for opposing the Vietnam War. Canadians in particular seem to have this nostalgic view of those war protesters, maybe because their view is colored by Americans who fled to Canada to avoid the draft.

[carlo3b]

I'll always question wether I deserve to be counted with so many who have done so much more.

Listen up soldier, we didn't choose our duty, we just did it..
It's our continued duty to remind others about those who did more than we asked of them to keep us free..

[Diver Dave]

Thanks for the ping and the tribute.

Salute!

[SAMWolf]

If I had my way it wouldn't even be in DC. It's be in the heartland somewhere where the real America is, not in that LaLa land of politicos and beauracrats live.

[carlo3b]

As always Linda, you bring us just breathtaking and oh so appropriate pictures..thank you dear girl..

[carlo3b]

A big {{{{SMOOCH}}}} for you sweet Angel.. Don't tell you know who... ;)

[Alberta's Child]

That's a good point that I hadn't even considered. I couldn't explain it very well at the time, but I told my friend that whenever I was in Washington D.C. I felt like I was in another country.

[carlo3b]

Thanks for helping...

[carlo3b]

These holidays are so sad for some of us who have lost such close friends... posting this and the closeness of our FReeper family really does help.. Thank you my little buddy for the links...

[Victoria Delsoul]

On a serious note, I always find it worthwhile to point out to foreign visitors that the lame happy nonsense associated with the "peace movement" in the 1960s didn't have the most rational reasons for opposing the Vietnam War. Canadians in particular seem to have this nostalgic view of those war protesters, maybe because their view is colored by Americans who fled to Canada to avoid the draft.

Well, the problem is that these people are spreading a very radical and dangerous ideology, and use it on our young and vulnerable children.

[Spruce]

We will NEVER let you down!

Tank crewmen from Company D, 1st Tank Battalion, play dominoes, "the bones," in Ad Diwaniyah, Iraq.

Marine Cpl. William Cody Furniss, a radio technician with Company D, 1st Tank Battalion, enjoys a little down time in Ad Diwaniyah, Iraq.

A tank crewman from Company D, 1st Tank Battalion, braves a sandstorm during Operation Iraqi Freedom.

A Marine stands at the gates to the ancient city of Babylon, Iraq.

Marine Motor Mechanic Lance Cpl. April Marie Gorden, from Louisville, Ky., installs an alternator in a high-mobility mulitpurpose wheeled vehicle in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom.

An old Iraqi T-55 tank sits near Main Camp, Ad Diwaniyah, Iraq.

An Iraqi guard at Babylon, Iraq, brandishes a scythe.

Marine Combat Videographer Lance Cpl. James Aguilar, from Camden, N.J., wields his video camera and 9mm service pistol to document Operation Iraqi Freedom at Diwaniyah. Aguilar has a tattoo of Michael, the biblical angel, with a large sword and armor, and a large Crucifix that wraps around his arm.

All illustrations: U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Jack M. Carillo

[carlo3b]

How wonderful to have read the history of the United States Marine Corps Hymn..Thank you so very much for your posting it, and for the service of your Dad and Brother...

[Alberta's Child]

Well, the problem is that these people are spreading a very radical and dangerous ideology, and use it on our young and vulnerable children.

That's right -- in the words of Pat Buchanan, "they entered the 1990s and arrived at the White House with their ideological baggage intact."

[carlo3b]

Remembering Capt Andy La Mont...

Oh so young and so very brave..we will miss him..but we will not forget Andrew, thanks to you..huggg

[carlo3b]

My father served, my brothers served.
I have that honor. I have served the greatest nation on earth, the USA. And, I was in the USMC. Not bad at all. :)

We can not ask much more from a family than that..a simple thanks is clearly not enough..but we mean it deeply..