Memorial Day

[HOOK]

Our thoughts, our prayers, our thanks, all go out to those who payed the ultimate price for our nation. A lot of them were my buddies in Vietnam. All gave some, some gave all. Let us never forget!!!

[Bigboomer]

Amen Larry, we enjoy our Freedom because someone else was and is willing to sacrifice all for it!

We should remember that there is no greater Love than one man lays his life down for another!

So while enjoying that BBQ Monday take one minute at 3 pm for a moment of silence for*those*who gave all!

GOD Bless All our Real Heroes!

Les

[sambam]

Yes, not enough gratitude for the heroes who have laid down their lives for our freedom. As I get older, I realize, and appreciate, the sacrifices of our soldiers. In light of the latest news coming from Washington and the VA, I want the vets to know that not all of America disregards their sacrifice.

[richfaa]

My family of that generation both sides served in WW2.They were all sons of Immigrants who came to this country for freedoms they did not have and for a better life. Their sons did not hesitate to serve. Many of them enlisted in the weeks after Pearl Harbor one of them was in Pearl Harbor. They were in both theaters .US Army and Army air corps. Two both pilots were officers the rest just ordinary troops. They were combat engineers, paratroopers, pilots and infantry. They were at Pearl Harbor, Saipan, Guam, Normandy and on into Germany, Italy, Africa. One the combat engineer was among the first American troops into Mainland Japan after the surrender. They were all young men the oldest the pilot that was in Pearl Harbor went in in 1939 ands was a 25 year old bomber driver. The youngest lied about his age and went in the week after Pearl Harbor at 17 years old.
They all survived and never said much. We learned about what they did mostly after they were gone. As a young boy right after the war I would go to the North Side cemetery In Pittsbugh Pa,On Memorial day with my Uncle the paratrooper who jumped on Normandy and pulled a wagon filled with little flags that they put on the graves of their fallen. There were a lot of little flags. He told me to never forget and we fly the flag in his honor from Memorial day to labor day. They are of course all gone now. These were a great generation of young men who changed the world. we will never forget.

[K0LCB]

Larry, way too many of my friends didn't survive, we were lucky. Welcome home!

[Sheepdog]

We must never forget those who have served our Country; and to those special Veterans who made the ultimate sacrifice so that we may enjoy our freedoms and be with our loved ones. And never forget our POW/MIA

[JandC]

This was a very special Memorial Day for us. We were able to arrange it so we are in a CG in the Phoenix area close to where my brother-in-law lives. He lost both legs in the Nam and has accomplished much in his lifetime. My wife is extremely proud of her brother and he is one of my all time heros.