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Hm. Best not try to figger that one out. Nope. Best just to say thanks to all the women and men in the Armed Services and have a great holiday.
Photo courtesy of the Library of Congress.
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11 comments:
Sad day when sex comes in second.
James Old Guy
I didn't know Ernest, but I know he was a Dad and is remembered on Memorial Day.
http://www.usmemorialday.org/images/DECORATED_GRAVE.jpg
Comment talle vous?
Here's to all the Men and Women in uniform.
My dearly departed dad, James M. Johnson, served with the 10th Army in the China-Burma-India theatre in W.W. II. Volunteered to fly gliders. Airplanes without motors made of plywood and canvas. Now you know from whence I get my keen intellect.
SALUTE!
RJ
Here's to SGT Ronald M. Randazzo and SPC Ardon Bradley Cooper, A Company, 1st Battalion, 5th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division, KIA 20 Feb 1991. You are not forgotten. Nor is LTC Charles B. "Chad" Buehring, KIA 26 Oct 2003, Baghdad, Iraq.
BTW, the black cat you see in the poster later became the emblem of the tank destroyer units of WWII. Most of them trained at Camp Hood, TX, now known as Fort Hood, TX, which was my very first duty station.
Al
TRAG
Hey Al,
Speaking of Tanks...
Driving around the area where I live one occasionally encounters a historical marker identifying a site where Gen. Patton held maneuvers. I found this on the net:
"In the autumn of 1942, the War Department decided to resume field maneuvers in Middle Tennessee. Large-scale war games had been conducted in an area around Camp Forrest, near Tullahoma, the previous summer, and General George S. Patton had perfected the armored tactics that were to bring him fame and his divisions victory in Europe. Between the wars Erwin Rommel, as a young military attaché, had visited Nashville and Middle Tennessee to study and follow the cavalry campaigns of Confederate General Nathan Bedford Forrest to help him develop a pattern for the use of tank units as cavalry. The army, perceiving in the Cumberland River and the hilly country to the south and north a similarity to the Rhine and Western Europe, decided to send divisions into the state for their last preparation before actual combat. Between September 1942 and March 1944 nearly one million soldiers passed through the Tennessee Maneuvers area."
RJ
One thing I'd like to point out ...
Memorial Day is the day we recognize those in our Armed Forces who've given the ultimate sacrifice. Veteran's Day is that day we recognize all veterans, past, present and future. This is why I recognized Cooper, Randazzo and Chad Buehring here - they gave the ultimate sacrifice for their fellow soldiers and their country. FYI.
Al
TRAG
Point taken. Thanks for the reminder.
RJ
@ RJ: A lot of people confuse the two holidays, so that's why I thought a reminder would be a good thing for all of us. Hope you're having a great day.
Al
TRAG
For the record, I am NOT one of the people who confuse the two holidays.
Although the formal designation for Memorial Day is to honor the fallen, I happen to think it's also a pretty good time to think about the ones who are still kicking. Hence the post.
Me too. Just returned from a cemetery, the final resting place of some people I love. Some of their neighbors are service men who've been gone 30 or 40 years. No decorations or flowers. Pretty sad really. But, that's life, and death. It is very peaceful there. I always end up talking and wondering if anyone is listening.
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