Memorial Day Order

[kayak karl]

I. The 30th day of May, 1868...............Let no neglect, no ravages of time, testify to the present or to the coming generations that we have forgotten as a people the cost of a free and undivided republic.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memorial_Day


Thank you, to all who have served and their loved ones.

[TD55]

If you are able,
save for them a place
inside of you,
and save one backward glance
when you are leaving
for the places they can
no longer go.

Be not ashamed to say
you loved them
though you may
or not always have.

Take what they have left
and what they have taught you
with thier dying
and keep it with your own.

And in that time
when men decide and feel safe
to call the war insane
take one moment to embrace
those gentle heroes
you left behind.

-Maj. Michael D. O'Donnell
Jan. 1, 1970
Dak To, Vietnam

[Nean]

Most gave some, some gave all. I don't take it for granted. Thanks for the post.

[HikerRanky]

To my brethren that gave all, I thank you for taking the stand and not backing down.

To my brethren that have served, I thank you for your courage and willingness to protect all.

Each of these hold a special place in my heart for all time!

Randy

USAF 1980-1986

[Just a Hiker]

I hope that everyone has a great Memorial Day......and thank you to all that served in the Armed Forces.


Just Jim
USMC
1982 to 1992

[SoundWitness]

Thank you to all the brave heroes who served, to keep us free!!

Thanks to my father, who served in the US Navy, and served in Pearl Harbor in 1941 and the Battle of the Coral Sea in May of 1942.

Thanks to my uncle who gave the ultimate sacrifice for freedom, serving for the USMC, 1st Marine Division during the Battle of Peleliu in September of 1944.

And thanks to my son, who continues to train at Fort Sam Houston in Texas for the US Army, 32d Medical Brigade.

Keep us safe....Keep us free! You are the true Heroes!

[hikingshoes]

Happy Memorial Day to all that has served and give it all.Thank you and God Bless.
SFCNichols

[RiverWarriorPJ]

..US Navy.....1972-1993...

[Summit]

To all who gave the ultimate sacrifice in defense of the freedom that we Americans all too often take for granted . . . God bless you and your families . . . from the bottom of my heart!

Summit
USAF - retired
1976 - 1996

[Foyt20]

Thanks to everyone here that served!!!

And we miss you PFC Stephen Benish. We will miss you Steve

http://www.fallenheroesmemorial.com/...hstephenc.html

[peanuts]

thank You To All Who Served

[JokerJersey]

To my fellow veterans and especially my fellow Devil Dogs, I hope this Memorial Day finds you safe and happy.

To those who have paid the ultimate price, we'll meet again somewhere down the trail. /salute

USMC - 1998-2003

[Lone Wolf]

To my fellow veterans and especially my fellow Devil Dogs, I hope this Memorial Day finds you safe and happy.

To those who have paid the ultimate price, we'll meet again somewhere down the trail. /salute

USMC - 1998-2003

ditto
Semper Fi

[mrc237]

Hoisted a special "Old Glory" this AM. It was sent to me from an Iraqi vet with this proclamation: "This certifies that the accompanying flag was flown over the Headquarters of the Multi-National Corps-Iraq in your honor during Operation Iraqi Freedom" I was both humbled and proud by this gift

[Saint Alfonzo]

Thank You to all the VETS... PAST,PRESENT,FUTURE... GOD BLESS YOU ALL...
Saint Alfonzo...U.S.A.F./AIR GUARD /Fed. Civ. Service Tech.. 1975-2008...

[Pringles]

Thank you to all who served, and are serving.

Beth

[Ridge Rat]

I will have to say thank you to all that have served and to all that have given their life for the nation... This includes those dead that I had the honor to fly out of baghdad and other places on their final trip home....

USAF C-130 Loadmaster 41st airlift wing 2000-2004

[Chaco Taco]

That you Vets and those that are serving and have served. Thank you for fighting for my freedom!!!

[Jerky Mike]

A veteran is someone who, at one point in his life wrote a
blank check made payable to "The United States of
America" for an amount of "up to and including my
life." That is Honor, and there are way too many people
in this country who no longer understand it.

[kayak karl]

A veteran is someone who, at one point in his life wrote a
blank check made payable to "The United States of
America" for an amount of "up to and including my
life." That is Honor, and there are way too many people
in this country who no longer understand it.

welcome