Laughing Wolf at Blackfive has a wonderfully written, very moving tribute about what today truly means. Here’s is but a bit. Please use the link above to read his entire piece…
“…The ideals, the slogans, and ultimately even home and hearth were not why they stood. When the bugles call, the bullets fly, and the bombs burst such things become of minor import. What matters then is love and duty. Not a duty to some higher power or state; rather, the duty one has to one’s brother in arms. What shell they inhabit means naught at such a time, and what they were before means less than nothing at all. The only thing that matters then is that they are with you and you with them, and the love and duty that exists between at that moment is all. They will not be failed. So Tommy steps forward unto the breech, Molly takes over the cannon and fires, and unsung heroes step forward into the fire…”
I hope you are enjoying a good Memorial Day, Anna. May we all remember and honor those who serve and sacrifice on behalf of this great nation.
Amen Word! I hope you had a good day, too.
Dear friends dear americans dear friends all over the world, our us troops are heros, memorial day is every day for me , not only i am honnored to have my dogtag with my heros our us troops every where in the world, as i have contact with them the least one can do is say thanks and every soldier you see in the street pay a tribute to him or her shake their hands and tell them how proud you are, it will mean the world to them, god bless our heros our us troops in iraq and aghanistan and all the vets and all those in heavan i shall join you when jesus christ will call me.