Happy Memorial Day!

[Moonshiner]

I took this in Gettysburg a few weeks ago and wanted to share it today for all those who have served and all those who have given the ultimate sacrifice for my freedom!

 

[Barrycdog]

Remembering my father, Harless Ralph Colbaugh enlisted as a private on 17 November 1942 at Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia

 

[Allie]

On May 9, 1864, two weeks after being shot in the lumbar region and taken prisoner at the battle of Marks Mills, Arkansas, George W Fox, a thirty-four-year-old journeyman cooper from Sullivan county, Indiana, co. E 43rd Indiana Volunteers, died under the care of Assistant Surgeon Patrick A Smyth of the 36th Iowa, also a prisoner. The location of his grave is unknown.

He left his wife Amanda, his mother Sarah, and three children under the age of five, one of whom, James Monroe Fox, would become my husband's great-grandfather.

Today, since no one knows where his grave lies to put flowers on it, I'd like to remember him here.

 

[Drew]

I'm sorry this isn't a good copy, but it's a letter my Dad received in 1946 with his discharge from the U.S. Navy. I've blocked his name, but the original is printed on President Truman's personal White House stationary. It's carefully worded and applied to millions of that generation, millions who came after them and millions yet to come, I'm sure.

Happy Memorial Day.

 

[unionblue]

To all who served in the past, to all those who now serve, God Bless and Keep You.

You are appreciated.

But most of all, you are remembered.

Thank you for your service,
Unionblue

 

[rhettbutler1865]

Not a "happy" Memorial Day...a sad one...in remembrance of all those who fought, died, and were maimed both physically and psychologically , both on the battlefield and the home front. And for my father, whose marker only reads, "_____ _ ______, 1st Lieutenant, WWII."

 

[hanna260]

This is such a beautiful, personal thread. Thank you to all who shared.

To the various family members of the various posters here who served our country or whatever country they call home, to the various posters here who serve our country or whatever country they call home, to the many, many soldiers throughout the years both in our country, and others- many of whom died, or were injured because of their service, and to my grandfather, a Seabee during WWII, who perhaps was not the same type of soldier you oftentimes think about, but did his part nonetheless.

 

[ole]

We seem to have missed something. There is "Memorial Day" and there will be a "Veteran's Day." If I were so inclined, Memorial Day would be spent visiting my parents' graves about 11 hours away. Veteran's Day, if I were so inclined, would be visiting my cousin Rueben Cyrus Erickson who was killed during the Korean war, which is about 14 hours away.

Meanwhile, I can be mowing my lawn while thinking good thoughts about all of them. They are quite beyond thinking about what I'm thinking. But we must do what we think we must do. I think I'll have a beer and think about them. While mowing. I think that they'll understand.

 

[Buckeye Bill]

To all who served in the past, to all those who now serve, God Bless and Keep You.

You are appreciated.

But most of all, you are remembered.

Thank you for your service,
Unionblue

And thank you for your service, Unionblue!

Semper Fidelis....

Bill

 

[Buckeye Bill]

A big thanks to my father and my hero....

Semper Fi,
Your Proud Son!

 

[texaswildcat]