George N. M. Posted May 23, 2020 Share Posted May 23, 2020 As many of you know, nearly 50 years ago I was an infantryman in Viet Nam. Not a day goes by that I do not think of the young men who were not as fortunate as I was and never got to come home and grow old. This Memorial Day weekend, the first long weekend of the summer of a very strange year, please take a moment to think of the young men and women who never came home from all the wars. Here are a few thoughts for the occasion: "They will not grow old as we who are left grow old, Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn. At the going down of the sun and in the morning, We will remember them." -Laurence Binyon "America without her soldiers would be like God without his angels." -Claudia Pemberton "Courage is almost a contradiction in terms. It means a strong desire to live taking the form of a readiness to die." -G.K. Chesterton "It is foolish and wrong to mourn the men who died. Rather, we should thank God that such men lived." -George S. Patton Je me souviens. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SLAG Posted May 23, 2020 Share Posted May 23, 2020 Amen. slag. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted May 23, 2020 Share Posted May 23, 2020 Thank you George. Thank all of you who served knowing you signed a blank check payable in life and limb. Amen. Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Welshj Posted May 24, 2020 Share Posted May 24, 2020 Well said George. This memorial day I'll be thinking of those I knew that we lost in iraq. Ssg Mark Lawton SGT Jason Buzzard CPL Heath Pirtle And lastly, unfortunately one of my own platoon who took his own life after coming home from iraq. SPC Robert Utter RIP my brothers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irondragon Forge ClayWorks Posted May 24, 2020 Share Posted May 24, 2020 Memorial Day has a special meaning for me. My childhood best friend Thomas A. (Tommy) Carter KIA Vietnam. We joined the services at around the same time. I in the USCG, he in the USMC. He became a Captain, helicopter pilot, downed in 1967 .Thua Thien province. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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