Memorial Day

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  1. Joseph Brant

    Joseph Brant Airbrush Aficionado

  2. hatvol96

    hatvol96 Well-Known Member

    Great stuff.
     
  3. gcbvol

    gcbvol Fabulous Moderator

    Powerful.
     
  4. OrangeEmpire

    OrangeEmpire Take a chance, Custer did

  5. NYY

    NYY Super Moderator

    Awesome read.
     
  6. A-Smith

    A-Smith Chieftain

    I've always said "Happy Memorial Day" to veterans w/o thinking through how those words sound to them. Truly an oxymoron. I think I need another phrase.
     
  7. Beechervol

    Beechervol Super Moderator

    Went out to the National Cemetery yesterday to see my grandaddys grave. Getting to see an American flag stuck by every headstone is an awesome sight. Hard not to get choked up and I've seen it several times.
     
  8. Dick Huffman

    Dick Huffman Guest

    Wonderful piece.
     
  9. wildnkrazykat

    wildnkrazykat Well-Known Member


    My brother volunteered to place wreaths on graves a few years back. He said it was a completely overwhelming and humbling experience.
     
  10. wildnkrazykat

    wildnkrazykat Well-Known Member

  11. CardinalVol

    CardinalVol Uncultured, non-diverse mod

    I had a fraternity brothe killed near fallajuah in Sept 04. Every Memorial Day his favorite quote stays in my head all day, "**** a bunch of a-rabs". He said it non stop after 9/11.
     
  12. Beechervol

    Beechervol Super Moderator

    I can imagine.
     
  13. DC Vol

    DC Vol Contributor

    Great piece.

    Reminds me of something my dad (USMC, Vietnam) and I shared this weekend. Was a terse moment after everyone had gone back inside after a BBQ. It was nothing really more than a "to the ones who didn't make it back" and a grimace. Perhaps a bit too much of survivors guilt is sprinkled in here, who knows. We didn't talk about it.

    And our BBQ was just about like everyone elses. Just a good day to get together and celebrate being alive, back home and surrounded by family and friends. That's fine by both of us.

    But, my lord, the facebook posts.
     
    Last edited: May 26, 2015
  14. DC Vol

    DC Vol Contributor

    That was a bad time to be in a very bad place.
     
  15. CardinalVol

    CardinalVol Uncultured, non-diverse mod

    Yes, yes it was. Jumped on a bomb to save his platoon.
     
  16. Beechervol

    Beechervol Super Moderator

    A church friend of mine was there about that time.

    He said it was terrible on many fronts.
     
  17. smokysbark

    smokysbark Chieftain

    Was he Force Recon? Just curious. The block to block, house to house, room to room fighting that happened in Fallujah was as intense as any fighting in the entire war. Recon Marines were set up in hide sites calling danger close fire missions for insurgent positions all around themselves.
     
  18. DC Vol

    DC Vol Contributor

    Know much about Force Recon?
     
  19. CardinalVol

    CardinalVol Uncultured, non-diverse mod

    I don't think so, but honestly not 100% sure. He was a Lt. in the Marines though.
     
  20. smokysbark

    smokysbark Chieftain

    I was in Army Spec Ops so I know a few of them and have talked with them some. We had spec ops aircraft there in Fallujah providing CAS to those guys at the time. But, to answer your question, I would never pretend to know first hand about the door kickers or what they endured.
     

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