Memorial Day

[Mark M.]

Watch "Memorial Day tribute 2020" on YouTube

 

[338 dude]

(ATTACH=full]1181294[/ATTACH] today is a very special day thank you to all who have served

 

[284winner]

Happy Memorial Day people. Thank all of you that served, for your service. Be safe and enjoy all of the freedoms we have in this Country.

 

[Daddymac]

I have never been in the line of fire, can only try to imagine the fear.

Thank you, to all that have served, and a special prayer for those that made the ultimate sacrifice.

 

[KMart]

I would like to honor a couple of guys that didn't make it home.
L/Cpl Tony Ayala M/3/5. Port Arthur Tx. August 1968. I went through boot camp with him. He was the only one we lost from our boot camp platoon.


This one still bothers me a bit and I never met him. Sgt Kenneth Wayne Martin M/3/7. Manchester Tn. June 15, 1970. I was in country the at the time he was killed but I was in DaNang with VMCJ-1.
My full name is Kenneth Wayne Martin

 

[Dgd6mm]

Stop and remember. Freedom is not free, it comes at the cost of lives. Honor these Warriors.

 

[Straightshooter1]

On this Memorial Day it's a time for special remembrance of friends and family who gave their life in service of our great country. . . .a day of sorrow and pride for me.

 

[Hino895]

 

[GaryL1959]

 

[USMCDOC]

It isn't about the three day weekend.. it is about those that gave all!

 

[Willie]

This morning I went thru my list of 56 of my comrades KIA
in Vietnam. I thank each one for their sacrifice and let them know I haven't forgotten.

It shames me to think of all the people that have not a single thought of whom Memorial Day honors.

 

[284winner]

If you ask most people, they couldn't tell what this holiday is in place for. Most will say for being off work and another reason for a BBQ. Good answers for sure but it stands for much much more as do many other. Let's not forget what they are and honor those that sacrificed there lives for our Great Country.

 

[Dessert]

Amen Brother. Caribou pilot Phu Cat AB. 68-69

 

[Straightshooter1]

For any of you who may not have active access or aware of what's available through the VA web sites, here a link for Memorial Day activities that you may find of interest:

https://www.blogs.va.gov/VAntage/memorial-day-2020-live-stream-va-national-cemeteries/

 

[47WillysGuy]

Three of us got together to drink a beer at the local bar, said good luck and headed out, but only two came back....

SP5 Zubke was serving as a radio operator with an artillery forward observer group assigned to an ARVN infantry battalion in Kontum Province. On 28 Feb 1971 the battalion was taken under attack by the North Vietnamese Army's 66th Infantry Regiment and forced into a defensive position. By early afternoon the next day, 01 March, the NVA force succeeded in breaching the ARVN defenses and overrunning the position. As the NVA entered the ARVN position friendly fire was called in on top of the defenders in a futile last-ditch effort to break up the attack.

The surviving US and ARVN soldiers scattered to attempt escape and evasion as individuals and in small groups. SP5 Zubke was alive when last seen within the defensive perimeter but he did not manage to return to friendly lines and there was no certainty as to exactly what happened to him. Although it was possible that he had been killed in the fighting, the uncertainty led to his being classed as Missing in Action. On 05 Oct 1978 the Secretary of the Army approved a Presumptive Finding of Death, changing his status from MIA to Died while Missing. His body has not been recovered.

 

[M-61]

Numbers are funny and I don't mean humorous.
They hit us with a 2 TRILLION dollar number for the virus.
A $1200 check for stimulus.
Nearly 100,000 deaths from Covid -19

The one number that I really felt was 400,000 American flags placed in Arlington National Cemetery this past week. That's one of some 180 National Cemeteries in the US. About 25 more in Foreign countries.
That is one huge number paid for our freedom.
Today is the day to thank all of them.

 

[SBS]

I would like to think that my uncle was killed fighting for my freedom,the ugly truth is he died for the projection of U.S. power.The sacrifice made by him and all the others is what moves me,not the ugly cause that put them there.

B.S. I can't think of a war in the last century when we were the original aggressor. We were either fighting for our country, attacked by other countries or we were helping other nations which were under attack from nations that if conquered could have turned into WWIII. Think of the lives that could have been saved if nations had the balls to stop Hitler and Tojo when they first invaded other countries. We simply cannot allow strong evil nations to grab up what parts of the world they want -- pretty soon there is only US and THEM. Like it or not, we are a world superpower and have been since WWII and part of our role is keeping another World War from happening. Remembering Maj. Richard Ives today, shot down over the DMZ end of June '68 on a SAR mission covering a downed pilot. A pleasant, soft spoken older guy who was in his 2nd war, and never complained about doing his duty.

 

[Cecil S.]

Thank You to all Veterans. Your service and sacrifice is why I can type these words on this site. I will never let you be forgotten as long as I'm alive.

 

[Willie]

Donnie Joe Martin was my closest friend. He was the kind of soldier that always had your six. He did not die for his Distinguished Service Cross, but gave his life to save other soldiers. I miss him til this day, for he was my "brother".

 

[SBS]

We had NO business being in Vietnam !

Like Korea, not a war fought on terms I agreed with, but still a necessary one to check Communist aggression. On today of all days is not the one to demean a war many of us fought in and many died, as it also diminishes the brave efforts and the ultimate sacrifices that were made. I think a considerable majority of veterans would agree with that. I'll take the side of America's military involvement in world affairs against the actions of any other major power with which you might care to compare. No other nation has done so much for the cause of peace and freedom in the world since WWII, even helping our former enemies Japan and Germany. Isolationism as a plausible national policy & strategy ended with the advent of long range air power, atomic weapons and long range missiles. I never doubted for a minute the reasons we were in Vietnam and neither did the men around me. Most were older, some in their 2nd war, a few in their 3rd. All were volunteers who didn't have to be there, having served well beyond a minimum "enlistment". They believed in what they were doing and they were old enough and experienced enough to know the facts of war and geopolitics.