Memorial Day 2023
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Two generations before Vietnam, there was the U.S. “intervention” in Russia, 1918-20.
The 339th infantry of the 85th division out of Michigan earned their nickname of the Polar bears during that time.
On leaving Russia in1920, the rumors of POW’s held by the Bolshevik, red army and knowledge of the Government were well established. In 1929 Americans were finally allowed to go back into Russia and search for roughly 100 known to have been left behind. Of these about two dozen still remain unaccounted for.
One among that group, is the brother of my wife’s grandfather, still listed as MIA in Russia. Presumed killed by machine gun fire in February 1919.
Mostly forgotten men, in an all but forgotten war, their story finally told more than 100 years later here.
armyhistory.org
www.worldwar1centennial.org
Clifford, your family remembers
The 339th infantry of the 85th division out of Michigan earned their nickname of the Polar bears during that time.
On leaving Russia in1920, the rumors of POW’s held by the Bolshevik, red army and knowledge of the Government were well established. In 1929 Americans were finally allowed to go back into Russia and search for roughly 100 known to have been left behind. Of these about two dozen still remain unaccounted for.
One among that group, is the brother of my wife’s grandfather, still listed as MIA in Russia. Presumed killed by machine gun fire in February 1919.
Mostly forgotten men, in an all but forgotten war, their story finally told more than 100 years later here.
THE AMERICAN INTERVENTION IN NORTH RUSSIA, 1918-1919 - The Army Historical Foundation
During the post-Armistice era, American soldiers continued the fight to make the world safe for democracy against another enemy in a harsh and hostile environment.
armyhistory.org
Sideshow in Russia - World War I Centennial site
Site of the United States WWI Centennial Commission, and the Doughboy Foundation, building the National WWI Memorial in Washington, D.C.
www.worldwar1centennial.org
Clifford, your family remembers
I live in an area where many residents have come to live in peace after years of war. If you know what you are looking at, they are fairly easy to recognize, wife and me were eating at a little diner last week, sat next to an older fellow a 3 tour 53rd Ranger, they were Ranger LRPs. They and the 101st LRPs worked together in Vietnam. He was from the Ranger school at Eglin and the Jungle school in Panama, me from the Redondo school at Ft Campbell. Today I remember the guys still alive and those that are gone but certainly not forgotten.
"In that faithful heart, are you forever nineteen?" - a line from an Irish song, recalling the fallen. Today, I paused to remember the families who lost a loved one, their grief and sadness , their loneliness and heartbreak. The empty space which can never be filled . And I recall L/Cpl Peter M Nee, USMC, KIA March 1969 and know that he is in the company of his brothers in arms
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My son-in-law's father was a Ranger LRP in 'Nam.
I HAD A DREAM, BUT ONCE.
I walked into a bar that I had never been in before, but it seemed familiar. There were tables after table of young men wearing worn and dirty fatigues, all were laughing and telling stories.
I started to recognize guys that I knew and as I looked around I realized they were all members of Charlie Company. I set down among them and the beer and stories ran for hour on hour. It was wonderful to visit with my old brothers.
I started to notice they all got up and began to move toward the door. I didn't want everyone to leave and started to get up. My bud Donnie Joe put his hand on my shoulder, pushing me down.
He smiled and said "You can't go with us, someday you will". "Just Remember Us".
They were all gone so fast, I started to realize that all of them had died in Vietnam with Charlie Company and that my dream was to remember them until I joined them.
I walked into a bar that I had never been in before, but it seemed familiar. There were tables after table of young men wearing worn and dirty fatigues, all were laughing and telling stories.
I started to recognize guys that I knew and as I looked around I realized they were all members of Charlie Company. I set down among them and the beer and stories ran for hour on hour. It was wonderful to visit with my old brothers.
I started to notice they all got up and began to move toward the door. I didn't want everyone to leave and started to get up. My bud Donnie Joe put his hand on my shoulder, pushing me down.
He smiled and said "You can't go with us, someday you will". "Just Remember Us".
They were all gone so fast, I started to realize that all of them had died in Vietnam with Charlie Company and that my dream was to remember them until I joined them.
It is a song called "The Green Fields of France" about a young soldier named Willie McBride. Perhaps the best version of this song was done by the High Kings, a contemporary but older Irish folk band. Do yourself a favor and google the lyrics to this song.
Dave M.
F-Open Class shooter (284 win, 6dasher, 6.5-7PRCW)
My grandpa was a Detroit police officer and is buried in Mt. Elliot Cemetery. Thanks to ALL those that served in ALL capacities. Freedom is far from FREE.
Dave
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