Guildedagain
Enlightened Member
Never forget.
Remember the heroes.
Remember the heroes.
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Never forget.
Remember the heroes.
Well said, Harry..... very well said!! :encouragement:For me, it's not about politics or political philosophy, far from it. It's about meeting people who are/were willing to risk their lives to care for me and my family. They are all modest, I am in their debt. They are all good folks, it's about respect.
I'd tell you more, but then it would be about me and not them.
gilded
Hello
My father would be 106 next month - he passed away peacefully almost 23 years ago.
He was in artillery - as I understand it, he had about 100 cannons under his command.
He never talked about war unless I asked.
Even then he never spoke about the so-called "success".
He emphasized how tragic it was.
He wrote a book about it -
He lost many of his childhood friends - and must have seen dozens get killed.
Somehow he managed to maintain his sanity and raise the family with my mother - who also lived those days.
We young have no idea how it was or felt - we can read and try to understad.
And we can work for those things never to happen again.
In the US, we do it backwards. In much of the world, November 11 is "Remembrance Day" for those who fought and died in World War I. In the US, we do that on Memorial Day in May. Our November 11 is reserved for celebrating veterans - like my wife, who was an aerographer's mate in the Navy during the Vietnam era.