Snoopy11 5,714 #1 Posted May 27, 2022 (edited) Ladies and gentlemen. I saw this on the news today... I cannot express my feelings. God bless our veterans. https://www.wfla.com/military/bugler-stands-alone-in-national-cemetery-and-plays-taps-for-memorial-day/ Don Edited May 30, 2022 by Snoopy11 2 2 9 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jeff-C175 7,202 #3 Posted May 27, 2022 (edited) 43 minutes ago, Snoopy11 said: -taps- Always chokes me up... Edited May 27, 2022 by Jeff-C175 1 4 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
EB-80/8inPA 1,641 #4 Posted May 27, 2022 1 hour ago, Jeff-C175 said: Always chokes me up... That was very moving. Thanks for posting @Snoopy11 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Snoopy11 5,714 #5 Posted May 30, 2022 (edited) On 5/27/2022 at 5:26 PM, EB-80/8inPA said: Thanks for posting @Snoopy11 You are absolutely welcome. It was very moving to me as well. @Jeff-C175... yes sir... this is what it is all about. Without them... we wouldn't be here or be able to have the hobbies that we do, such as a Wheel Horse, of course. I may never know any of them... or get to thank them personally... but I truly love them just the same. We are free because of the brave. Don Edited May 30, 2022 by Snoopy11 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
stevasaurus 22,742 #7 Posted May 30, 2022 I had 2 Grandfathers and 1 Step-Grandfather...all 3 were in the Army, 2 during WWI and WWII, the 3rd during WWII. I have their Medals and Ribbons. They all made it back, but they never talked about what they experienced. My Uncle Joe and Uncle Wally did Korea...they both cam back and never talked about it. My brother Mike and I did 4 years in the Navy during the Viet Nam Conflict. We both survived, but do not talk about it either. I can't tell you how many Classmates from 1967 I lost to the Viet Nam War. We had a class of over 600, we lost a good share. I know, sometimes, it takes drinking with some one that has been there before they will talk about it. I look at that as some kind of therapy. My point...it rubs me wrong when some one says..."Happy Memorial Day". This Day is to Remember those that have Fallen. They are those that made it possible for some one to say..."Happy Memorial Day." 2 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MalMac 1,331 #8 Posted May 31, 2022 “ To care for him who shall have borne the battle and for his widow and his orphan” Abraham Lincoln Second Inaugural Address 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Beap52 811 #9 Posted May 31, 2022 We were missionaries overseas. During the Iraq war, our son was the last gunner in the convoy. We only got to talk with him on the phone three times during his time there. One time he said "Dad, I hate making night runs." His position was on a back of a flat bed truck with sand bags and his 50 cal. Kris came home from his time overseas about the same time we came home on furlough. Going for drives, he would stiffen up when we came to patches in the highway. (Where explosives would have been placed in Iraq.) We were in Thailand when we received a call that Kris had died in an automobile accident in Sept 2007. It was an accident, his girl friend was driving and lost control of the pickup that Kris saved for while he was at war. Longest flight I ever was on. Rebecca lived with us while she mended following the accident. Soon after his death, a sign up bonus to extend his time in the Army arrived in Kris' checking account. We contacted the Army to ask were to return the funds as Kris would not be able to fulfill his duties. We were told it was Kris' and they would not take it back. I am comforted that Kris died happy. He was with a women he loved, in a pickup he saved his hard earned dollars for and was about to graduate college with a life and career ahead of him. Not like his cousin who took a six pack to the bathroom, then shot himself in the head. He loved the military. Once Pam and I came home just before the 4th of July. We sat in church that Sunday morning crying like babies. We knew what we had in the country and it's being taken for granted and not appreciated. My wife likes to find a service men and women eating in a restaurant. She will do here best to pay for their meal--anonymously. When Kris came back to America to start his college studies. His first Christmas he asked for an American flag and pole. He moved that flag pole every where he moved during his remaining time on this globe. GOD BLESS AMERICA I not sure if you can see the entire flag pole in the picture below it is dedicated to our son. 1 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Snoopy11 5,714 #10 Posted June 1, 2022 2 hours ago, Beap52 said: When Kris came back to America to start his college studies. His first Christmas he asked for an American flag and pole. He moved that flag pole every where he moved during his remaining time on this globe. GOD BLESS AMERICA I not sure if you can see the entire flag pole in the picture below it is dedicated to our son. Thank-you so much for sharing this story @Beap52. Gosh... I need a box of kleenex... phew. I can't express to you how you sharing this sincerely moved me. Your son was only a couple of years older than myself. Your story is one that I will never forget. I appreciate you, your family, and you taking the time to share this with us. God bless and keep you. Don 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
