Guest " " Posted May 26, 2007 Share Posted May 26, 2007 It's been 35 years or so since the draft ended. It's been a all volunteer gray military service. We use the term gray, to express the sense of the "team" all the uniform services make working together as one. A volunteer military service system as successful as it has been, has not been with out cost...the loss of human lives. As a 20 year veteran, I celebrate this weekend in the memory of those who were left behind, and could not be here amoung us to share in the freedoms they have safe guarded. The losses have been many, close and dear, but never forgotton. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay481985 Posted May 26, 2007 Share Posted May 26, 2007 Very thoughtful and appropriate SpeakerFritz. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HarryO Posted May 26, 2007 Share Posted May 26, 2007 Well said Michael, Remember and honor all who have given all to our country. To my friends who are now ghosts. You will never be forgotten. I think of you constantly. I miss you HarryO Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldbuckster Posted May 27, 2007 Share Posted May 27, 2007 A Sad Thought.................My friends that made it home from 'NAM are now dying what I guess one would consider, a normal passing of life. It doesn't make it any easier, still hurts..................I still miss them and always will, My Brothers in Arms................We should all be thankful that we live in the GREATEST COUNTRY in the World...............Bar none.............."Teach Your Children Well".............. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daddy Dee Posted May 27, 2007 Share Posted May 27, 2007 There are just not any words to describe the inexpressibly high price that has been paid. To live with a profound sense of gratitude is the appropriate response. And to remember. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tarheel Posted May 27, 2007 Share Posted May 27, 2007 Thank you Buckster and Speakerfritz and all you other forum veterans for your service to this country. From my grandfather in WWI to my friend Peter who fought in the first Gulf War I salute you. I will think of all of you tommorow and through the years. Chuck Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators dtel's wife Posted May 27, 2007 Moderators Share Posted May 27, 2007 A true heart felt thank you to all of you that have/will defended our freedom in this country. Tommyboy, I just want to say a special thanks to you and your wife. We all look forward to the day you guys come home to stay. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilverSport Posted May 27, 2007 Share Posted May 27, 2007 Thanks to ALL who Serve, Sacrifice and keep us safe...it truly is a debt that can never be repaid but the very least we can do is honor you...remember Bill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScorpsFan Posted May 28, 2007 Share Posted May 28, 2007 Speakerfritz, A Thank You to you and all of those who have and are currently serving, with prayers they return home safely to their families. Appreciation also to the families of those who serve for the sacrifices they make while their loved ones are away from home. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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HarryO Posted May 29, 2010 Share Posted May 29, 2010 A Sad Thought.................My friends that made it home from 'NAM are now dying what I guess one would consider, a normal passing of life. It doesn't make it any easier, still hurts..................I still miss them and always will, My Brothers in Arms................We should all be thankful that we live in the GREATEST COUNTRY in the World...............Bar none.............."Teach Your Children Well".............. In Memory Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tarheel Posted May 29, 2010 Share Posted May 29, 2010 In Memory We especially miss OB.....the forum has not been the same since[] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
winchester21 Posted May 29, 2010 Share Posted May 29, 2010 never met OB but I am sure we would have been friends. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators dtel Posted May 29, 2010 Moderators Share Posted May 29, 2010 never met OB but I am sure we would have been friends. You would have liked him he is a good man, I think about him often. I was reading about memorial day this morning, like many things I had no idea of it's history. I copyed a little just to give an idea of the history. At the end of the Civil War, communities set aside a day to mark the end of the war or as a memorial to those who had died. Some of the places creating an early memorial day include Sharpsburg, Maryland, located near Antietam Battlefield; Charleston, South Carolina; Boalsburg, Pennsylvania; Carbondale, Illinois; Columbus, Mississippi; many communities in Vermont; and some two dozen other cities and towns. These observances coalesced around Decoration Day, honoring the Confederate dead, and the several Confederate Memorial Days. According to Professor David Blight of the Yale University History Department, the first memorial day was observed by formerly enslaved black people at the Washington Race Course (today the location of Hampton Park) in Charleston, South Carolina. The race course had been used as a temporary Confederate prison camp for captured Union soldiers in 1865, as well as a mass grave for Union soldiers who died there. Immediately after the cessation of hostilities, formerly enslaved people exhumed the bodies from the mass grave and reinterred them properly with individual graves. They built a fence around the graveyard with an entry arch and declared it a Union graveyard. The work was completed in only ten days. On May 1, 1865, the Charleston newspaper reported that a crowd of up to ten thousand, mainly black residents, including 2800 children, proceeded to the location for included sermons, singing, and a picnic on the grounds, thereby creating the first Decoration Day.[2] The first known observance was in Waterloo, New York on May 5, 1866, and each year thereafter. The friendship between General John Murray, a distinguished citizen of Waterloo, and General John A. Logan, who helped bring attention to the event nationwide, was likely a factor in the holiday's growth. On May 5, 1868, in his capacity as commander-in-chief of the Grand Army of the Republic, a veterans' organization, Logan issued a proclamation that "Decoration Day" be observed nationwide.[3] It was observed for the first time on May 30 of the same year; the date was chosen because it was not the anniversary of a battle. The tombs of fallen Union soldiers were decorated in remembrance. Many of the states of the U.S. South refused to celebrate Decoration Day, due to lingering hostility towards the Union Army and also because there were relatively few veterans of the Union Army who were buried in the South. A notable exception was Columbus, Mississippi, which on April 25, 1866, at its Decoration Day commemorated both the Union and Confederate casualties buried in its cemetery.[4] Flags flying at Fort Logan National Cemetery during Memorial Day, 2006 The alternative name of "Memorial Day" was first used in 1882. It did not become more common until after World War II, and was not declared the official name by Federal law until 1967 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest " " Posted May 28, 2011 Share Posted May 28, 2011 remembered Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djk Posted May 28, 2011 Share Posted May 28, 2011 "It's been 35 years or so since the draft ended. It's been a all volunteer gray military service. " Really? Tell that to someone that has been stop-lossed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HarryO Posted May 28, 2011 Share Posted May 28, 2011 Memorial Day 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marvel Posted May 28, 2011 Share Posted May 28, 2011 Let Them Inby John Gorka "Let Them In was made into song by John Gorka from a poem found in a hospital in the Philippines during World War II. The nurse that found the poem kept it all these years until the recent war brought out all the memorabilia. Luckily, her daughter sent a copy to John" ------------------ Let them in, Peter They are very tired Give them couches where the angels sleep And light those fires Let them wake whole again To brand new dawns Fired by the sun not wartime's Bloody guns May their peace be deep Remember where the broken bodies lie God knows how young they were To have to die God knows how young they were To have to die So give them things they like Let them make some noise Give dance hall bands not golden harps To these our boys And let them love, Peter For they've had no time They should have trees and bird songs And hills to climb The taste of summer in a ripened pear And girls sweet as meadow wind With flowing hair And tell them how they are missed But say not to fear It's gonna be alright With us down here Let them in, Peter Let them in, Peter Let them in, Peter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnlw7 Posted May 29, 2011 Share Posted May 29, 2011 The finest men I have ever had the pleasure of knowing were Veterans.I think of my step father though gone 25 plus years.He fought at D-day Battle of the Bulge and Batstonge among others.I thank God for my 20 year old son A Marine who left his family behind to serve in Afghanistan.As long as i have breath in my body I will thank them everyday for my freedoms.I know when I leave this world my last thoughts will be of my family and the hundreds of men who were cut from a different cloth.Such good men and women.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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